Inclusive climate communication; learning to podcast or learning to listen?

During our recent research on gender, disability and climate, we heard a clear call for a wider diversity of the forms by which research was disseminated and returned to the communities. In broadening our methods, we reflected on moments of questioning, tensions, challenges and ethical ponderings that we encountered throughout the creation of more creative outputs. These tensions included questions about what means of communication and dissemination dominate in research, who speaks and who listens, the challenges of negotiating power, ethics and care, rethinking ‘whose stories’ and who is doing the telling and, finally, solutions for accessibility barriers or obstacles encountered. Specifically, the paper argues that podcasting and other communications methods should be recorded in mainstream academic practice, with a focus on how we represent knowledge and methods for knowledge production. Utilising a breadth of spaces for stories and lived experiences is a crucial part of a commitment to listening and learning together in modern development collaborative practice.