A ten-part podcast about space, society, and power inspired by British geographer Doreen Massey. From a London laundromat to a public park in Berlin, from a contested waterfront in Kochi to the Egyptian desert, our show seeks to inspire listeners to think about space and place as full of power, and to imagine political alternatives to the current world order.
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Visual Delight
Some of our listeners – especially the lucky ones who got hold of our postcards – have asked us about the beautiful illustration accompanying Spatial Delight. What exactly does the colourful image depict? How does it connect to Doreen Massey’s work? And, last but not least, who made it?
This bonus episode features a conversation between host Adèle Martin and Bose Sarmiento, the artist who designed the illustrations for Spatial Delight. Bose discusses the main themes and symbols in her work, and how they connect to Massey’s work, revealing the process behind her aesthetic choices.
Episode Credits
Host: Adèle Martin
Guest: Bose Sarmiento
Writer: Adèle Martin
Producer: Agata Lisiak
Senior Editor: Susan Stone
Sound Producer: Adèle Martin
Music: Studio R
Artwork: Bose Sarmiento
Funded by: Volkswagen Foundation
Find more about Spatial Delight at The Sociological Review.
Episode Resources
Doreen Massey’s work quoted or mentioned in this episode:
- Mexico City, BBC2 documentary about Mexico 1999
- Space, Place and Gender (Polity Press, 1994)
- Luna, J., & Galeana, M. 2016. Remembering Coyolxauhqui as a Birthing Text. Regeneración Tlacuilolli: UCLA Raza Studies Journal 2(1): 7-32.
- Anthropology Museum of Mexico City
- Scale model of Tenochtitlan
- La Gran Tenochtitlan, a mural by Diego Rivera, 1945