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Episode Synopsis
Send us a MessageThe Urban Dictionary’s definition of “tsunamied” is very much not what Zalfa intended. In fact, she had to look it up on reading this entry in the show notes, and wishes she had turned on safe search.For more on vulnerability, check out Judith Butler’s Precarious Life (2004), Martha Fineman’s “The Vulnerable Subject: Anchoring Equality in the Human Condition” (2008), Lauren Berlant’s Cruel Optimism (2011), Susan Sontag’s Illness as Metaphor (1978) and Regarding the Pain of Others (2003), and Polly Atkin’s Some of Us Just Fall (2023).For more on the social model of disability, read Mike Oliver’s The Politics of Disablement: A Sociological Approach (1990). about the origins of the social model at the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive. Wayde Compton’s description of the Canada-US border as a “strait razorous border” is a pun on the Georgia Strait, a body of water interrupted by the Canada-US/British Columbia-Washington State borders. in 49th Parallel Psalm.The International Boundary Commission’s photo of the Canada-US border is very telling. As is this photo of the Mexico-US border.The material in this podcast is for informational purposes only. The personal views expressed by the hosts and their guests on the Borders Talk podcast do not constitute an endorsement from associated organisations. Thanks to the School of Arts, Media and Communication at the University of Leicester for the use of recording equipment, and to the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham for financial support. Music: “Corrupted” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Edited by Steve Woodward at podcastingeditor.com
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