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 Cultural Studies; Homi Bhabha's The Location of Culture; Walter Mignolo's "The Many Faces of Cosmo-polis: Border Thinking and Critical Cosmopolitanism"; Jacques Derrida's On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness; Immanuel Kant's "Perpetual Peace: a Philosophical Sketch"; a speech by former Conservative UK prime minister Theresa May; we love Star Trek; a speech by former Conservative UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher; cities of sanctuary, especially currently in the US context; the Leicester 2021 census; Conservative-turned-Reform* politician Robert Jenrick's words about Birmingham; Reform-led councils installing UK and England flags; a survey about how people in the UK interpret the proliferation of flags; Gogglebox's episode that includes commentary on the proliferation of flags; Stuart Hall's "Encoding/decoding"; Steven Vertovec on superdiversity; Canada's official multicultural policy, about which Eva Mackey, Smaro Kamboureli, and Wayde Compton, among others, have written; Toronto's linguistic diversity; an example image of the non-border Zalfa saw; the straight line of much of the Canada-US border; and Wayde Compton again.*The UK's Reform party is not to be confused with Canada's Reform party (1987-2000), although they share similar right-wing politics. Canada's Reform party was subsequently absorbed (after first being renamed) into the Conservative Party of Canada.The material in this podcast is for informational purposes only. The personal views expressed by the hosts and their guests on the Borders Talk podcast do not constitute an endorsement from associated organisations.Thanks to the School of Arts, Media and Communication at the University of Leicester for the use of recording equipment, and to the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham for financial support.Music: “Corrupted” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comEdited by Steve Woodward at podcastingeditor.com