UNESCO RIELA

UNESCO RIELA: The sounds of integration

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Welcome to the podcast series of the UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Languages, and Arts (RIELA) at the University of Glasgow. We bring you sounds to make you think about integration, languages, culture, society and identity. A collection of academic musings, poetry, lesser heard voices and personal stories for you to enjoy and expand you horizons with. In short: a podcast for everyone with stories from the world, about the world, released fortnightly. We work in collaboration with Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet) and its partners. Together, our ai...

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UNESCO RIELA

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www.gla.ac.uk

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

E20 - By the fire at the Scottish Crannog Centre (part 2) 26.10.2021

In this second episode recorded at the Scottish Crannog Centre in Kenmore, Scotland, during their storytelling weekend on 9 & 10 October 2021, you will hear songs and stories from different parts of the world. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts.

E19 - By the fire at The Scottish Crannog Centre (part 1) 18.10.2021

In this episode we have tried to capture the atmosphere of the Crannog Centre in Kenmore, Scotland, during their storytelling weekend on 9 & 10 October 2021. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts.

E18 - World Words 28.09.2021

Episode 9 of series "The Sounds of the Spring School 2021". This is a collection of words and the stories behind them, which were collected by Marzanna Antoniak for her workshop World Words at the UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2021. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts.

E17 - Dar To Dunoon - A Closer Look 13.09.2021

Episode 8 of series "The Sounds of the Spring School 2021" Tawona Sitholé, Kate Cowcher, Madeleine Conn, Elikem Logan and Meredith Loper discuss a two year research project to document twelve works of modern art from East and Southern Africa from the Argyll Collection. The efforts to track down their makers and trace the artefacts journeys from the African continent to Argyll. For the full show no...

E16 - Artists on Conflict 30.08.2021

Episode 7 of series "The Sounds of the Spring School 2021". CONTENT ADVISORY - This recording contains discussion of war, genocide and war crimes which some listeners may find upsetting. UNESCO RILA Affiliate Artists Robert McNeil MBE and I.D. Campbell, describe and reflect on their artwork which remembers the atrocities of Srebrenica and the Bosnian war. The discuss the power of art as a means to...

E15 - Poetry from the Spring School 2021 14.08.2021

This episode is a selection of poetry from the UNESCO RILA Spring School 2021, an event about the Arts of Integration, which took place on 16-28 May 2021. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts

E14 - To Build a Home 02.08.2021

Episode 5 of series "The Sounds of the Spring School 2021". This is a collection of reflections from Martha Orbach's two workshops "To Build a Home" at the UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2021. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts.

E13 - The Art of Integration: M'Aidez, May Day and MacIntyre 19.07.2021

Episode 4 in the "Sounds of the Spring School 2021" series with Dr Argyro Kanaki based on her 25 May presentation at SS21. Introduction by Lauren Roberts. Full show notes at https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts.

E12 - Interview with Nazek Ramadan 02.07.2021

Episode 3 of our new series "The Sounds of the Spring School 2021" is presented by Ken Gordon and Nazek Ramadan, based on their live interview on 25 May 2021. For the full show notes, please visit bit.ly/RILA_podcasts.

E11 - Reciprocity and the senses: a reply to mayday 21.06.2021

Episode 2 of our new series "The Sounds of the Spring School 2021" is presented by Prof Anne Storch and Dr Angelika Mietzner (University of Cologne) and is based on their workshop on 20 May. In our world the call for help is a daily occurrence: in a fundamentally disruptive world, a call for help needs to be received with action – of any kind. Hospitable practices are a means to resist, when the w...

E10 - Comforting Sounds (Tawona Sitholé) 05.06.2021

Episode 1 of series "The Sounds of the Spring School 2021". This is a collection of sounds gathered during Tawona Sitholé's workshop "Comforting Sounds" at the UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2021. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts.

E9 - The sounds of 2017-2020 part 2 24.05.2021

In this episode Fergus McNeil will tell us more about his song Shoemaker's Son, which he performed at the Solas Festival in 2019 as part of the UNESCO RILA strand of events. For the full show notes, please visit https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts.

E8 - The sounds of 2017-2020 part 1 10.05.2021

In this episode we will listen to three songs that were written and/or performed at events organised by the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts during the period 2017-2020. Presented by Tawona Sitholé, with music by Fergus McNeil, Farzane Zamen and Clare Robertson. For the full show notes, please see https://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts.

