This audio documentary is a pilot of the research project Social Distance, Digital Congregation: British Ritual Innovation under COVID-19, hosted at Manchester Metropolitan University and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
https://bric19.mmu.ac.uk.

Loss In Translation:  Funerals and Death Care(BRIC19 Pilot)

Written and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.

08 The Armoury Final

03 An Infamous Prison

01 About This Tour

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’
A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. 

Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, with the aim to encourage dialogue and action towards anti-racist city-making.  Thank you to Smart Women’s Group, Newham, the DOST Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants in Newham and the individuals from Thamesmead who trusted us with their experiences and stories.  

The project is funded by Arup with participatory research conducted by Arup in collaboration with Decosm, and Social Broadcasts. The findings and insights from this research will be shared in a report on arup.com in the November 2021

4. Racial Equity & the City (Thamesmead) Making A Difference

6. Racial Equity and the City (Newham) Taking Back Power

Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around  this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on the Isle of Dogs across four generations  we learn about the unique history of the island, how things have changed and how the DLR Underline could be used in the future.  

Thank you to everyone who contributed their words and insights with special thanks to Cubitt Library and The Island History Group. 

Recording and Sound Design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Recording Assistant: Dhevia Sharma

3 Changes On The Isle Of Dogs

The Regent's Park Estate Community Festival (Saturday 6th August 2022) captured through sound with conversations captured from the local residents and organisations.

Audio recording and storytelling commissioned by Old Diorama Arts Centre
Recorded and edited by Lucia Scazzocchio

Regent's Park Estate Community Festival

1. The Great Drought (Gurnaikurnai - Australia)
This story tells how there was a terrible drought followed by a lethal flood.

There's a terrible drought and all the animals get together and realise that all water is being held inside a giant frog called Tidilick, the only way to get the water out is to make the frog laugh. They decide to hold a talent contest 'Get Out of Drought'. The Kookaburra tries and fails, the Frill Lizard tries and fails, the Crane tries and fails and finally the Short Finned Eel succeeds and Tidilick the frog laughs so much that the earth is flooded.

This story is from Australia where the First Nations (Aboriginal) people have lived for over 65 thousand years. This dreaming story from the Gurnaikurnai people, 'Tidilick The Frog' that tells of the natural history of the area and the flood records the period of natural change. The Lurtbit Yauung Brataualung clan group recorded this story which depicts the natural history of the country going through a turbulent time of great natural change, which shaped the landscape as we know it today.

Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

The Great Drought

Hainuwele The Coconut Girl (Alifuru -Ceram / Indonesia)
In this story we hear where root vegetables (tubars) and root spices came from and how people with good and evil hearts are seperated.
 
The god Ameta finds a coconut one day, he plants it and a lovely girl Hainuwele (coconut girl) grows from the ground. She has the amazing gift of being able to poo precious items. This instils jealousy amongst the villagers who decide to get rid of Hainuwele. She becomes the root of all root plants and spices and her leaves are made into a guilt gate and with the help of the goddess Satene anyone with a dark heart is turned into an animal and if they are particularly evil they are turned into goblins.

This story is from the Alifuru, Wemale and Alune people on the island of Ceram, located in the centre of the Muluka islands that are now part of Indonesia. They worship many gods, spirits and divine creatures.
Ameta who appears in this story, is the god who fathered Hainuwele (which means coconut girl) goddess of fertility. The other goddess who appears in this story is Satene - a goddess who became queen of the dead on the mountain of Salahua where people's souls went once they died.

Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

Hainuwele The Coconut Girl

3. Coyote and Silver Fox  (Miwok - California / North America)
In this story we learn how the earth is created and how domestic relationships sometimes have to be managed.

In the beginning there is nothing but water. Silver Fox is lonely and thinks Coyote into being. Together they sing the world into existence and go down to live on it. They live in harmony together except for the fact that Coyote is always hungry and Silver Fox keeps going out to get things to eat but he gobbles everything up and never shares or saves food. She eventually gets fed up of his antics and sets a trap. She's a crafty fox and teaches Coyote her worth and they live in harmony after that.

