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Borders in Globalization Podcast

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Borders in Globalization (BIG) is an innovative, integrative, and sustainable network of academic partners from Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, which is engaged with non-academic organizations that are involved in the management of borders and borderlands in Canada and worldwide. The basic goal is to build excellence in the knowledge and understanding of borders. To this end, the partners will work together to create new policy and foster knowledge transfer in order to address such globalization forces as security, trade and migration flows.

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Episodes

  1. #42 BIG Podcast – « US-Mexico Border: Social Justice and Eco-Systems Challenges » PART 2 - With: Irasema Coronado

    Our guest: Irasema Coronado, Professor of Political Science and Director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University In this second part of our podcast, we turn our focus to the pressing environmental and water challenges along the US–Mexico border. We’ll explore the…

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  2. #41 BIG Podcast – « US-Mexico Border: Social Justice and Eco-Systems Challenges » PART 1 - With: Irasema Coronado

    Our guest: Irasema Coronado, Professor of Political Science and Director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University In this podcast, we will explore the complex issues surrounding the US–Mexico border. From the impact of border security on local communities to shared...

  3. #40 BIG Podcast – « Borders and Climate Change » PART 2 - With: Simon Dalby, Professor Emeritus, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

    In this second part of the podcast, we examine prospective scenarios for addressing climate challenges within the Anthropocene, an epoch marked by profound human influence on Earth's systems. With Simon Dalby, we will investigate strategies to anticipate and navigate disruptions to political and...

  4. #39 BIG Podcast – « Borders and Climate Change » PART 1 - With: Simon Dalby, Professor Emeritus, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

    In this podcast with Simon Dalby, we explore the intersection of borders and climate change in the Anthropocene era, a period when humans are profoundly shaping the planet. We will analyze how global warming is redefining physical and political borders. Climate effects, environmental security,...

  5. #38 BIG Podcast – « Borders and Gender Studies in North America » PART 1 - With: Andréanne Bissonnette, Political Science Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Border Policy Research Institute (WWU)

    Andréanne Bissonnette, Political Science Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Border Policy Research Institute (WWU) and Associate Researcher at the Raoul Dandurand Chair (UQAM); What are the relationships between Gender Studies and Border Studies? What does the prism of Gender Studies…

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  6. #37 BIG Podcast – « Borders and Gender Studies in North America » PART 1 - With: Andréanne Bissonnette, Political Science Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Border Policy Research Institute (WWU)

    Andréanne Bissonnette, Political Science Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Border Policy Research Institute (WWU) and Associate Researcher at the Raoul Dandurand Chair (UQAM); What are the relationships between Gender Studies and Border Studies? What does the prism of Gender Studies…

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  7. #24 BIG Podcast - “Māori People, Tribal Borders and Customs in New Zealand” (PART 1) - With: Thomas Tawhiri – Indigenous Māori, Custom Manager & Researcher – Aotearoa, New Zealand

    The Māori are Indigenous Polynesian peoples with distant roots in the Lapita civilization. First inhabitants of what is called New Zealand, they arrived there more than 1000 years ago. The Māori people is a minority, it forms about 18% of the New Zealand population. In this podcast, we will talk...

  8. #22 BIG Podcast - “Nepal-India Border, Minorities and Cross-Border Networks” - With: Kalpana Jha, Analyst and Researcher at the University of Victoria

    Country of 27 million inhabitants, in the Himalayan mountain range, Nepal shares a border with India for 1690 km and with China for nearly 1,200 km. The majority of the inhabitants live in the south of the country (along the Indo-Nepalese border) and in the Kathmandu valley. Nepal became a…

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  9. #36 BIG Podcast – « Borders, Territorial Jurisdiction and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction » PART 2 - With: Cedric Ryngaert, Professor of Public International Law at Utrecht University, Netherlands

    Following the first Part of our interview, this second part of the podcast focuses mainly on the notion of extra-territorial jurisdiction with the examples of certain States, the European Union and even private global firms. What do state borders mean in a world where thousands of different...

  10. #35 BIG Podcast – « Borders, Territorial Jurisdiction and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction » PART 1 - With: Cedric Ryngaert, Professor of Public International Law at Utrecht University, Netherlands

    What do state borders mean in a world where thousands of different jurisdictions overlap, serve multiple functions, and take multiple forms? The theme of this podcast explores the concept of jurisdiction in light of Border Studies, state territorial sovereignty and the normative power of the…

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  11. #34 BIG Podcast – « 1648-1815 : naissance des frontières modernes » PART 2 - With: Claire de Blois, Enseignant-Chercheur, Université d’Orléans, France;

    Dans notre monde interconnecté, les frontières entre États jouent un rôle fondamental, mais leur histoire est souvent méconnue. Ces lignes sur la carte représentent des histoires de conflits, de négociations, de cultures en interaction et d'identités façonnées au fil du temps. Pour explorer cette...

