Sharri Plonski

How can infrastructure be criminal? How does a mine, a gas field, a suburban neighbourhood or a dam become a perpetrator of violence and insecurity? Surviving Society Presents: Material Crimes answers these questions. Each episode investigates a different piece of infrastructure, tracing its global, colonial connections across time and space.

Deadline For Proposals: 14 April, 2023 Introduction to Surviving Society Productions Surviving Society was first broadcast in September 2017 and became a weekly podcast in July 2019. Surviving Society started as a way to communicate PhD research, and over time has developed into a public platform for people interested in anti-racism, politics and history.

On the 10th anniversary of the massacre of 34 striking mine workers at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, our host for this episode, Daniel Selwyn, investigates the transnational complicity of state and corporate actors, while amplifying voices from the ongoing struggles for justice and reparations.