This story is from the Miwok tribe of indigenous people (also known as Native Americans or American Indians) who have lived for in North America (Turtle Island) for at least 15,000 years. Coyote and Silver Fox represent the first people and even though they are animals they behave just the way people would. Coyote, who features in many stories is often represented as a trickster and makes frivolous decisions and as you can hear in this story he is always hungry. Silver Fox is more serious and wise.  
Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

Coyote And Silver Fox

4. Pangu Creates The World, Nuwa Creates Humans (China)
These are two stories form ancient China describing how the world was created and how humans were made.

In the beginning there is nothing but a cosmic egg.  Pangu emerges from this egg and the upper partbecomesYin the sky and lower part becomes Yang the earth. He begins to form the earth with the help of Phoenix, Dragon and Tortoise but becomes exhausted and his body becomes the earth itself. Later, Nuwa a goddess with a fish tail comes down to earth but is lonely as she has no one to talk to. She decides to make humans out of mud and clay. She finds it too tiring to fashion them one at time so she finds a better way by splattering mud with a stick. This is how she populates the earth. 

These are two stories form ancient China describing how the world was created and how humans were made.
The earliest human settlements in what is today called China date back 7000 years. China was ruled by a number of different dynasties and has a very old and rich tradition of legends and mythology. The main characters of these stories are gods, goddesses, ghosts and demons. The main themes reflect various aspects of human nature, human relations and social life.

Pangu is accompanied by three animals that feature in many ancient Chinese stories; Dragon who represents wisdom and power, Tortoise a symbol of strength and immortality and there are stories where the history of the world is written on its shell, and Phoenix, a symbol of rebirth.  In the second part of the story we hear about how humans were created by Nuwa also known as Nu-Kua, Nu-Kwa, Nü-Wa a Chinese Creator Goddess and mother of all humans.

Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

Pangu Creates The World, Nuwa Creates Humans

The Cosmic Hug (Māori - Aotearoa / New Zealand)
This story is from the Māori people explaining how the earth and the sky were separated so that light could enable forests and plants to grow, followed by animals and humans. 

In the beginning there is nothing but the cosmos. Rangi (Ranginui) the sky father and Papatua (Papatūānuku) the earth mother hold each other in a tight embrace. Papatua gives birth to 70 sons who are caught between their mother and father with very little space and no light. They have to find a way out. Eventually, led by Tāne , (who becomes god of the forests) they manage to prize their parents apart. (Tāwhiri) Tāwhirimātea the god of the weather or wind doesn't agree with his brothers separating their mother and father. The other brothers featured are Tu (Tūmātauenga  - angry face) God of war, Whiro, god of darkness and Uru, the first born and god of light. As they prize their parents apart light shines through and the forests begins to grow and the earth becomes populated by plants and animals. 

The ancestors of the Māori people arrived in Aotearoa (translated as land of the thick white cloud) from the Polynesian Islands by boat over 1000 years ago and settled in this new land. They first encountered Europeans in the 1600’s when the Dutch landed onshore and called this island Nieuw Zeeland after the Dutch province Zeeland. The next Europeans to arrive where the British in 1769 led by Captain Cook and the colonisation by the British began.

In Māori society there is a long tradition of singing and storytelling. History is passed on through the many stories shared from generation to generation through song, dance and chants. 
Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

The Cosmic Hug

6. The Legend Of The Milky Way (Baltic - Estonia)
This story from Estonia describes how the amazing milky white group of stars we call the Milky Way (or bird path in Estonian) came from the adventurous goddess Lindu's wedding veil, carried by birds

The goddess Lindu lives in the sky with her father Uru. She loves adventure and can't stay still for long. Uru sends her down to earth to look after the birds. The North Star, Moon and Sun propose to her but she thinks they’re all too boring as they stay in one place and she needs more. Northern Lights feels like a more exciting prospect. He also proposes but then stands her up and she is left with her shimmering bridal veil but no marriage. She goes back up to live in the sky with her father and her bridal veil becomes the Milky way. 

Estonia is in Northern Europe and is bordered to the North with Finland and to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden to the South by Latvia and to the East is Russia. Many of these legends have been passed down through songs featuring tales of creation of course, but also tales of battles, journeys and magic. The most striking example of the culture of ancient Estonians is the rhythmic verse, as well as the aural tradition of folk song where each line is repeated several times with thematic variations. Estonians have one of the biggest collections of folk songs in the world, with written records of about 133,000 folk songs.
Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

Legend Of The Milkyway

7. The Council of the Orishas (Yoruba - Nigeria, Benin, Togo)
These two stories from the Yoruba people describe how humans were created, the coming of a great flood and how Oshun, the goddess of fertility made sure women have a voice.

