Check out Season 5 of The Migration Podcast!
Episode 4: Migration & mental health
Is migrating a risk factor for one’s mental health? Well, sometimes yes, and sometimes no – it depends on the context and perspective. Of course, “context and perspective” is the simple way of putting it. You’ll hear about some of the complexity behind this, in this episode! You’ll hear Itzel Eguiluz interview Ietza Bojorquez and Sylvia Dantas about their work with migrants in Mexico and Brazil. In their short conversation, they get to the heart of why treating mental health in multicultural contexts can be so challenging. We hear about the importance of reflexivity – and specifically how the position and cultural backgrounds of practitioners as well as migrants facing mental health difficulties should be taken into consideration.
Episode 3: Migration & Russia
What do you know about the lives of migrants from Central Asia in Russia? Listen to this episode if your answer to this question is "not enough". In this episode, Kate Dearden speaks with Rustam Urinboyev and Nodira Kholmatova about the lives of migrants from Central Asia in Russia, both before, and since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Episode 2: Film and digital storytelling in migration research
In this episode you’ll hear Silindile Mlilo interview two researchers who are using creative and non-traditional research methods. Isabel Rose Soloaga will talk about the use of participatory research and film through her forthcoming documentary, Growing Up in America: Life After the Taliban. Ntokozo Yingwana will discuss her use of digital story telling in her PhD research project “Queering Sex Work and Mobility in South Africa: How does Migration and mobility Influence Genderded Sexualities in Sex Work?
Episode 1: Dublin, solidarity & age
In the first episode of this season, Liberty Chee speaks with Ulrike Bialas and Eleonora Milazzo about Dublin, solidarity and age in the EU asylum system. Ulrike Bialas provides insights into how age classifications affect the lives of young asylum seekers. Eleonora Milazzo tells us what solidarity between EU Member States means in practice.