  12. #33 BIG Podcast – « 1648-1815 : naissance des frontières modernes » PART 1 - With: Claire de Blois, Enseignant-Chercheur, Université d’Orléans, France;

    Dans notre monde interconnecté, les frontières entre États jouent un rôle fondamental, mais leur histoire est souvent méconnue. Ces lignes sur la carte représentent des histoires de conflits, de négociations, de cultures en interaction et d'identités façonnées au fil du temps. Pour explorer cette...

  13. #32 BIG Podcast - “Borders and Ports of the Future” - With: Alan Bersin, Executive Chairman of Altana AI and former U.S. Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection

    Ports of Entry (PoE) are vital nodes of global connectivity, they serve as entry and exit points for global trade. Ports (seaports, airports, …) often serve as checkpoints for the movement of people and goods, they are interfaces between land territories and maritime/air spaces which symbolize…

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  14. #31 BIG Podcast - “Democracy, Migration Studies and Border Studies: Gaps and/or Bridges” - With: Oliver Schmidtke (PART 2)

    #31 BIG Podcast - “Democracy, Migration Studies and Border Studies: Gaps and/or Bridges” - With: Oliver Schmidtke, Political scientist, Director of the Center for Global Studies – Victoria, Canada; (PART 2) Classically, Migration Studies explore all mobility regimes of human groups. There is a...

  15. #30 BIG Podcast - “Democracy, Migration Studies and Border Studies: Bridges and/or Gaps” - With: Oliver Schmidtke (PART 1)

    #30 BIG Podcast - “Democracy, Migration Studies and Border Studies: Bridges and/or Gaps” - With: Oliver Schmidtke, Political scientist, Director of the Center for Global Studies – Victoria, Canada; (PART 1) Classically, Migration Studies explore all mobility regimes of human groups. There is a...

  16. #29 BIG Podcast - “Hadrian’s Wall, Frontiers of the Roman Empire and Border Studies” - With: David J. Breeze (PART 2)

    With: David J. Breeze – British archaeologist and scholar of Hadrian's Wall⁠, the Antonine's Wall⁠ and the Roman army⁠; Chairman of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies from 2000 to 2015 A second wall was built to the north of Hadrian's Wall from 141-142 AD until 155 AD but was...

  17. #28 BIG Podcast - “Hadrian’s Wall, Frontiers of the Roman Empire and Border Studies” - With: David J. Breeze (PART 1)

    With: David J. Breeze – British archaeologist and scholar of Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine's Wall and the Roman army; Chairman of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies from 2000 to 2015 The history of the Roman Empire is intertwined with the control of the entire Mediterranean Sea…

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  18. #27 BIG Podcast - “Nation State Model and Creative Solutions for Border Problems” - With: Nick Megoran – Political Geographer at Newcastle University, England

    The Nation-State model is built on the synchronization between a so-called state territory and a so-called national population. The mechanical imposition of this specific model has led to serious conflicts in certain parts of the world. What are the consequences of this model on the design of the...

  19. #26 BIG Podcast (PART 1) - “Nation State Model and Creative Solutions for Border Problems” - With: Nick Megoran – Political Geographer at Newcastle University, England

    The Nation-State model is built on the synchronization between a so-called state territory and a so-called national population. The mechanical imposition of this specific model has led to serious conflicts in certain parts of the world (we will discover the ancient situation of Denmark/Germany...

  20. #25 BIG Podcast - “Māori People, Tribal Borders and Customs in New Zealand” (PART 2) - With: Thomas Tawhiri – Indigenous Māori, Custom Manager & Researcher – Aotearoa, New Zealand

    The Māori are Indigenous Polynesian peoples with distant roots in the Lapita civilization. First inhabitants of what is called New Zealand, they arrived there more than 1000 years ago. The Māori people is a minority, it forms about 18% of the New Zealand population. In this podcast, we will talk...

  21. #23 BIG Podcast - “Villes et agglomérations transfrontalières : Enjeux et Défis” - With: Bernard Reitel – Professeur de Géographie Politique et Urbaine – Université d’Artois, France

    Parmi tous les milieux possibles à cheval sur les frontières internationales, les villes et agglomérations transfrontalières sont un cas d’étude très intéressant ; elles sont des entités urbaines qui existent à travers les frontières, et de part et d’autre de ces frontières. Elles ont la…

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  22. #21 BIG Podcast - “Non-Human Borders?” - With: Ammie Kalan, Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria and field-based Primatologist.

