Khartoum Podcast - خرطوم بودكاست
Khartoum Podcast is a series of episodes that explore the city of Khartoum from different social, cultural, and political aspects through the lenses of specialists, urbanists, artists, and other inhabitants of the city. The podcast discusses the relationship between people, culture, and history to get a better understanding of how Khartoum is continuously being shaped every day.
This podcast was produced by the Urban Episode (Studio Urban) for Sudan Moves project with Mai Abusalih as Head Researcher and one of the hosts. The project was made possible with the support of Goethe-Institut Sudan.
Khartoum Podcast was broadcast by the local Sudanese radio station, Hala96fm.
website: https://artxdialogue.org/podcast/
The following episodes were researched and presented by Mai:
- Omdurman through time:
Omdurman is known for it’s image as the national capital and Sudan’s microcosm - an image that is closely associated with a long history of cultural, social, and political movements rooted in the city. The episode questions poses the questions: How did the image of Omdurman form? And has this image been imagined or was it the product of real processes that remained a part of the city’s history?
- Deathscapes of Khartoum
How does death relate to space?
What can be considered as a “space” of death?
In this episode we explore the relationship of Khartoum with death, whether it be through places of burial or places of memorialization and we consider how spaces of death can act as physical archives that have the ability to preserve the history of the city. This journey will allow us to explore the history of qubbas of sufi saints and their relationship to the city’s socio-political landscape, the history cemeteries in Khartoum and finally monuments and memorials and the tensions surrounding memorialization in Sudan.
We discuss how these “deathscapes” have intersected with spaces of the living and become contested sites where the socio-political relations in the city playout.
Accompanying essay:
https://artxdialogue.org/deathscapes/
Keywords:
Death Culture, Domed Shrines, Cemeteries, Burial, Memorialization, Remembrance, Monuments.
