For this podcast, Doctorate Candidate Maria Auxiliadora Castillo Soto conversed with Dr. Francesca Sobande about her book titled Big Brands are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture published by University of California Press in 2024. In this episode, Dr. Sobande talks about her experience with writing this book, her bricolage methodology, and other important topics and concepts that she deals with in her research, including morality and racial capitalism. We invite you to dive into this conversation to know more about Dr. Sobande’s work and to check out the following links for more information.

To learn more about Francesca Sobande and her work please visit: https://www.francescasobande.com/.

Her book Big Brands are Watching You is available for purchase at https://www.ucpress.edu/books/big-brands-are-watching-you/paper.

The episode transcript can be accessed here.

This episode is part of the EUTERPE podcast Library on European Literatures and Genders from a Transnational Perspective.

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Grant Agreement: 101073012 EUTERPE HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 Project.

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This episode was produced and edited by María Auxiliadora Castillo Soto.

Thank you to Alexander Walker for the music and to Alice Flinta for the voice over.

Thank you also to Ninutsa Nadirashvili, Evangeline Scarpulla and Kris Orszaghova for designing the podcast covers.