Tuning In

Diasporic Contact Zones at the BBC World Service

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Tuning In. Researching diasporas at the BBC World Service.

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Core research themes

Migrating Music

Migrating Music

Migrating Music set out to identify the ways in which BBC World Service music broadcasting might be said to constitute…
Politics of Translation

Politics of Translation

This project aimed to identify the variegated ways by which the BBC World Service has negotiated between…
Revolution

Diasporic Nationhood

The BBC Persian Service is one of the oldest language services in the organisation.
Religious Transnationalism

Religious Transnationalism

This theme investigated changing patterns of religious transnationalism in…
Afghan Archers

Drama for Development

From rural Afghanistan to urban Nigeria BBC World Service audiences have been tuning-in to mass mediated drama with…
Sports Across Diasporas

Sports Across Diasporas

Sport has enormous economic, social and cultural significance as a global phenomenon in which the media plays…