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New Books in SociologyPetra Molnar, "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (New Press, 2024)In 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it was training “robot dogs” to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border against migrants. Four-legged machines equipped with cameras and sensors would join a network of drones and automated surveillance towers—nicknamed the “smart wall.” This is part of a worldwide trend: as more people are displaced by war, economic instability, and a warming planet, more countries are turning to AI-driven technology to “manage” the influx.Based on years of researching borderlands across the world, lawyer and anthropologist Petra Molnar’s The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Arti...2024-11-2128 min
HomeTownAn Interview with Professor Rebecca HamlinToday’s episode features Rebecca Hamlin, a professor of political science and legal studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Professor Hamlin’s research and teaching interests center on law and immigration, with a special interest in understanding how people who cross borders are categorized under the law and in public discourse. In our discussion with Professor Hamlin, she explained her approach to teaching about global migration and underscored the legacy of colonialism and wealth inequality in much of global migration today. Drawing on her research, Rebecca Hamlin highlighted the variability of different countries’ systems for dec...2024-04-231h 00
Ufahamu AfricaEp. 178: E. Tendayi Achiume and Eleanor Paynter on race, refuge, and border justice (rerun)E. Tendayi Achiume is a professor of law at UCLA and a newly announced 2023 MacArthur Fellow. Her research focuses on international migration, refugee displacement, and especially the role of international law in shaping the way that borders work. Today's episode is a rerun in celebration of her recent fellowship announcement and covers a broad scope of Achiume's work, including colonialism, human rights, and migration. This episode is a podcast mashup between Ufahamu Africa and Migrations: A World on the Move, hosted by Eleanor Paynter.Find the books, links, and articles we mentioned in thi...2023-10-0747 min
KPFA - Terra VerdeSpeculative Climate Technologies Perpetuate RacismE. Tendayi Achiume, currently a professor of law at University of California, Los Angeles, was appointed as the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in 2017, becoming the first woman and the first person from southern Africa to fill the role. Her last interventions before leaving the role late last year highlighted how ‘green’ solutions that require vast tracts of land and energy are being implemented at the expense of ethnically marginalized groups and Indigenous peoples. Professor Achiume joins KPFA Terra Verde to discuss her work in international law and her ex...2023-07-0729 min
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion PodcastsStatelessness and Exclusion Podcast #3- Xenophobia & RacismThe Racism & Xenophobia episode featuring Tendayi Achiume and Jaivet Ealom, explores the relationship between institutional racism, xenophobia and statelessness. Many states, whether through their politics or laws, discriminate against minorities, denying them equal access to citizenship. This discrimination against the stateless is rooted in the idea of “outsider”. Colonialism created a system of hierarchy where certain groups think of themselves as superior and more deserving of life. As a result, statelessness is manufactured, and the stateless are denied access to fundamental rights. Tendayi Achiume is a Professor of Law at UC...2023-06-1941 min
Migrations: A World on the MoveCrossing Racial BordersE. Tendayi Achiume is a professor of law at UCLA. Her research focuses on international migration, refugee displacement, and especially the role of international law in shaping the way that borders work. Today’s episode covers a broad scope of Achiume’s work, including colonialism, human rights, and migration. This episode is a podcast mashup with Ufahamu Africa, a podcast on life and politics on the African continent, and Eleanor is joined by the show's co-host, Rachel Beatty Riedl, for the interview.LinksE. Tendayi AchiumeRacial Borders by E. Tendayi AchiumeMigration as Decolonization by E...2023-06-0250 min
Migrations: A World on the MoveCrossing Racial BordersE. Tendayi Achiume is a professor of law at UCLA. Her research focuses on international migration, refugee displacement, and especially the role of international law in shaping the way that borders work.2023-06-0200 min
Colloques du Collège de France - Collège de FranceColloque - Racial Borders : Keynote lecture, Racial Border InjusticeDidier FassinQuestions morales et enjeux politiques dans les sociétés contemporainesCollège de FranceAnnée 2022-2023Colloque - Racial Borders : Keynote lecture, Racial Border InjusticeIntervenant(s)Tendayi Achiume, Alicia Miñana Professor of Law, School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance2023-05-3148 min
