{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6970bc32cc73d80ec5fd7959/6970bec16bd3fe3c0b6a4e46?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ticket to Ride: India","description":"<p>Welcome to the <strong>Acquisition Disorder</strong> podcast, the show where we select a modern board game and use it as a jumping-off point to discuss museum practice, past and present, and colonial histories and legacies. I’m your host, <a href=\"http://linkedin.com/in/izzy-bartley\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Izzy Bartley</strong></a>, and in this episode, we are looking at the tracks of history through the lens of one of the world's most popular board game franchises.</p><p><br></p><p>What can we learn from <a href=\"http://linkedin.com/in/john-mcgoldrick-19b56665\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>John McGoldrick</strong></a>, Curator of Industrial History at Leeds Museums and Galleries and <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/poonam-sharma-39b563311/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Poonam Sharma</strong></a>, a researcher at the University of Leeds and former Assistant Professor at the University of Delhi when we sit down to play <a href=\"https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/106645/ticket-to-ride-map-collection-2-india-and-switzerl\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Ticket to Ride: India</em></strong></a><strong> </strong>together? </p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we discuss:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>The Railway as a Tool of Empire:</strong> How the construction of the Indian railway was designed for the extraction of natural resources and the movement of British troops, rather than for the benefit of the Indian population.</li><li><strong>From First Class to Freight Carriages:</strong> The differences in the experience of train travel in colonial India for White British and Indian travellers in a system built on racism.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>A Prince, an Elephant and the Taj Mahal:</strong> An analysis of the game's cover art, which features stereotyped, western representations of India and Indian people.</li><li><strong>Tiger Tragedy:</strong> How the shooting of tigers by British army officers destroyed their populations and was used to assert control over local people.</li><li><strong>Building Railways in India, Building Wealth in Leeds: </strong>The links between locomotive manufacturing in Leeds, political power and generating wealth in the city.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>So join us as we roll dice, shuffle cards and above all, geek out over great conversations.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>References and further reading</strong></p><p><br></p><p>You can read a transcript of this conversation <a href=\"https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Acquisition-Disorder-Ep-2-Ticket-to-Ride-India-Transcript.docx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and see the board game <em>Ticket to Ride - India</em> <a href=\"https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TTR-India-Box.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/106645/ticket-to-ride-map-collection-2-india-and-switzerl\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Ticket to Ride: India and Switzerland</em></a><em> (game) on BoardGameGeek&nbsp;</em></li><li><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/29/british-empire-india-amartya-sen\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Illusions of empire: Amartya Sen on what British rule really did for India</a> (article)</li><li><a href=\"https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Inglorious_Empire/ZWwwDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=Shashi+Tharoor,+Inglorious+Empire:+What+the+British+did+to+India&amp;printsec=frontcover\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shashi Tharoor, <em>Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India</em></a><em> </em>(book)</li><li><a href=\"https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Empireland/iaD6DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=Sathnam+Sanghera,+Empireland:+How+Imperialism+has+Shaped+Modern+Britain&amp;printsec=frontcover\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Satnam Sanghera, <em>Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain</em></a><em> </em>(book)</li><li><a href=\"https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fhow-to-academy-podcast%2Fid1298460455%3Fi%3D1000641821855&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfhimb%40leeds.ac.uk%7C28a3b4e91e484b86927f08dc5eef3ad0%7Cbdeaeda8c81d45ce863e5232a535b7cb%7C0%7C0%7C638489628779777733%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kIk5FwQogrMgfeAGL5luk2HvSpaQuNFdeVDVRGajCqo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Academy with Satnam Sanghera, 16th January 2024</em></a><em> (podcast)</em></li><li><a href=\"https://www.yfanefa.com/record/6991\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yorkshire Film Archive of Hunslet Locomotive Company</a></li><li><a href=\"https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/retribution-37516/search/2024--keyword:edward-armitage--referrer:global-search/page/1/view_as/grid\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Retribution - a painting depicting Britain subduing the Indian war for independence, called mutiny in Britain</a> (painting, can be seen in <a href=\"https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-art-gallery/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds Art Gallery</a>)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Production Credits:</strong>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast was supported by the Arts &amp; Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/R012733/1) through the<a href=\"http://wrocah.ac.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> White Rose College of the Arts &amp; Humanities</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This production was supported by<a href=\"https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Research Podcasts</a>.</p>","author_name":"Izzy Bartley"}