    As we know, human history has led to the construction of border systems between different political entities. Human groups have sought to differentiate themselves spatially by boundaries, delimitations, legal conventions, border guards, they have also formed alliances and buffer zones. But there...

  23. #20 BIG Podcast - “US/Canada Border and Cross-Border Cascadia Region” - With: Laurie Trautman, Director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, USA

    The objective of this podcast is to better understand both the Cascadia cross-border region and the US/Canada border in this specific region of the Pacific Northwest. The Cascadia region is a plurinational and cross-border region between mountains and ocean, between Canada and the United States,...

  24. #19 BIG Podcast - “Cross-Border Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Students: Jay Treaty Legacy” - With: Michael O’Shea, Researcher; and Cameron Robertson, Cree Language Writer

    Michael O'Shea came to share with us the results of his analysis report on the rights of Indigenous students to benefit from the Jay Treaty through Canadian universities (extension of domestic tuition rates to Indigenous students living in the US). This report was translated into Cree language by...

  25. #18 BIG Podcast - “History of cross-border cooperation in Europe since 1945” - With: Birte Wassenberg – Professor in Contemporary History at the University of Strasbourg, France;

    The border reflects a division of the world into territorialized state, juridical and political orders that are spatially separated by territorial delimitations. Cross-border cooperation connects local and sub-national authorities, on both sides and across borders. In fact, this phenomenon...

  26. #17 BIG Podcast - “Border Film and Border Studies” - With: Michael Dear – Professor Emeritus of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, California, United States

    Borders are legal constructs: conventional lines on maps, landmarks on the ground, zone of cooperation, control and violence. But borders are also an artistic object. Sometimes, it is the border itself which is the support of a work of art. Other times, they appear in works of photography…

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  27. #16 BIG Podcast - “Popular Protest, the Middle East and Borders” - With: Michael J. Carpenter – Political Scientist at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada, and Managing Editor of BIG Review

    The Middle East is the name of a complex geographical region comprising different countries and cultures between Europe, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Asia. It is also a space where many conflicts have existed and continue to exist today, in particular the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These...

  28. #15 BIG Podcast - “Indigenous Resurgence and Indigenous Internationalism” – With: Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel – Professor in Indigenous Studies & Associate Director of CIRCLE, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Indigenous nationhood movements are taking place worldwide in multiple ways and are all connected with the Indigenous resurgence. Indigenous autonomy and self-determination are fundamental to Indigenous resurgence. What are the effects of the Doctrine of Discovery on Indigenous Peoples? What are...

  29. #14 BIG Podcast - “Les frontières et la cohésion territoriale européenne” – Avec: Jean Peyrony – Directeur général de la Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière – MOT –, France

    Les régions frontalières et transfrontalières sont au cœur de la construction européenne. La cohésion territoriale est l’un des objectifs de l’Union européenne : cette politique vise à réduire les écarts de niveaux de vie et de développement dans les régions de l’UE. La Mission Opérationnelle...

  30. #13 BIG Podcast - “Frontières internes et frontières externes de l’Union européenne” – Avec: Frédérique Berrod – Professeure à Sciences Po Strasbourg, France

    L’Union européenne poursuit le projet de créer une intégration juridique entre différents Etats sur le plan institutionnel et le plan matériel. Mais quels sont ses effets sur les frontières entre les Etats qui la composent ? En outre, le droit de l’UE développe une régulation juridique propre.…

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  31. #12 BIG Podcast - “Borderities and Territorialities of Indigenous Peoples” - With: Brian Thom – Associate Professor in the department of Anthropology at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada

    Indigenous Peoples have a profound relationship with the land, the water and all the interlinked ecosystems. These relations are the basis of their conditions of existence and of their cultural, legal and political system. Better understanding this complexity of the existential interrelations of...

  32. #11 BIG Podcast - “Security of Borders and Security of Transnational Flows” - With: Alan Bersin – Executive Chairman of Altana AI and former U.S. Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection

    Transnational flows cross borders and reveal national and international security issues. New technologies such as BIG DATA, artificial intelligence and Machine Learning are mobilized to secure the movement and circulation of data, goods and people. Border lines are no longer the main place for...

  33. #10 BIG Podcast - "Frontières et Espaces Transfrontaliers: Entre Théories et Pratiques" - Avec: Grégory Hamez – Professeur de Géographie et d’Aménagement, Université de Lorraine

    Les frontières sont des délimitations juridiques de territoires d’Etats souverains et jouent en principe le rôle de barrière a la coopération transfrontalière. Néanmoins, sous l’impulsion des Etats comme de l’Union européenne, on observe également l’émergence d’espaces transfrontaliers et de...