The Orishas are the gods who live in the sky. Obatala (creator of mankind) decides to go down to create the earth - he is given a gold chain, a shell, a hen and a black cat. He then attempts to makes humans but gets drunk on palm wine and makes them all wonky. He has to start again.  Once the earth is populated, Olukun, god of the seas is annoyed that the other gods didn’t consult him, so he creates a flood and drowns the earth. A few people survive. Oshun, the goddess of fertility is annoyed because the other gods keep ignoring her and she isn't heard. She persuades all the women to go on strike. Things become unbearable for the men and no babies are born, so women are promptly given a seat at the table both in the skies and on earth. 

The Yoruba are an ancient people with roots that date back over 2000 years and were the rulers of the Oyo Kingdom, a West African Empire covering what is now West Nigeria to Zaire and Sudan. The main city of Ile-Ife cultivated a great cultural tradition. Traditional Yoruba religion has a pantheon of deities (gods) called the Orisha with hundreds of different gods representing natural elements and human emotions and worshipped for many different purposes. Ife is the Yoruba word for Earth and was named by the creator Obatala who also created mankind.

Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

The Council Of The Orishas

8. Where The Sun And The Moon Came From (Taíno- Cuba)
This story from the Taíno people begins with a great flood forcing everyone to hide in caves, even the Sun and the Moon. This story explains why the Sun and the Moon rise and set at different times.

In the beginning there was a great flood. many people hide in caves to escape the flood and so do the Sun and the Moon. The Sun kicks the Moon out as there isn’t enough space in the cave they are sharing. The moon goes up to the sky and find that it's much more spacious. The Sun misses the moon so goes up to the sky to find her and realises that’s it’s much better than his cave. He tries to reconnect with the moon but she is not having it, so they are always set to be apart forever. 

The Taíno were an Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico. Once thought to have completely disappeared there is now "Taíno restoration", a revival movement for Taíno culture that seeks official recognition of the survival of the Taíno people. In Puerto Rico, the history of the Taíno is being taught in schools and children are encouraged to celebrate the culture and identity of Taíno through dance, costumes and crafts.

Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

Where The Sun And The Moon Came From

9. The Corn People (Maya - Central America)
This story from the Maya people explains how humans were created out of corn after several attempts using different materials and how the creator gods Tepeu and Gucumatz made sure that humans did not have the constant access to supernatural vision.

Gucamatz (The Maker and Tapeau (The Feathered spirt) imagine the world, plants and animas into being. As supreme beings they need to be worshiped so they try to get the animals to praise them but that doesn’t work. They then create clay people but they just crack and break. They make wooden people but when they are asked to worship it’s wooden and without feeling so they drown them and they turn into monkeys. Then the animals bring them corn to make people out of. This works! These people praise them but they also have extra vision and can see and know as much as the gods which is problematic as this should be reserved for supreme beings. They swiftly have their third eye removed so they can praise the gods appropriately. 


Ancient Maya culture once stretched from central Mexico to Honduras and included parts of what is now Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador. More than 40 cities were founded on the Yucátan Peninsula in Mexico and in this area where they have now become tourist attractions.  Most of what we know about Maya religion, myth and history comes from a sacred book called The Popol Vuh (Book of Community) which is the most important book of the K’iche Maya of the Guatamalan highlands. It is presented in three parts. The first talks about the creation of the world and its first inhabitants, the second narrates the story of the Hero Twins, a couple of semi-gods; and the third part is the story of the Quiché noble family dynasties.
In Maya mythology, Tepeu (The Maker)  and Gucumatz (The Feathered Spirit also known as Kukulkan, and as the Aztec's Quetzalcoatl) are referred to as the Creators, the Makers, and the Forefathers. They were two of the first beings to exist although there were around 150 other gods.

Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

The Corn People

10. The Arrogance of Fam (Fang/Bantu - Central Africa)
This story from the Fang people is about the creation of the first human Fam who was given absolute power. This power went to his head as he destroyed the earth and disrespected the other animals that have been created.