Ufahamu AfricaEp. 172: A conversation with E. Tendayi Achiume and Eleanor Paynter on race, refuge, and border justiceE. Tendayi Achiume is a professor of law at UCLA. Her research focuses on international migration, refugee displacement, and especially the role of international law in shaping the way that borders work. Today's episode covers a broad scope of Achiume's work, including colonialism, human rights, and migration. This episode is a podcast mashup between Ufahamu Africa and Migrations: A World on the Move, hosted by Eleanor Paynter.Find the books, links, and articles we mentioned in this episode on our website, ufahamuafrica.com. 2023-05-1347 min
UNiting Against HateUNiting Against Hate episode 6: Is hate speech on the rise?There is concern amongst human rights experts and activists that hate speech is becoming more prevalent, with views once perceived as fringe and extreme, moving into the mainstream.This episode of UNiting Against Hate features Tendayi Achiume, the outgoing UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, and Jaroslav Valůch, who is the project manager for fact-checking and news literacy, at Prague-based media development organization “Transitions”.Both express fears that online technology, especially social media platforms, are facilitating the spread of hate-based narratives, whilst acknowledging the technology can also be used to help tackle, and c...2023-01-1130 min
Race and Health PodcastThe Lancet Series: Racism, Xenophobia, Discrimination and HealthWhat is racism? How does it work and what impact does it have on our health?
On this special episode of the Race & Health Podcast, jointly hosted by The Lancet Voice, Delan joins co-Founder Sujitha Selvarajah, former UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Tendayi Achiume, and physician and medical anthropologist Gideon Lasco discuss their work on the Lancet Series on racism, xenophobia, discrimination and health. This Series draws connections between power, politics, colonialism, and our health, governed through health systems, our environemnt and communities, and our relationship with law, policies, and institutions. Learn more about this Series on t...2022-12-0944 min
The Lancet VoiceAdvancing racial and ethnic equity in science, medicine, and global healthA special joint episode sees Prof. Delan Devakumar, host of the Race & Health podcast and Professor of Global Child Health at UCL, speak with Prof. Tendayi Achiume, Dr. Gideon Lasco, and Dr. Sujitha Selvarajah about what racism means to them, how racism affects health, and what we can learn from The Lancet's new Series on racial and ethnic equity in science, medicine, and global health.Listen to the Race & Health Podcast hereRead The Lancet Series on racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and healthSend us your feedback!Read all of ou...2022-12-0944 min
The Lid is OnDurban +20: ‘Nobody’ is free from the impacts of racism, intoleranceAs the UN independent expert on contemporary racism and intolerance, Tendayi Achiume leads a worldwide effort to combat related human rights violations and tackle systemic racism, through fact-finding missions on the ground, investigating alleged violations, and submitting her findings to the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly in New York.The Zambian-born law professor tells UN News that it was as an undergraduate that she became fascinated with the potential and power that international law has to ease human suffering, and help transform societies.In this special edition of our Lid is On podcast...2021-12-0831 min
BorderlinesSharing Responsibility for RefugeesThe US welcomes refugees from Afghanistan but turns away Haitians. Why? Debating how best to share responsibilities for refugees, UCLA professor Tendayi Achiume argues that empires owe special duties to former colonies; Temple Professor Jaya Ramji-Nogales explains the special rules following the US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan; while Berkeley professor Seth Davis contrasts how different US states, notably Texas and California, respond. We discussed Title 42 – a controversial public health tool used to close the Southern border, and discussed how climate change calls for a new response to mass migration, as a new White House rep...2021-11-0547 min
UNSW Kaldor CentreOn racism and refugees: A conversation with E Tendayi Achiume and Nyadol NyuonHow do racism and displacement intersect, and is the protection regime part of the problem or the solution? Hear E Tendayi Achiume (UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia & Related Intolerance)and Nyadol Nyuon(Lawyer, community advocate and writer)in conversation at the closing session of the Kaldor Centre Conference 2020, held on 20 November 2020. Hosted by Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and Kaldor Centre Director.2021-06-071h 01
Hertie SchoolRacial borders - a presentation by Tendayi Achiumehe Centre for Fundamental Rights is honoured to welcome Tendayi Achiume for a talk on racial borders. This presentation will aim to discuss the intersection between racial injustice and migration governance from international law perspective.
