Key Podcast Details
Theme - Discrimination
Location - Bristol
Dates - April to June 2022
School - Emersons Green Primary School, Bristol
With the help of - Humanists UK and Bristol Humanists
'Ask'
In Pakistan, 11 year old Ayaan is growing up with doubts. It seems to him that although everyone around him is a Muslim, he is interested in exploring another worldview.
But Ayaan isn't allowed to ask the 'wrong' questions. How do we know there is a god? Where did Ammi (his mum) go when she died? Questions like these carry strong, scary penalties. He mustn't step out of line - but he also cannot stay silent.
It isn't easy to discover who you are, but it is important to try. With the help of his friend Jimmy and his sister Amber, Ayaan explores worldviews, cultures and relationships to find out in the end what he really believes.
Audio play starts from 00:00 to 20:15
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Audio Play Synopsis
In Conversation
With the young people as interviewers, members of Humanists UK, the
Bristol Humanists and Sedef Ahmed a Muslim living in Bristol provide honest, reflective answers about their worldview, and the issues found in the audio play.
In conversation starts at 20:15 to 33:20
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Soundscape
Oral history is a key component in the teaching and dissemination of the Humanist tradition.
Whether it be on the streets on walking tours, or in a function room or town hall, the sonic component most important to the Humanist tradition
lies in the words spoken, rather than the spaces spoken within.
Similarly, the soundscape revolves around the oral tradition. The different sounds and spaces are reflective of the content and intent of the words
of the Humanists interviewed. The selected content articulates a grounded and rational approach, along with a sense of awe at the universe
through a focus on the scientific.
The resulting work serves to echo the words being spoken, rooted in material and fictional spaces, and heightened through choice moments of music.
Cameron Naylor - Sound Artist
Soundscape starts 33.20 to the end
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Education Pack
Each podcast has its own bespoke education pack filled with structured and progressing activities designed to assist the teacher in the classroom. Links can be made with the RE and PSHE curriculum,
as well as other curriculum areas.
Credits
Emily Bignell - Creative Director
Lizzie Bourne – Writer
Emily Bignell – Drama Facilitator
Cameron Naylor - Sound Artist
David Brook - Audio Technician and Editor
David Lambert and Leanne Taylor - Producers
Anna Sandiford, Shooting Fish and Gillian Georgiou - RE Adviser
(Lincoln Diocesan Board of Education) - Education Pack
Worldview partnership
Julian Baggini - a humanist writer and philosopher
Matt Evans - Humanists UK
Maddy Goodhall - Bristol Humanists
Sedef Ahmed - a Muslim living in Bristol
Actors
Jessica Kaur - Amber
Lucky Azard – Abba
Ranj Nagra – Older Aayan
Simran Bhandari – Young Aayan
Michael McCredie – Guard
Shea Stokes - Jimmy
Eva O'Loughlin - Georgia