UNESCO RIELA: The sounds of integration

This episode was recorded at the UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2024 (Word Springs). In it, Michael Quinn argues for the inclusion of stories in teaching, to add a philosophical dimension to traditional fact-based teaching methods. For the full show notes, please visit bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration

This episode was recorded at the UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2024. In it, Gillebrìde Mac'IlleMhaoil / Gilbert MacMillan shares stories from South Uist and surrounding islands, as well as some Gaelic songs. For the full show notes, please visit bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration

Margot Leys Johnston interviews Dr Hyab Yohannes from the UNESCO RILA team about his research into the 'refugee condition'. For the full show notes, including short biographies, please visit bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration

This episode is a rerecording of a session we hosted at the UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2023, hosted by By Nadine Malcolm (Due North Studio), Lee McNeish (University of Edinburgh) and Cáit O'Neill McCullagh (independent artist). "Who Are We Now?" explores the destruction, and subsequent emergence, of culture in the northern Highlands, centred around the concepts of agency an...

In this episode, James Rann and Katherine Mackinnon from the University of Glasgow introduce their project 'Власними словами | In Our Own Words', which is a project that brings Ukrainians in Glasgow together with other Glaswegians and uses creative writing and multilingual translation to build confidence, community and mutual understanding. For more information about the project and the speakers,...

This is the second of a two part conversation between Dr Dan Fisher, and researchers Sawsan Abdelghany, and Adam Williamson on their work on ESOL in the asylum system. In this episode, Dan and Adam are interviewing Sawsan. Sawsan Abdelghany is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Glasgow, and a heritage language tutor. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Masters in TESO...

This is the first of a two part episode in which Dr Dan Fisher talks with Sawsan Abdelghany and Adam Williamson on their work on ESOL interpretation in asylum appeals. In this part, Sawsan and Dan are interviewing Adam. Adam Williamson is a freelance translator and interpreter based in Paris, where he works with English, Spanish and French. He began his interpreting career in the asylum system in...

Afamba apota is a Zimbabwean proverb recited to remind ourselves of the unpredictability of going on a journey. This radio play is a playful look at the important matter of migration. Join self-proclaimed master documentary maker Paul Lamont as he enters the migration corridor and meets the inhabitants. Created by members of the Mideq team, a full list of credits can be found on the Mideq website:...

In this episode we hear from Mukuka Kasonde and Brice Catherin about their project Our Stories: a series of storytelling workshops in Zambia to create children's literature with a local slant. They are interviewed by Olivia Ndoti. For the full show notes including biographies, please visit https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration.

In this episode, Narjes Hashemi is interviewing two members of the Afghan community in Canada about their work to preserve Afghan cultural heritage. For the full show notes, please visit:https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration

Listen to Esa Aldegheri interview Avril Bellinger and Deirdre Ford about their book 'The Strengths Approach in Practice: How It Changes Lives'. An incredibly uplifting conversation, just what we need in these challenging times. Can you hear the creaking chair? Avril Bellinger, Honorary Associate Professor in Social Work, University of Plymouth UK, is an academic activist, international volunteer,...

At the UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating, which took place in May 2023, Scotland-based curator Dr Deirdre MacKenna and psychologist Dr Laura Cariola hosted an online panel discussion, introducing their approaches to working with culturally plural mindsets. Through relational and interdisciplinary frameworks, these researchers have initiated a new collaboration to explore what it m...

On 14 October 2023, the UNESCO RILA team participated in the Fairies and Folktales event, held at New Lanark UNESCO World Heritage Site during the October week. Hope Wang, PhD candidate with the UNESCO RILA team, wrote a story for the event. Listen to her story and ask yourself: what is your utopia? Want to come and see New Lanark for yourself? Why not join our family-friendly event Shared Spaces:...

TW from around 41:30: rape and trauma In this episode we look at the Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives, which was published in February 2023. It is a conversation between one of the editors (Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi) and four chapter authors (Himadri Chatterjee, Agnes Woolley, Sydney Van To and Asha Varadharajan). Topics that get covered are the relationship between narrative and literature,...

At the UNESCO RILA Spring School 2023: The Arts of Integrating, held in May 2023, 4 keynote poets captured the event in a poem. They are Marzanna Antoniak, Chantelle Warner, Anita Govan and S'phongo. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration

In this episode, as part of the Sites Unseen project, Sadie Ryan and Brittnee Leysen from the UNESCO RILA team travelled to Mi’kma’ki, the homeland of the indigenous Mi'kmaw people. Mi'kma'ki spans a big geographical area in Eastern Canada, including the area that's also known as Nova Scotia, meaning 'new Scotland'. The Mi'kmaw have been living in the area for at least 11,000 years, and possibly m...

Dans cet épisode, poète et bénéficiare d'une bourse de la fondation Artist Protection Fund Bertony Louis parle avec Prof Charles Forsdick (Université de Liverpool) et Rachel Douglas (Université de Glasgow) de sa poésie, la situation actuelle en Haïti et sa nouvelle vie à Glasgow. Pour plus de détails, consultez la page des notes https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration

In this episode, recorded in May 2023 at the UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating, Prof Isabella Corvino from the University of Perugia analyses the musical integration strategy of the Orchestra dei Braccianti. The orchestra brings together musicians, farmers and workers from all over the world, united by their working situation in the Italian fields. For the full show notes, includi...

This week's episode is a soundscape created by UNESCO RILA Affiliated Artist Erdem Avşar from recordings he made in the bay of Camas Tuath on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The UNESCO RILA team and GRAMNet travel to Camas every year on a researcher development trip and this soundscape has captured the space and some of the activities that happened during those trip in 2022 and 2023. In Erdem's words:...

In this episode, Dr Hyab Yohannes interviews Prof Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya about her latest edited volume "Sustaining Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage" and in particular her chapter "Safeguarding Afro-Sri Lankan Intangible Cultural Heritage". A conversation about music, language and the Indian Ocean slave trade. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration.

Today’s episode is a recording of a presentation from our Spring School: The Arts of Integrating, which took place in May 2023. We will be hearing from Kirstin Sonne about her research on Maltese integration practices through the "I Belong" programme. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration

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This collaborative podcast episode was created by people with migration experience as part of a 2-day intensive Media Lab, run by Migrant Voice and the University of Glasgow. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration

In this episode, we are talking to our colleagues from the School of Education Lisa Bradley and Mindy Ptolemey, about their project Quilting for manifesting anti-colonial futures. For the full shownotes, including the registration link to sign up for the project, please go to https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration.

This episode is the discussion that happened between Sarah Thomas, Nerea Bello, Piki Diamond and Erdem Avşar after we had finished recording the previous episode about Sarah's Book. Despite me waving my hands in the air, the conversation continued and it became such a nice discussion that we've decided to share it with you. Enjoy!