E7 - "People aren't as bad as you think they are" 26.04.2021

This is the last episode of a 5-part guest series entitled "What community means to you" made by Sadie Ryan, who makes the podcast Accentricity [www.accentricity-podcast.com], and Ken Gordon, who makes the podcast Refugee Voices Scotland [www.refugeevoicesscotland.com]. For the full show notes, please visit the website of the UNESCO Chair: [http://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts].

E47 - Ignite Theatre: COVID and Conflict (Repost of CUSP Podcast E3) 13.04.2021

Reposted with permission from the Cultures for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) Podcast. First released on 13 April 2021. Founder of Ignite Theatre Aileen Ritchie is joined by Lucy Wild, Maya Farzia and Jada McDowell to discuss their work harnessing the arts to help combatting poverty and discrimination in Glasgow, especially navigating the challenges of Covid. For more information about the...

E6 - "Love... was the most important thing" 12.04.2021

This is the 4th episode of a 5-part guest series entitled "What community means to you" made by Sadie Ryan, who makes the podcast Accentricity [www.accentricity-podcast.com], and Ken Gordon, who makes the podcast Refugee Voices Scotland [www.refugeevoicesscotland.com]. For the full show notes, please visit the website of the UNESCO Chair: [http://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts].

E5 - "It’s a place where you can feel safe" 29.03.2021

This is the 3rd episode of a 5-part guest series entitled "What community means to you" made by Sadie Ryan, who makes the podcast Accentricity [www.accentricity-podcast.com], and Ken Gordon, who makes the podcast Refugee Voices Scotland [www.refugeevoicesscotland.com]. For the full show notes, please visit the website of the UNESCO Chair: [http://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts].

E4 - "Without community, my soul is dead" 15.03.2021

This is the second episode of a five-part guest series entitled "What community means to you" made by Sadie Ryan, who makes the podcast Accentricity [www.accentricity-podcast.com], and Ken Gordon, who makes the podcast Refugee Voices Scotland [www.refugeevoicesscotland.com]. For the full show notes, please visit the website of the UNESCO Chair: [http://bit.ly/RILA_Podcasts].

E46 - Amani Al Mqadma and Azza AlSahhar (Repost of CUSP Podcast E2) 10.03.2021

Reposted with permission from the Cultures for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) Podcast. First released on 10 March 2021. Amani aAl Mqadma and Azza AlSahhar share stories of women’s life under siege in Gaza. Amani is an electrical engineer and Head of IR at the Islamic University of Gaza and Azza is the projects’ coordinator for the CUSP work in Palestine. For more information about the CUSP...

E45 - Dr Mary Boatemaa Setrana and Zaza Muchemwa (repost of CUSP Podcast E1) 08.03.2021

Reposted with permission from the Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) podcast. First released on 8 March 2021. This inaugural episode of the CUSP podcast, launched for International Women’s Day, looks at the role of Women and Peacebuilding. Episode host UNESCO Chair Professor Alison Phipps is joined by two inspirational guests Dr Mary Boatemaa Setrana (University of Ghana) and Zaza...

E3 - "We're all allowed to be who we are" 01.03.2021

This episode is the first one of a 5 part guest series entitled "What community means to you" made by Sadie Ryan, who makes the podcast Accentricity [www.accentricity-podcast.com], and Ken Gordon, who makes the podcast Refugee Voices Scotland [www.refugeevoicesscotland.com]. For the full show notes, please visit the website of the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts:...

E1 - Prof Alison Phipps introduces the Unesco Chair programme 22.01.2021

(23/01/18)A welcome from The Unesco Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, Prof Alison Phipps. This podcast provides a short introduction to the work of the Unesco Chair programme for the period 2018-2020. UNESCO’s UNITWIN and Chairs programme promotes international cooperation and networking to mobilise collaboration around the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and in key...

E2 - Tawona Sitholé - Cape Coast Caper + intro 23.08.2020

Tawona Sitholé, Artist in Residence with the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow, introduces his poem Cape Coast Caper. In 2019, Tawona visited Elmina slave castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, as part of the MIDEQ project. In this poem, he shares that experience. It is being released here to mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the...

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