Atravesades podcast: sociological tools for reflecting on contemporary culture

Abstract

In this paper we describe the experience of producing the two seasons of the podcast Atravesades, the result of two university extension projects from Universidad Nacional de Villa María (UNVM) developed in partnership with the civil association JUNTAS por el Derecho a la Ciudad. In the first season, "Gender-based violence under debate: the podcast as a reflective tool," produced between 2022 and 2023, we proposed four episodes addressing gender-based violence, its definitions, media representations, and a debate on the social role of the victim and feminist activism. In the second season, "Citizenship, democracy, and cultural production under debate: the podcast as a reflective tool," produced between 2024 and 2025, we focused on changes in the cultural industry and the role of digital platforms and influencers as part of the contemporary digital public sphere. In the podcast we combined media and social media archival material, interviews with activists from Córdoba, capsule segments with conceptual definitions, and sociological conversation among team members, with the aim of building a dissemination tool that would also serve as a pedagogical resource. It can be found at @atravesades.podcast on Spotify and Instagram, where additional resources and bibliography are also available.