Dec 2, 2020
Connection: Professor Laura Piacentini
Seldom has there been a time in
history where human connection has meant more, but can we stay
connected with one another and our work under these
conditions?
To help us answer these questions Alistair Fraser is joined by our
guest, Laura
Piacentini, who is a Professor of
Criminology at the University of Strathclyde. Laura has dedicated
her professional life to forming connections in difficult
circumstances from Russian prisons to former Soviet gulags and more
recently has been using online forums to make connections.
Listen to Laura and Alistair's conversation where they talk about
poetry, pickled herring and vodka and how singing 'Let it Be' by
the Beatles broke the ice with prison officers in
Siberia.
Host: Dr Alistair Fraser
Produced and edited by Rachelle Cobain and Mark Cunningham
Follow Laura on twitter via: @LauraPiacentin2
Read more about Laura's project "In the Gulag's Shadow" here: http://www.gulagshadow.org/
Music: ‘Rewind’ by Donna Maciocia and Sean H available to download from the Distant Voices EP ‘Looking at Colours Again’.
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