Tendayi Achiume is Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, and a research associate of the African Center for Migration and Society at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. She is also the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and is the first woman to serve in this role since...2020-12-0248 min
Podcasts for the UCLA Burkle Center for International RelationsA Human Rights Report on Racial Discrimination in the Design and Use of Emerging Digital TechnologiesE. Tendayi Achiume is UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance and Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law2020-11-0455 min
The Promise Institute PodcastRacial Discrimination and Emerging Digital Technologies: a Human Rights AnalysisIn the inaugural episode of the Promise Podcast, Kate Macintosh (Executive Director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law) interviews E. Tendayi Achiume (Promise Institute Faculty Member and United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism and a faculty member at the Promise Institute for Human Rights) about her latest report on "Racial Discrimination and Emerging Digital Technologies: a Human Rights Analysis" presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council on July 15, 2020.2020-07-1626 min
PERSPECTIVES - Bridging voices, inspiring hopeShining a light on starless midnight : dismantling systemic racism in law enforcementOne month ago, on 25 May, George Floyd was tortured and murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, USA. Mr. Floyd’s killing is yet another manifestation of the violence and horror that exists at the nexus of systemic racism and police brutality. It has also sparked worldwide anti-racism protests and reinvigorated a movement calling for profound reform and rethinking of law enforcement.This week, to mark the International Day in support of victims of torture on 26 June, we wanted to dedicate this episode to the issue of systemic racism and police brutality, and to reflect on how th...2020-06-261h 24
Then & NowBending toward Justice? The Arc of Human Rights over the Past 70 Years: A Conversation with Prof. Tendayi AchiumePlease join for an inspiring conversation on Then & Now with Tendayi Achiume, UCLA Law Professor, the Faculty Director of the UCLA Law Promise Institute for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism. Prof. Achiume shares her personal history, the historical development of the global human rights movement, the state of racism during the COVID-19 era, and the importance of maintaining hope about making meaningful change in the world.2020-05-2649 min
New DawnOn the Resurgence of NationalismTo commence Season 4, Michael Dawson invited Adom Getachew (University of Chicago) and Quinn Slobodian (Wellesley College) to speak about the discourse on nationalism. They discuss a recent issue of Dissent magazine, in which Getachew and Slobodian were both contributors, What is the Nation Good For? to start the conversation. They talk about the relationship between nationalism and populism; immigration politics; and more, including their recently published books Worldmaking After Empire (Getachew) and Globalists (Slobodian).
Works by the guests:
Adom Getachew, Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The...2019-09-181h 01New DawnOn the Resurgence of NationalismTo commence Season 4, Michael Dawson invited Adom Getachew (University of Chicago) and Quinn Slobodian (Wellesley College) to speak about the discourse on nationalism. They discuss a recent issue of Dissent magazine, in which Getachew and Slobodian were both contributors, What is the Nation Good For? to start the conversation. They talk about the relationship between nationalism and populism; immigration politics; and more, including their recently published books Worldmaking After Empire (Getachew) and Globalists (Slobodian).
Works by the guests:
Adom Getachew, Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The...2019-09-181h 01
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion PodcastsPaperless People Podcast #1 What is statelessness?What is statelessness? What does it mean to be stateless? And why should we care? In this first episode of The Paperless People Podcast, we will be exploring these questions and more. We talk to human rights activists and experts working to try and address the global and worrying issue of statelessness. This podcast series, produced by the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, with the support of the Knowledge Platform for Security and the Rule of Law (Knowledge Management Fund), explores how the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals needs to be re-thought in order to eff...2018-10-0820 min