  34. #9 BIG Podcast - "Geopolitics of Borders and Border Walls" – Avec : Elisabeth Vallet – Professeur de Géographie et d'Etudes Internationales, Montréal, Québec

    Globalization is a complex and plural phenomenon. Some have been able to evoke a world without borders and the disappearance of States, but we rather observe the construction of many walls and barriers. Some flows can cross territorial boundaries without problem while some borders become places…

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  35. #8 BIG Podcast - "Renforcer le droit de l’asile ; Repenser le droit du territoire" – Avec : Thibaut Fleury Graff – Professeur de droit international public, Université de Paris-Saclay, France

    Qu’est-ce que le droit de l’asile ? Quelles sont ses relations avec les frontières et les territoires ? Faut-il abandonner la notion de souveraineté et repenser le droit international sur la base de la notion de la compétence ? De nombreuses questions se posent à l’heure de la globalisation. Nous...

  36. #7 BIG Podcast - "The Resilience of Indigenous Peoples Across Borders" - With: Patrick Lozar – Assistant Professor in History, University of Victoria, British-Columbia, Canada

    Borders between States are modern legal constructions. With colonial expansion, indigenous communities came to be cut into several pieces by many territorial boundaries. This is the case of the 49th parallel which serves as the border between Canada and the United States. How have indigenous...

  37. #6 BIG Podcast - "Les frontières médiévales" - "Medieval Borders” - With: Léonard Dauphant – Maître de Conférence en Histoire Mediévale, Université de Lorraine, France

    Alors que la globalisation grouille de nouveaux réseaux en tous genres et que de nombreux parallèles sont faits avec l’époque médiévale, dans ce podcast, BIG_Lab s’entretient avec Léonard Dauphant, spécialiste des frontières du moyen Age. Léonard Dauphant a notamment publié deux ouvrages (Le...

  38. #5 BIG Podcast - "International Borders as Legal Complex Object" - With: Geraldine Giraudeau - Professor of Public Law, University of Perpignan, France (G. Giraudeau is currently in New Zealand)

    A rich interview on the role of international borders, the different types of borders (land, air, sea), the challenges posed by global warming on the coastal borders, the different legal principles that regulate territorial disputes and the prospects for study in the Pacific region. Time Markers:...

  39. #4 BIG Podcast - "Les situations en mouvement et le droit" - With: Jean-Sylvestre Bergé - Professeur de droit à l’Université Côte d’Azur, Nice (France)

    A l'occasion de la parution de son dernier livre, Jean-Sylvestre Bergé, professeur de droit, partage avec nous ses réflexions sur "les situations en mouvement et le droit". Son cadre théorique mobilise notamment la notion de "circulation". L'occasion pour BIG_Lab de le questionner sur les flux et...

  40. #3 BIG Podcast - "Les frontières à l'heure d'Internet" - With: Anne-Thida Norodom - Professeur de droit public à l'Université Paris Descartes

    Anne-Thida Norodom a notamment dirigé la publication "Internet et le droit international" (2014) et publié divers articles sur le thème d'Internet et les frontières, les Big Data et la protection des données personnelles, le droit international cosmique et le cyberespace. BIG_Lab a saisi…

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  41. #2 BIG Podcast - "Post-Truth Politics in North-America" - With: Edwin Hodge - Assistant professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, BC, Canada

    An intense exchange on extremist movements on the North American continent, the rise of populism in Europe and the future of the common good of democracy. Time Markers: 0.35: Objects of research of Edwin Hodge: conspiratorial movements; extremist groups,... 02.05: What is "post-truth politics"?...

  42. #1 BIG Podcast - "La gouvernance des frontières" - With: Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly - Professor at the School of Public Administration, Jean Monnet Chair, University of Victoria, BC, Canada

    Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly dirige notamment le programme 'Borders In Globalization' (2012-2020 et renouvelé 2021-28) (SSHRC Partnership Grant). Il est spécialiste des études frontalières. BIG_Lab l'a interviewé sur la gouvernance des frontières. Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly notably manages the program...

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Borders in Globalization (BIG) is an innovative, integrative, and sustainable network of academic partners from Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, which is engaged with non-academic organizations that are involved in the management of borders and borderlands in Canada and worldwide. The basic goal is to build excellence in the knowledge and understanding of borders. To this end, the partners will work together to create new policy and foster knowledge transfer in order to address such globalization forces as security, trade and migration flows.

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