Immigration and Democracy
by IIH
In this series, Jennifer Allsopp and Xiren Wang bring you fresh knowledge and insight from the team at the Immigration Initiative at Harvard, led by our Director, Professor Roberto G. Gonzales, and featuring voices from the field. Join us as we get to know our neighbors through their stories. This podcast is hosted by Dr Jennifer Allsopp and produced by Xiren Wang and Dr Jennifer Allsopp.
Episodes
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S1. Ep8. The Immigrant Vote: What, How Many, and Why it Matters
Not only is immigration a main stake in the forthcoming U.S. election, it is predicted that this year will see unprecedented numbers of immigrant voters. So, what does that look like? We wrap up this season of Immigration & Democracy with perhaps the killer question: what is the importance of the...
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S1. Ep7. Migration, Fashion, Power: The Once and Future Kings and Queens
Can fashion help us make a better world for our children? Today, we talk to Walé Oyéjidé. With clothes and prose, his work aims to reframe the lens through which migrants and asylum seekers are commonly seen in Western society, and to celebrate their lives and stories. Join us for a discussion…
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S1. Ep6. An All-American Wake Up Call: How Nativism Paved the Way for Trump’s Immigrant War
Is Trumpism really a bolt from the blue, or is his hardline approach to immigration a continuation of majority-ethnic nationalism that goes back to settler colonialism? And, in their efforts to appease certain voters with more securitized immigration policies, to what extent did the…
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S1. Ep5. Facing Deportation: A Game of Cat and Mouse
Deportation is when a country takes measures to remove a foreign national from its territory. It's something faced by criminal fugitives, but also by refugees fleeing persecution who are apprehended at the border, Dreamers studying at the nation’s best colleges, and probably some nice guys you’d...
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S1. Ep4. Sing Out Strong: Immigrant Voices in the Arts
The words immigrant activism and opera are seldom used together, but White Snake Projects is pioneering this cause. We talk to Cerise Lim Jacobs, Pulitzer Prize winning opera creator and librettist from the multicultural hub of Singapore whose latest opera, I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams,...
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S1. Ep3. Hostile Terrain: Missing on the Migrant Trail
We know that more than 3,200 people have gone missing since the 1990's to the present day in the Sonora Desert, Arizona alone – but what does that mean? And how do you document atrocities happening to people who are, by the very nature of their plight, undocumented? In today’s conversation, we…
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S1. Ep2. Youth Memoirs: Growing Up Undocumented
Today we talk to Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of The Undocumented Americans, and Marcelo Hernández Castillo, author of Children of the Land. Among other topics, we discuss what it is like growing up without papers, what it feels like to publish memoirs at a young age, and the intersection…
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S1. Ep1. Immigration Raids: An Unnatural Disaster
Today, we discuss immigration raids. We're joined by Dr William D. Lopez, from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Dr Nicole L. Novak, from the University of Iowa College of Public Health. Among other topics, we discuss new research published by the Immigration Initiative at...
About this show
In this series, Jennifer Allsopp and Xiren Wang bring you fresh knowledge and insight from the team at the Immigration Initiative at Harvard, led by our Director, Professor Roberto G. Gonzales, and featuring voices from the field. Join us as we get to know our neighbors through their stories. This podcast is hosted by Dr Jennifer Allsopp and produced by Xiren Wang and Dr Jennifer Allsopp.
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