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 collection edited by Karl S. Hele about First Nations people in the Great Lakes borderlands.Speaking of the Great Lakes, our favourite line of David W. McFadden’s about Lake Huron is (still) from Great Lakes Suite.Behold the (UK) cover of Yann Martel’s 2001 novel Life of Pi. For more on the UK and France’s “one in, one out” deal, see this piece by Matilde Rosina.Three-year-old Alan Kurdi and his family died in September 2015.For information about Australia’s detention policies, see the Refugee Council of Australia’s website.Read Kent and Syla’s piece on small island nations here. For a starting point to thinking about responsibility, see Robert E. Goodin’s Protecting the Vulnerable (1985) or read the UN’s Global Compact on Refugees.The charity Care4Calais works with refugees in the UK, France, and Belgium.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