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Online Gods


Online Gods is part theoretical exploration into some of the key concepts in the anthropology of media, and part research into how increased online interaction is changing the public sphere. Taking India and the India diaspora as its focal point, the podcast continues in the great anthropological tradition of bringing the global and the specific into conversation with one another as it analyses what online discussions do to political participation, displays of faith and feelings of national belonging. We are also intrigued as to whether a podcast can produce ethnographic theory. We believe It is possible to be both sophisticated and yet comprehensible, and that the spoken form can bring forth an accessibility that is sometimes missing from the written form. We even wonder whether academic podcasting might herald a technologically-enabled return to the centrality of oral traditions in intellectual exploration – can podcasting weaken reading’s hegemonic hold on consumption of academic knowledge? Online Gods is a key initiative of the project ONLINERPOL and is cohosted with HAU Network for Ethnographic Theory. This podcast is hosted by Ian Cook.

Jun 29, 2019

I hope you’re all doing fine, Ian here from Online Gods. We’ve recently published episode 16 of Online Gods and decided it’s time to take a short break. I hereby declare the close of season one of online gods.

We’d like to thank you all for listening to the first season, especially those who’ve been in touch in various ways.

After a short break, we’re going to put our heads together in the autumn and think about Season 2, including how and if we can do something a bit different. As ever, any thoughts you might have on that are really appreciated.

In the meantime we’re really excited to announce a new partnership with EPW Engage. An online initiative of Economic and Political Weekly, EPW Engage is a really wonderful fit for the Online Gods. Not only do they explore the digital as a medium for publishing (as we do), but also as an enabler of new methodologies and conceptual explorations (again, as we do).

EPW Engage are going to be republishing the entire first season of Online Gods and, when we meet to plan the new season, we’ll do so with them in mind.

Thanks!