Whose Voices?
Episodes
Putting People First: Community-Based Approaches to Accessible Language Technologies
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Khansa Maria, Rahul Bajaj and Asmelash Teka share insights on language barriers, community-driven solutions, and legal advocacy for a...
Unpacking Wikidata’s possibilities with Lydia Pintscher
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lydia Pintscher, the portfolio lead for Wikidata, foregrounds the human factor in data and what decolonising it looks like from her perspective as a b...
Ep 30 - Alice Kibombo explores how librarians can use structured data
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Librarian extraordinaire and wikipedian from Uganda, Alice Kibombo explores the possibilities of structured data for librarians and colonial inheritan...
Ep 29 - Making structured data more accessible with Kira Wisniewski
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kira Wisniewski, Executive Director of Art+Feminism, champions moving slowly when it comes to decolonizing structured data. Tune in for more.
Cuestionando cómo los datos estructurados invisibilizan las realidades LGBTQIA+, con Vic Sfriso.mp3
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of we sit down with Vic Sfriso, Cooperation Program Manager at Wikimedia Argentina, to explore queerness and structured data. Note: th...
Ep 27 - Dumisani Ndubane reflects on ways to decolonise structured data.mp3
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in to listen to our conversation with Dumisani Ndubane, an activist Wikipedian from South Africa who has spent the last 10+ years building wiki c...
Ep 26 - Rachel Kagoiya & Anasuya Sengupta on the journey to DTI-EA and beyond
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Kagoiya and Anasuya Sengupta sit down to speak about the journey from the first Decolonizing the Internet in Cape Town, to DTI-EA and so much m...
Ep 25 - Irene Mwendwa On Language Exclusion And Coloniality Online
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Language exclusion in digital platforms can have significant consequences - this episode with Irene Mwendwa from Pollicy delves deeper.
Ep 24 - Lena Anyuolo on community libraries and grassroots organising, queering the internet
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lena Anyuolo, poet, activist and librarian speaks about Kenyan political organising, leftist community library Ukombozi Library and how the future of ...
Ep 23- Arya Jeipea Karijo On Queer Digital Utopias
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Kerubo and Youlendree as they have a thoughtful conversation with Arya Jeipea Karijo, a transwoman activist who views life through a young, Afric...
Ep 22- Meron Estefanos On Eritrean Refugee Advocacy, Online Harassment And Self - Care
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meron Estefanos is a Swedish-Eritrean activist who speaks to us about rescuing fleeing Eritreans and Sounds of Torture, her film about the plight of r...
Ep 21 Sandra Kwikiriza On The Many Ways Online Spaces Can Be Safer For Queer People
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sandra Kwikiriza, founder of Her-Internet joins Youlendree and Kerubo to explore knowledge gaps in terms of digital space and challen...
Ep 20 - Chipasha Mwansa On How To Migrate Reproductive Justice Work Online
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We explore whether the digital space can adequately serve African women by implementing sexual and reproductive health and rights through an intersect...
Ep 19 Esther Mwema On Digital Colonialism And Who Owns Our Undersea Cables
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Esther Mwema an artist who questions Big Tech (like Facebook and Google) in Africa, through literary fiction, abstract art, and ...
Ep 18 - Memory Kachambwa On Knowledge Justice In Africa
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do African feminists reimagine and want to rethink what the web feels, sounds, and reads like? Join as Memory Kachambwa tells us more.
Ep 16 - Arya Jeipea Karijo on "our existence is our truth"
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kenyan transgender activist and feminist Arya Jeipea Karijo, unravels the complexities of online representation of trans people from ...
Ep 15 - Wangui Wa Goro and the role of new media content in decolonizing knowledge
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For many Africans, reclaiming their language isn’t only tied to books. Wangui wa Goro talks about alternate forms of decolonizing knowledge online. ...
Ep 14 - Theresa Sainty and the path to revive the palawa kani language
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The palawa kani language has been revived based on records from most of the original languages spoken in Lutruwita. Theresa Sainty shares about this c...
Ep 13 - Subhashish Panigrahi and meaningful access to the internet in South Asia and beyond
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For speakers of Indigenous languages, what does the internet look like? Getting online isn’t enough, says Subhashish Panigrahi, who builds open reso...
Ep 12 - Majd Al-Shihabi and the mission to produce more knowledge and archives in Arabic
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people speak Arabic, yet it remains underrepresented online. Majd Al-Shihabi explores how power dictates what is present and accessible in...
Ep 11 - Ana Alonso and the shifting attitudes toward Zapotec indigenous languages
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is a struggle to keep Zapotec, an Indigenous Mexican language with nearly half a million speakers, alive online. But Ana Alonso Ortiz has mobilized...
Ep 10 - Jessica Horn and the need to center languages of struggle in the African continent
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past years, lively discussions championed by African feminists have moved online — but they often take place in colonial languages like Eng...
Ep 9 - Cecilia Tuyuc and the right of indigenous languages and their people to live on the Internet
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Audio interview in Spanish. English transcript available here: https://podcast.whoseknowledge.org/transcripts/ceciliatuyuc/ [EN] Cecilia Tuyuc is a t...
Ep8 - Pamela Ofori-Boateng and the joy of highlighting women’s stories on Wikipedia
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode and learn more about Pamela’s experience creating the Veronika Bucket page on Wikipedia. More so, you will be inspired by Pa...
Ep 7 - Angela Cuc: Las lenguas indígenas como formas de reivindicar los saberes ancestrales
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Audio interview in Spanish. English transcript available here: https://podcast.whoseknowledge.org/transcripts/angelacuc/ [ES] Angela Cuc, Maya Kaqchi...
Ep6 - Yamanik Cholotío sobre Accesibilidad y Respeto para los Idiomas Indígenas en Internet
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Audio interview in Spanish. English transcript available here: https://podcast.whoseknowledge.org/transcripts/yamanikcholotio/ [ES] Yamanik Cholotío...
Ep 5 - Amira Dhalla on the Internet, governance and getting comfortable with discomfort
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast interview we discussed Amira Dhalla’s views on creating safe spaces online, whether the internet should have more governance, and wh...
Ep 4 - Jake Orlowitz on “Decolonizing the Internet as a Reparative Movement”
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this eye-opener conversation Jake Orlowitz shares what brought him to Wikipedia, what are the encyclopedia’s biggest challenges and how we can ma...
Ep 3 - Reflections from Bangalore after a Wikipedia edit-a-thon
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview we talk with Shobha and Pamini about women’s representation online, consent when taking photos, and the ways in which visibility i...
Ep 2 - “Ask for what you want”: Sydette Harry’s strategies on how to decolonize the Internet
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What story of the world do you choose to tell? Sydette Harry beautifully reminds us that decolonizing ourselves and the internet requires a fundamenta...
Ep 1 - Maame Marfo: For an Internet Where We Can Tell Our Own Stories
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Like many other Decolonizing the Internet participants, Maame dared to image a future where multiple forms of knowledges cohabite the Internet, and co...