DAFG Jour Fixe: How „Our Voices - Aswatona“ became the first transnational podcast programme in the WANA region

24 January 2022, 6 p.m. (CET)
Online via Zoom

Podcasts are among the fastest growing mediums — worldwide and also in the Middle East — but truly transnational projects remain rare. “Our Voices - Aswatona” is the first transnational podcast programme within the WANA (North Africa and West Asia) region and Germany. The trilingual scholarship programme aims to establish a platform which connects and supports podcasters from different WANA countries. The 24th DAFG Jour Fixe will go in depth on the Aswatona project, featuring the project coordinators Katrin Schäfer and Linda Frankenthal as well as PR expert and podcast consultant Rasha Aldeeb. They will tell the origin story of the project, talk about their expectations and challenges as well as the state of podcasting in the Middle East and North Africa.

The 24th DAFG Jour Fixe will go in depth on the Aswatona project, featuring the project coordinators Katrin Schäfer and Linda Frankenthal as well as PR expert and podcast consultant Rasha Aldeeb. They will tell the origin story of the project, talk about their expectations and challenges as well as the state of podcasting in the Middle East and North Africa.

Over the past year, by way of three online workshops, the project established a transnational network for Arabic speaking podcasters, fostering exchange and mutual encouragement. Based on the workshops, the project participants have created twelve episodes around the themes of environment, gender and power dynamics. The episodes are co-produced by 5-6 transnational teams (2-3 podcasters each) and dubbed in English and German. The last episode, "Power dynamics in our everyday lives", was published in December. 

All episodes and more detailed and additional information such as the WANA Podcast Map are available on the project‘s website and all common podcast platforms.

The online event will be conducted as a video conference using the software "Zoom". The number of participants is limited.
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