Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal

This is the thirty-fourth issue of Exchanges, first published in Spring 2026. Article topics in this issue include: the 2020 Spanish television series Veneno and the 'trans bio-epic', two Critical Reflections on the growing academic practice of auto-ethnography, the sociolinguistic practices of naming children in Telugu-speaking Christian communities in India, an examination of biochar and its potential helps and harms for the environment and the 'more-than-human', and providing a 'decolonial framework' for tackling inequality in higher education. Additionally, the Editor-in-Chief’s editorial explains the recent announcement of an important impending change to Exchanges' editorial direction, alongside providing an overview of the issue’s contents with updates for contributing authors and forthcoming issue publishing plans.