The podcast series is based on a third-year undergraduate course in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University that offered an intimate look at the twin phenomena of political extremism and polarization.
On the 25 of September, CSLP co-director Vivek Venkatesh was interviewed by Dax D’Orazio in a podcast produced by the Centre for Constitutional Studies at Queen’s University’s.
The podcast - Extremism, Polarization, and the Future of Democracy – is a mini-series focused on the changing dynamic of public discourse and its implications for democratic politics.
The series connects with a range of academics, advocates, filmmakers, and journalists to tackle extremism and polarization from different vantage points. Listeners will learn about contemporary extremist movements and how they're rebranding themselves in the digital era, the problems of regulating online expression, how to address polarization and engage with potentially dangerous ideas, and much more.
In episode #4, Vivek Venkatesh was interviewed in his capacity as Professor and Chair in the Department of Art Education at Concordia University and UNESCO Co-Chair in Prevention of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism. He and interviewed D’Orazio discuss the importance of pluralism in combating extremism and some of Vivek's projects that foster such dialogue. Topics include a public education platform that combats hate and radicalization, the power of disagreement and non-judgment, and the impact of the pandemic on contemporary extremism.
La série est basée sur un cours de troisième année de licence du département d'études politiques de l'université Queen's, qui a permis d'étudier en profondeur le double phénomène de l'extrémisme politique et de la polarisation.