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Episode 8. International law and Indigenous peoples’ rights
  • Beda Collective

Episode 8. International law and Indigenous peoples’ rights

Conversation between Suleiman Mamutov, Viliuia Choinova, Selbi Durdiyeva, and Lilia Yuldasheva on self-advocacy of decolonial and indigenous activists in the times of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and ongoing occupation of indigenous lands.
podcast28.12.2025
  • EN
The Arrival of Soviet Modernity in Tuva: A Photo Archive by Ethnographer Vladimir Ermolaev
  • Eugene Yin

The Arrival of Soviet Modernity in Tuva: A Photo Archive by Ethnographer Vladimir Ermolaev

What can the photo archive of a 1913 scientific expedition tell us about the key events in 20th century Tuva?
histories15.12.2025
  • RU
  • TYV
  • EN
Poplar colonialism: Soviet Tuva, Greenification, and Urbanization
  • Eugene Yin

Poplar colonialism: Soviet Tuva, Greenification, and Urbanization

Tuvan researcher Eugene Yin examines the symbolic and material significance of poplar trees in the Soviet colonisation of Tuva
histories01.12.2025
  • EN
Episode 6. International law: critical reflection through decolonial lens
  • Beda Collective

Episode 6. International law: critical reflection through decolonial lens

Conversation between Lilia Yuldasheva, Suleiman Mamutov, Selbi Durdiyeva, and Viliuia Choinova on what decolonial critique can offer for the better understanding of the history, conceptual framework, and institutions of modern-day international law and human rights.
podcast27.11.2025
  • EN
A Manifesto from Nowhere. On the possibility of decolonisation beyond the nation-state project
  • Lilia Yuldasheva

A Manifesto from Nowhere. On the possibility of decolonisation beyond the nation-state project

A Manifesto from Nowhere poses questions about the place of (non-)origin, gender identity, (non-)native language, migration and the compulsion to define oneself, all as instruments of coercion within a context of global coloniality.
voices19.11.2025
  • RU
  • EN
“We shouldn’t abandon people in the pain we caused them”
  • Arshak Makichyan

“We shouldn’t abandon people in the pain we caused them”

An anonymous activist from Turkey shares their thoughts on the Armenian genocide, Reconciliation, Turkish/Ottoman colonialism, and the ongoing genocide in Palestine in the interview by Armenian activist Arshak Makichyan
voices14.08.2025
  • EN
Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
  • anonymous

Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners

Anonymous human rights activist on how the world turns a blind eye to Aliyev's Crimes
analysis10.08.2025
  • RU
  • EN
Storytelling as solidarity. Сhildren’s book about Jina Amini
  • Zilan Sarah Kößler
  • Claudia Frickemeier
  • Lilia Yuldasheva

Storytelling as solidarity. Сhildren’s book about Jina Amini

Interview with Zilan Sarah Kößler and Claudia Frickemeier about the children's book JINA — The Girl Whose Name Means Life, dedicated to Jina Amini, a young Kurdish woman killed by the police in Iran in 2022 — a tragedy that sparked widespread protests in the country
voices23.06.2025
  • EN
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Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
  • anonymous
Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
Anonymous human rights activist on how the world turns a blind eye to Aliyev's Crimes
  • analysis
  • 10.08.2025
  • RU
  • EN
Syrian Kurdistan after the fall of the Assad regime
  • Aisha
  • Leyla Ax
  • Sarah Zilan Kößler
  • Ufuk Aydin
Syrian Kurdistan after the fall of the Assad regime
Activists and artists from the region about the future, hopes, and solidarity
  • analysis
  • 09.04.2025
  • EN
A "Special" City. How the Sevastopol myth became an instrument of colonisation
  • Anastasiia Babash
A "Special" City. How the Sevastopol myth became an instrument of colonisation
Ukrainian researcher Anastasiia Babash deconstructs the "special" urban identity of Sevastopol's residents and reflects on the city's role in Russia's colonial policy
  • analysis
  • 07.03.2025
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  • UKR
  • EN
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The Arrival of Soviet Modernity in Tuva: A Photo Archive by Ethnographer Vladimir Ermolaev
  • Eugene Yin
The Arrival of Soviet Modernity in Tuva: A Photo Archive by Ethnographer Vladimir Ermolaev
What can the photo archive of a 1913 scientific expedition tell us about the key events in 20th century Tuva?
  • histories
  • 15.12.2025
  • RU
  • TYV
  • EN
Poplar colonialism: Soviet Tuva, Greenification, and Urbanization
  • Eugene Yin
Poplar colonialism: Soviet Tuva, Greenification, and Urbanization
Tuvan researcher Eugene Yin examines the symbolic and material significance of poplar trees in the Soviet colonisation of Tuva
  • histories
  • 01.12.2025
  • EN
Freedom Day, centuries of (in)dependence. How March 25 and the decolonization of Belarus are connected
  • hanna otchyk
  • tony lashden
  • mira levickas
Freedom Day, centuries of (in)dependence. How March 25 and the decolonization of Belarus are connected
hanna otchyk, tony lashden, and mira levickas tell the story of Belarus’ ongoing struggle for freedom from the external and internal regime
  • histories
  • 24.03.2025
  • BEL
  • RU
  • EN
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Episode 8. International law and Indigenous peoples’ rights
Episode 8. International law and Indigenous peoples’ rights
Conversation between Suleiman Mamutov, Viliuia Choinova, Selbi Durdiyeva, and Lilia Yuldasheva on self-advocacy of decolonial and indigenous activists in the times of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and ongoing occupation of indigenous lands.
  • podcast
  • 28.12.2025
  • EN
Episode 6. International law: critical reflection through decolonial lens
Episode 6. International law: critical reflection through decolonial lens
Conversation between Lilia Yuldasheva, Suleiman Mamutov, Selbi Durdiyeva, and Viliuia Choinova on what decolonial critique can offer for the better understanding of the history, conceptual framework, and institutions of modern-day international law and human rights.
  • podcast
  • 27.11.2025
  • EN
Episode 5. Crimean Tatar national movement: a constellation of solidarity and friendships
Episode 5. Crimean Tatar national movement: a constellation of solidarity and friendships
Discussion between Elnara Nuriieva-Letova and Alexandr Murtazayev on the methods of Soviet and Russian oppression against indigenous peoples, ways of Crimean Tatar resistance, and solidarity within the Crimean Tatar national movement and beyond
  • podcast
  • 28.04.2025
  • UKR
  • EN
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