Migrations: A World on the Move

In our final episode of the season, we talk to guests Philip Gleissner, Harry Eli Kashdan, and Reem Kassis about their book of essays and recipes called Resilient Kitchens: American Immigrant Cooking in a Time of Crisis, Essays and Recipes. Philip and Harry are editors of the book, which features immigrant restaurateurs, chefs, scholars, food writers, and activists. Although this book has its origins in the pandemic, the relevance and impact of the stories within go far beyond it.

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Philip Gleissner
Harry Eli Kashdan
Reem Kassis
Resilient Kitchens: American Immigrant Cooking in a Time of Crisis, Essays and Recipes
The COVID Food Archive
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E. Tendayi Achiume is a professor of law at UCLA. Her research focuses on international migration, refugee displacement, and especially the role of international law in shaping the way that borders work. Today’s episode covers a broad scope of Achiume’s work, including colonialism, human rights, and migration. This episode is a podcast mashup with Ufahamu Africa, a podcast on life and politics on the African continent, and Eleanor is joined by the show's co-host, Rachel Beatty Riedl, for the interview.

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E. Tendayi Achiume
Racial Borders by E. Tendayi Achiume
Migration as Decolonization by E. Tendayi Achiume
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume - Ecological crisis, climate justice and racial justice

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In a visit to Novellara, Italy, last summer, our host Eleanor Paynter and guest host Elena Bellina learned about the community of Sikh Indians who began migrating to the area in the 1980s. The Sikhs are one of more than 50 different immigrant communities among the town's residents, but they've played an important role in shaping the region. As you'll hear in this episode, the story of this community is one about the search for stability, building and sustaining a sense of home in a new place, and the crossing of cultures.

Our guests are Iqbal Singh, vice president of the town's gurdwara, Elena Carletti, the mayor of Novellara, and Barbara Bertolani, a sociologist studying Sikh communities in Italy.

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Elena Carletti
Barbara Bertolani
Gurdwara Singh Sabha in NovellaraNovellara, Italy"Attending Houses of Worship as Homes Out of the Home" by Barbara Bertolani and Sara Bonfanti
Novellara photo project by Jai Toor
Movement to have Sikhism Formally Recognized by the Italian State (in Italian)
Coverage of the 2023 Nagar Kirtan Celebrations (in Italian)
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The next episode of Migrations: A World on the Move is coming soon! In the meantime, enjoy this introduction to a new podcast from our colleagues at the South Asia Program, available now wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Momar Ndiaye, assistant professor of dance at Ohio State University (OSU) and a celebrated choreographer. Momar’s work in African dance and contemporary dance is internationally recognized, and he’s toured across the U.S. and abroad. In our conversation, we view migration through the lens of dance and recognize it as an embodied experience. To interview Momar, Eleanor is joined by Amy Shuman, professor emerita at OSU. Her formative work in narrative studies includes books, articles, and collaborations on human rights and political asylum. Momar, Amy, and Eleanor talk broadly about human rights and migration in postcolonial contexts, ideas of how human rights operate and fail, and what that has to do with the crossing of borders.

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Momar Ndiaye
Amy Shuman
Technologies of Suspicion and the Ethics of Obligation in Political Asylum edited by Bridget M. Haas and Amy Shuman
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
West and Central Africa - Precarious Migration Routes to Europe - West African Atlantic Route
"Frontex Planning Operations in Senegal and Mauritania, Claims NGO"
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