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Living in a globalised world - for iPad/Mac/PC
by The Open University
What are borders for? Who controls them, and why might people risk their lives to cross them? This album examines the border between Mexico and the United States as a symbolic place which both connects and divides people, highlighting complex issues about cultural belonging and national identity. Many disturbing aspects of border control are revealed through the stories of migrants, border guards, factory workers, factory bosses and activists. In the audio track, members of the course team give further insight into the issues raised by the video tracks, and discuss how borders illustrate many of the problems of globalisation. This material is taken from The Open University course DD205 Living in a globalised world.
Episodes
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Living in a globalised world
A short introduction to this album.
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Where worlds meet
An insight into Mexican-American border control.
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A divided people
A Mexican tribal leader talks about how the border has physically divided his tribe.
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Borders do move
An insight into how the Mexican border with America has shifted over the years.
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The economic divide
A presbyterian minister from Arizona talks about how an economic border is inappropriate.
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Economic aspirations
A Mexican immigrant talks about the importance of getting across the border to America.
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Protecting the old dream
An American talks about the need to resist the "Mexicanization" of America.
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Building a new dream
An interview with a migrant in a squatter camp who takes work during the fruit harvest.
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Protecting the border
The river border patrol on duty.
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Second line of defence
An interview with Mexican detainee at a border checkpoint.
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Hazardous crossing
A presbyterian minister explains how migrants get channelled to cross at the most dangerous border points by aggressive policies.
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The death toll
Why the death toll at the border is large.
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Saving the American way of life
American nationalists use technology to track down migrants crossing illegally.
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Promoting integration
The Latino community fights back.
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Embracing the border
Christian Lamurez talks about being a ‘Mexifornian’.
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Crossing the economic divide
A factory manager on the border explains how his factory straddles both worlds.
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Campaigning for workers' rights
An activist talks about campaigning for workers' rights.
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Losing workers' rights
Research into migrant workers' conditions of employment shows great inequality.
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Water scarcity
The uncertain future of clean water facilities for the people of Juarez, Mexico.
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Re-using waste water
How nearby El Paso, on the other side of the border to Juarez, has built a new waste-water treatment facility.
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Dividing up the Rio Grande
The tense relations between Mexicans and Americans who have to share the Rio Grande as a water source.
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The Chamizal dispute
How the Rio Grande influenced the border crossing and caused territory disputes in El Paso-Juarez.
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Putting border issues into the course context
Members of The Open University Geography Department discuss border issues, and the making of this visual material.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
What are borders for? Who controls them, and why might people risk their lives to cross them? This album examines the border between Mexico and the United States as a symbolic place which both connects and divides people, highlighting complex issues about cultural belonging and national identity. Many disturbing aspects of border control are revealed through the stories of migrants, border guards, factory workers, factory bosses and activists. In the audio track, members of the course team give further insight into the issues raised by the video tracks, and discuss how borders illustrate many of the problems of globalisation. This material is taken from The Open University course DD205 Living in a globalised world.
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