In the beginning Membere (who is 3 gods in one) creates elephant, leopard and monkey and then decides to create man to rule over them, the first man is called Fam and he is given ultimate power over the animals as well as being immortal. He starts building, burning and destroying the earth and treating the animals badly. He refuses to worship Member when he is invited by the animals and just caries on building dams, developments and tearing up the place. The animals are in despair. Membere decides to flood the earth and Fam is made to wander alone forever. 

This story reflects the importance of looking after our environment, especially the equatorial rainforests where the Fang live that are abundant in natural resources such as timber, diamonds, oil and calton (used in phones) as well as palm oil plantations which are also a growing threat.  

Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time…
Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. 

These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the makers, shapers and creators. 


More information http://www.inthebeginning.world

Credits
Researched, written and directed by Lucia Scazzocchio & Hawa Kahn 
Presented by Chizzy Akudolu, narrated by Nicole Davis
Cast: Chizzy Akudolu, Rosie-Marie Christian, Darren Hart, Arnie Hewitt, Hawa Khan, Paul Marlon, Katherine Mosely, James Price, Narinder Samra. 
Children: Quinceo Parkes, Omara Parkes, Della Parkes, Sierra Kaitell, Gabriel Goba
Casting Director: Hawa Khan 
Audio production and sound design: Lucia Scazzocchio
Additional research: Leona Fensome
Original music: Gail Tasker
Cover Art: Delphine
A Sonomatopoeia / Social Broadcasts production. Supported by the Audio Content Fund.

The Arrogance Of Fam

Hear how  socially engaged artist Dana Olărescu and Associate Professor Julia Tomei from UCL’s Institute of Sustainable Resources worked with members of the Royal Wharf community ESOL class to think about themes of energy supplies and resources and how we can work better as a community..

This series of Audio Postcards was produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Dana Olărescu, Dr Julia Tomei and members of the Royal Wharf Community Dock ESOL learning group.

Dana Olărescu - Power In - Audio Postcard

Listen to Monica Narula and Jeebesh Bagchi from Raqs Media Collective, Dr Tristan Smith, researcher at UCL and director of UMAS, shipping historian Maddie Philips and poet Laila Sumpton examine our relationship with the sea and the shipping industry how this is changing in a moment of climate crisis.

This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.

Featuring the voices of Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, Dr Tristan Smith, Laila Sumpton and Maddie Philips. Rolling down the River is sung by the London Sea Shanty Collective.

Raqs - The Waves Are Rising - Audio Postcard

Join artist Melanie Manchot and UCL historian Dr Anna Maguire on the day of filming with some of the inspiring local women who joined this female flotilla sailing across the Royal Docks.

This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Melanie Manchot, Dr Anna Maguire, Maddie Philips and Councilor Thelma Odoi. On site recording by Eleanor Wright and Katherine Liggins.

Melanie Manchot - Flotilla - Audio Postcard

Artist Simon Faithfull has been immersed in the fascinating world of bees since he met beekeeper Dale Gibson from Bermondsey Bees. Dr Izzy Bishop from UCL’s Nature Labs reveals how everything in nature is connected and how the river plays a part in this.

This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Simon Faithfull, Dale Gibson, Dr Izzy Bishop and Dilawar Hussain from Thames 21

Simon Faithfull - Biotopes - Audio Postcard

As you walk between the two sites listen to a short audio feature exploring how the docks have always been a place of mixing and mingling as workers and goods came from overseas via this gateway into the city. Founder of Poetry vs Colonialism Laila Sumpton, Ansar Ahmed Ullah from the Swadhinata Trust and UCL historian Dr Anna Maguire highlight the Bengali seamen known as Lascars. 

This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Laila Sumpton, Ansar Ahmed Ullah  from the Swadhinata Trust, Dr Anna Maguire and members of the Royal Wharf Community Dock ESOL learning group. The poem Jamdani Weavers, by Laila Sumpton (co-founder of Poetry Vs Colonialism and member of the London Sea Shanty Collective)
Wild Goose is performed by the London Sea Shanty Collective.

Sea Change Untold History Walk - Audio Postcard

Dr Patrick O’Hare, Social Anthropologist at the University of St Andrews, takes Cartonera to Scotland.

Cartonera is a publishing movement that grew out of the Argentine economic crisis of 2001. They became known as ‘cartoneros’, after the cartón (cardboard) that they collected on the streets of cities such as Buenos Aires. Since then, the Cartonera model has spread across Latin America and the world. Each Cartonera publisher is different: some continue to work with wastepickers, others with indigenous groups; some focus on poetry, others prose or political texts.

