Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes & the Stories They Tell
Zalfa Feghali and Gillian Roberts
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Hosted by Border Studies academics Zalfa Feghali and Gillian Roberts, this podcast explores border depictions and encounters in our contemporary world.
Zalfa, Gillian, and their guests discuss borders, their cultural manifestations, and their implications. In their aim to make the academic field of border studies accessible to non-specialist audiences, they ask questions like: “What do borders look like?”, “How are borders used and mobilised in our everyday lives?”, and “What different borders can be known?”
To answer these questions, they consider current events, personal stories, and specialist academic texts, as well as exploring and reflecting on “classic” texts of Border Studies.
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S2E5 Borders and Cosmopolitanism
Send us a MessageRIP Moira Rose, also sometimes known as the great Catherine O'Hara.We refer to April Carter's The Political Theory of Global Citizenship; James Clifford's "Traveling Cultures" in…
S2E4 Borders and Water
Send us a MessageHaven’t read Delacroix’s Small Boat yet? You know what to do! Head to your local independent bookshop, or borrow a copy from your library.Lines Drawn upon the Water is the title of a…
S2E3 Borders and Citizenship
Send us a MessageThis episode is the first time we’ve asked each other “how are you?” Yes, we’ve checked. Here are two “rankings” for passports: the Henley Passport Index, which describes itself as…
S2E2 Borders and Hospitality
Send us a MessageSpecial thanks to our guest speakers, whose border stories we gratefully share with their consent: Jenneba Sie-Jallok, Loraine Masiya Mponela, Ambreen Hai, and Gaura Narayan.Gillian…
S2E1 Borders and Vulnerability
Send us a MessageThe Urban Dictionary’s definition of “tsunamied” is very much not what Zalfa intended. In fact, she had to look it up on reading this entry in the show notes, and wishes she had…
S1E8 Borders and Speculative Fiction
Send us a MessageProphet Song by Paul Lynch is available for purchase here, at your local independent bookstore, or check out your local library. It won the Booker Prize in 2023. (Read an article by…
S1E7 We Need to Talk About Settler Colonialism with guests Emma Battell Lowman and Adam Barker
Send us a MessageContent Note: This episode makes reference to the use of racist language/slurs.This is what a walrus sounds like (righteousness unconfirmed).“Columbus was a Dick” is a song by…
S1E6 Border Art with guest David Stirrup
Send us a MessageDavid mentioned "pretendians," a term used to refer to individuals who falsely claim Indigenous heritage.David mentioned work by Eric Gansworth (Onondaga). Read more about…
S1E5 Borders and Language with guests Olivia Hellewell and Pierre-Alexis Mével
Send us a MessageLiv is the translator of The Fig Tree by Goran Vojnović, which you can order directly from the publisher Istros Books, or via our friendly local Five Leaves Bookshop. She mentions…
S1E4 Reading and Rereading Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera with guest Stephanie Lewthwaite
Send us a MessageListeners who did not share Gillian’s TV viewing habits in the 1980s and ‘90s can find the Pace salsa ad here.We make reference to not only Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera:…
S1E3 Arriving at Arrival
Send us a MessageGillian saw Arrival at Broadway in Nottingham. Support your local independent cinema!Arrival was adapted from Ted Chiang’s novella, “Story of Your Life," which appeared in his 2002…
S1E2 Gender and Borderlands with guests Caleb Bailey and Deborah Toner
Send us a MessageWe Googled “Why are dates important in History,” but fear the results may not have been peer-reviewed. For peer-reviewed sources on other matters:Information about the publication of…
S1E1 Welcome: Connecting (Some) Dots
Send us a MessageGillian would like to state for the record that Zalfa is also the real deal.In other matters:What is the plural of “impetus”?The answer, improbably, is…
Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes & the Stories They Tell (trailer)
Send us a MessageHosted by Border Studies academics Zalfa Feghali and Gillian Roberts, this podcast will explore border depictions and encounters in our contemporary world. Zalfa, Gillian, and their…
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Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes & the Stories They Tell has published 14 episodes since June 2024, covering topics in Arts, Documentary.
Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes & the Stories They Tell is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 44m.
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