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Arts & IdeasHow we think about evilMatthew Sweet is joined by guests including Dr Jack Symes, philosopher at Durham University; Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge, Interdisciplinary Chair of Humanities & Human Rights at the University of Birmingham; novelist Ruth Ware; Dr Oliver Scott Curry, Chief Science Officer at Kindness.org and Research Affiliate in the Anthropology Department at the University of Oxford; and campaigner Zrinka Bralo, Director of Migrants Organize.Topics include the classical philosophical problem of evil, the psychology of evil, Hannah Arendt's concept of the banality of evil, and the question of why the Devil gets the best lines in literature.
Plus, we look...2024-12-0656 min
Kolektiv znanjaBoro Kontić: Omladinski program je bio društvena avangarda | KZ 58Boro Kontić, začetnik i urednik Omladinskog programa Drugog programa Radio Sarajeva, doajen je radijskog novinarstva, dugogodišnji urednik Drugog programa Radio Sarajeva, urednik kultne emisije Primus u kojoj je nastala i legendarna Top lista nadrealista.Svoju je radijsku karijeru započeo još kao student Pravnog fakulteta najprije radeći kao voditelj na Radiju 202, a potom je 1979. prešao na Drugi program Radio Sarajeva, gdje će ubrzo postati urednik, najprije tada popularne subotnje zabavne emisije Primus, a potom i urednik Drugog programa Radio Sarajeva. U aprilu 1987. zajedno sa jednom od najboljih generacija mladih novinara i entuzijasta pokrenuo je kultni Omladins...2024-05-121h 10
Who do we think we are?Beyond the Headlines...with Zrinka BraloIn May 2012 Home Secretary Theresa May vowed to create ‘a really hostile environment for illegal migrants’, heralding in a set of policies which require landlords, employers, healthcare workers and others to check people’s immigration documents, which creates a barrier to accessing work, housing, healthcare, banking and other services. Most of these measures were introduced through the Immigration Act 2014 and expanded in the Immigration Act 2016. But what has been the impact of the decade-long political project to make the UK ‘tough on immigration’? In this episode Michaela Benson and Ala Sirriyeh are joined by Zrinka Bralo, CEO Migrants Or...2022-07-0836 minWho do we think we are?Beyond the Headlines...with Zrinka BraloIn May 2012 Home Secretary Theresa May vowed to create ‘a really hostile environment for illegal migrants’, heralding in a set of policies which require landlords, employers, healthcare workers and others to check people’s immigration documents, which creates a barrier to accessing work, housing, healthcare, banking and other services. Most of these measures were introduced through the Immigration Act 2014 and expanded in the Immigration Act 2016. But what has been the impact of the decade-long political project to make the UK ‘tough on immigration’? In this episode Michaela Benson and Ala Sirriyeh are joined by Zrinka Bralo, CEO Migrants Or...2022-07-0836 min
Things I Am NotBonus Episode 4: From Refugee to VIP: Zrinka Bralo in conversation with Yasmeen Ghrawi and Lanna JoffreyTheatre doesn’t exist in a vacuum and the attitudes, cliches, and prejudices we see on stage and in creative practices simply mirror our society. In this episode, we invite back two Things I Am Not artists - Yasmeen Ghrawi and Lanna Joffrey - for a conversation with Zrinka Bralo, CEO of Migrants Organise. Topics include attitudes towards refugee women, the difference between solidarity and charity, and the need to create space in society and the arts for mutual listening#bonusepisode #refugeewomen #migrantsorganise #solidarity #refugeeswelcome Zrinka Bralo was born in Bos...2021-07-1258 min
Still We RiseEpisode 7 - Zrinka Bralo, CEO Migrants Organise- Surviving the Sarajevo siege & finding refuge in Britain. How to reform Britain's Hostile Environment.The 1992 Sarajevo Siege is seared in Zrinka Bralo’s memory.
Nineteen years after seeking protection in Britain, she’s now Chief Executive of Migrants Organise. In this conversation, Zrinka outlines what Britain needs to do about its contentious Immigration System.
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Moral MazeMoral imagination and migrationThe demolition of the Jungle camp in Calais this week has highlighted a moral paradox at the heart of the debate about migration. The media are full of heart-rending stories of the suffering, endurance and hope of individual migrants - each one of them a compelling cry for our help and understanding. Yet, despite our growing collective knowledge of the plight of migrants, our attitude to migration seems to be hardening. Why? In many other areas of our society the opposite is true. Take, for example, the case of mental health. As more people overcome stigma to talk about...2016-10-2742 min
The Frontline ClubFirst Wednesday: The Dayton Agreement 20 Years OnIn the autumn of 1995 at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside Dayton, Ohio, the then presidents of the Yugoslav federal states, Slobodan Milošević, Alija Izetbegović and Franjo Tuđman, came together to negotiate an agreement that would see the end of the most violent conflict in Europe since World War II.
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement, stopped the fighting – but 20 years on have the divisions been bridged? Have the wounds healed?
We will be joined by a panel of those who were involved in the negotiations along with those...2015-11-0500 min
AnalysisTime to Rethink Asylum?Tim Finch of the Institute of Public Policy Research asks if it is time for a fundamental rethink of the way we deal with refugees. He investigates the history of asylum as a political issue, the way asylum policy is implemented in the UK today, and discusses various views on how refugees could be handled in the future. Our current system was introduced in the early 2000s in response to public anger over allegations of bogus asylum seekers. Earlier this year responsibility for assessing asylum claims was removed from the UK Border Agency to the Home Office, amidst claims...2014-06-0228 min
Pod AcademyAsylum seekers and the mediaThis podcast is made up of some of the highlights from a conference organised by the British Red Cross concerning the role and responsibility of the media in understanding the conditions of refugees and asylum seekers.
Research by the the British Red Cross suggests that 72 percent of the UK public believe that newspaper reporting about asylum seekers is negative. And a YouGov survey found that the words people most associate with media coverage of refugees and asylum seekers are ‘illegal immigrants’ (65%) and ‘scroungers’ (28%).
These findings come nine years after the Press Complaints Commission issued guidance seeking to...2013-03-2431 minHumanities and Social Sciences – Pod AcademyAsylum seekers and the mediaThis podcast is made up of some of the highlights from a conference organised by the British Red Cross concerning the role and responsibility of the media in understanding the conditions of refugees and asylum seekers.
Research by the the British Red Cross suggests that 72 percent of the UK public believe that newspaper reporting about asylum seekers is negative. And a YouGov survey found that the words people most associate with media coverage of refugees and asylum seekers are ‘illegal immigrants’ (65%) and ‘scroungers’ (28%).
These findings come nine years after the Press Complaints Commission issued guidance seeking to...2013-03-2431 min