Patrick initiated the first Cartonera project in Scotland, a collaboration with the Creative Change Collective (CCC), a charity working with people in recovery from addiction and in the criminal justice system. CCC tackles social problems through the creative arts, building community and empowering people, an approach that chimes with the cartonera ethos.

CCC heard about Cartonera and invited Patrick to deliver a series of workshops at which the group would make a Cartonera book out of anonymous drama scripts. Participants would learn a new craft and build on the momentum of their arts-based recovery by creating a book series that could be distributed amongst participants, friends, family, policymakers, and an interested public.

In the podcast, you hear the voices of Gary, Teresa, Donna, Emma and Catherine, who attended the workshops, as well as Jo, Anne-Marie and Lorraine, Mark McNicol from CCC, Liam Meechan from AbbeyCare Scotland, Scotland’s Minister for Drug and Alcohol Policy Elena Whitham, and performers at the Paisley event. Thank you to everyone at CCC who participated in this podcast, which was funded by a Small Impact Award from the University of St Andrews and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts.

Cartonera To Recovery -Translating Latin American Book Cultures

Spirit of Invention - A quick history mashup from the archives of John Logie Baird demonstrating the world's first live working television system in 1926.

Televison Man - Logi Baird

Behind the gates of a magical medicinal garden in Bethnal Green, London there is a whole world waiting to be found. As part of the VOICED project commissioned by Nomad Projects, this hour long programme combines poetry, prose, music and interviews from within the garden walls. Featuring  interviews and original sound artworks by Michael Smythe, Gabby Boraston, Lucy Cash, Lucy McLauchlan, Lucía Montero, David Nash, James Nixon,
Duncan Robertson, Stick In The Wheel, Sam Wallman & Sarah Westcott.
A Cultivaters Production by Lucia Scazzocchio

The Phytology Hour

The rites and passage of LGBTQI+ Migrants in Britain. This soundscape is about  journeys of self-discovery. 
Created from 40+ oral history recordings for Rainbow Pilgrims. 
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio

Rainbow Pilgrims soundscape: SELF

An audio portrait of one day at Kings Cross Station. 
Where are people going, where have they been and how are they connected to each other and to the station? What happens when you introduce serendipity and coincidence into the station’s waiting area? 
Recorded and produced by Social Broadcaster Lucia Scazzocchio.

Kings Cross Connections

Commissioned by Hunt & Darton's Radio Local, I was one of 3 artists to capture Stoke on Trent through sound.  My patch was Fenton, also known as the forgotten town. This is an a 4 part audio portrait told by the voices of the people that live and work there. 
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio

Radio Local Stoke: Episode 1: Welcome To Fenton

Commissioned by London Transport Museum to explore the life, community and sense of place around 2 areas soon to be drastically changed by the arrival of Cross Rail or the Elizabeth Line. This is a moment in time captured through voices of people who live and work in Thamesmead and Abbey Wood in South East London around what will soon become a destination station: Abbey Wood.
With special thanks to: Matt Jenner, Raevennan Husbandes and Deborah Fripong at RTM for their help and generosity.
Recording and audio production by Lucia Scazzocchio

Changing Tracks: Abbey Wood

Created as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside. 
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day. 
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio

Cherrytree Chronicles: Ep4 Singing Butchers And Scouse

Cherrytree Chronicles: Ep5 Jeanie

Cherrytree Chronicles: Ep6 More Than A Bacon Butty

Social Broadcaster Lucia Scazzocchio encourages four strangers visiting Tate Modern today to join her in a live lunchtime conversation. Inspired by Theodore Zeldin’s ‘Conversation Dinners’, the menu comprises three topics as a starter, a main course and desert. Four strangers - invited to connect on a deeper level, live on radio in an experiment where anything could happen. Part of Art on Air a weeklong live Resonance broadcast from Tate Modern London. 
Thanks to Francesca Nelson, Henry Amadi, Pablo Rubio and Radovan Hlavcak for participating.

The Gentle Art of Talking to Strangers Live from Tate Modern

Lorraine Lavan discovered Horsey on a bike trip and decided to move to Norfolk. 30 years on she still loves the beauty of Horsey.

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