This week we return to the theme of surveillance. Looking beyond what it feels like to be watched, but also what it’s like to do the watching. Â
Behind Me by Xuanmeng Cai
Xuanmeng explores the theme of hyper-vigilance. Examining why women feel unsafe on their way home after dark, how the body responds to possible danger, and why this fear has become such a familiar part of everyday life.
Producer: Xuanmeng Cai
Supervising Producer: Persephone Waxman
Featuring: Vivian Chen; William Hua; Jordan Liu
Music/SFX: BBC Sound Effects; Blue Dot Sessions
Watching From Far Away by Xinnang Wang
Xinnang examines that murky area of parental surveillance. She speaks to Xiaoqi Chen, a master’s student at the University of Melbourne, about family expectations, silence, independence, and how “watching” slowly changed from one-sided into mutual care.
Producer: Xinnang Wang
Supervising Producer: Thomas Phillips
Featuring: Xiaoqi Chen
Music/ SFX: Cobwebbed from Purple Planet; A Greater Love from Purple Planet
Uber by Ruonan Yang
Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be an Uber driver? Through personal experience and a conversation with fellow rider Shirley Wang, Ruonan reveals how surveillance shapes life in the gig economy.
Producer: Ruonan Yang
Featuring: Shirley Wang
Mt Rothwell by Alexandra Nevill
Alexandra Nevill investigates how one sanctuary is doing things differently. Using surveillance as a tool to restore biodiversity and deal with disruptors.
Producer: Alexandra Nevill
Featuring: Sheryl Nettleton, Field Officer at Mount Rothwell Safe Haven; Matthew Singleton, COO of Odonata
The stories in today’s episode were produced as part of a collaboration between the University of Melbourne, The Centre for Advancing Journalism, and All The Best. You can tune in to more stories like these on the Centre for Advancing Journalism’s podcast The Yarn.
All the Best Credits
Host: Gabriella Accaria
Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Programming & Community Coordinator: Catarina Fraga Matos
Production Manager: Kwame Slusher
Digital Trainee: Imogen Brosnan
Theme Music composed by Shining Bird
Episode Title: Izzy Boustead
And a special shout-out to all our volunteers!