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An Interview with Loreisa Lepine: čisélqən tθə sx̌ənəšəns ə tθə iləkʷsiləŋ ɫtə (Following the Footprints of Our Ancestors)
No full textOn November 6th, 2023, Hannah Gentes spoke with čésəlit̓əšən (Loreisa Lepine). Loreisa is the first officially recognized and “ongoing” Indigenous Land Steward at the University of Victoria. Loreisa’s work involves the creation and prioritization of reconnection to land for Indigenous students in their homelands (lək̓ʷəŋən territory). Loreisa leads the A Place of Medicine restoration project in the courtyard of the David Turpin building at UVic. Their conversation covered being in relationship to the land, navigating colonial education spaces, and plant revitalization
Green is Gold: Creating a Gold Standard AEO Program through Green Initiatives
No full textThis policy report examines the feasibility of extending Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programs to include green trade practices. AEOs are supply chain security programs that play a vital role in enhancing the security and efficiency of international trade. A significant threat to global security is climate change. Considering how Customs administrations worldwide can actively contribute to efforts on this pressing issue is crucial. This policy report addresses the nexus of security, trade, and climate change to recommend how AEOs can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation principles. Employing a survey distributed to Trusted Traders within the Australian Border Force’s AEO, the authors find that incorporating green trade principles into the existing AEO and within the SAFE Framework is an achievable option. Integrating green trade practices and principles into AEO programs can significantly advance Customs’ efforts on climate change
Anarchist Romance
No full textFederica Montseny is usually remembered as the first woman appointed to be a cabinet minister in Western Europe. The daughter of two prominent Spanish anarchists, Federico Urales and Soledad Gustavo, Montseny was also a prolific writer and activist. The family published La Revista Blanca, one of the most important anarchist publications of twentieth-century Spain. But equally important were the two book series the journal published: La Novela Ideal (Ideal/Anarchist Novel) and La Novela Libre (Free Novel). These were part ofa wider trend in Spain during the first third of the twentieth century. Known as novelas cortas (short novels), there were thousands of such series. This article explores the background of La Revista Blanca, outlines the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain, and investigates the topic of anticlericalism in the cultural politics of Spanish anarchism. It concludes with an analysis of Federica Montseny i Mañé’s Resurrección, an excellent example of anarchist anticlericalism and Montseny’s belief in the redemptive power of Nature
The Popular Will in Hispanic Antifascist Graphic Art in the United States, 1936-1977
No full textGraphic art in the New York antifascist Spanish-language periodicals Frente Popular (1936-1939) and España Libre (1939-1977) denounced Spanish fascism with news from workers’ resistance networks associated with the Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas (Confederated Hispanic Societies, or SHC). Advocating for unity between means and ends, Frente Popular and España Libre sustained an open submission policy that invited workers to contribute to the antifascist discourse. This uncompromising direct action created a culture of participatory politics that allowed editorial caricatures to picture attractive and accessible antifascist rhetoric. It mocked fascists and deciphered the meaning of fascism with the medium conventions of simplification and deformation. Also, illustrations recreated a visual language of solidarity and memorialization by foregrounding bodies actingin concert in barricades, demonstrations, and popular commemorations. This visual protest celebrated the collective exercise of the popular will, in interdependency and vulnerability, successfully counteracting the fascist narrative of power. The images examined here are curated in the open-source digital project Fighting Fascist Spain –TheExhibits (FFSTE), which thematically recovers and contextualizes the story of the antifascist organization Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas (SHC), its activism, and print culture
Border Renaissance in a Time of Border Perplexity? The Question of Renaissance/Renascence in a Post-Globalization World
No full textThis essay explores questions of why and how there can be a border renaissance in a time of border profusion and confusion. Are we simply witnessing border renascence, a revival of the statist boundary, despite globalization? Or is the renaissance of the border new growth arising from incomprehension of the border in the 21st century? With reference to research in North America, Southeast Asia, and Europe, this article examines the entangled state of the border to discern what is unaccountable from what is complicated and to differentiate rebirth and revival of classical border thinking from that which addresses the perplexity of borders. In my view, a renaissance in border studies flirts with a return to the archaic through definition and explication of borders everywhere. A true renaissance in border studies must confront the entangled state as process, spirit, style, form, and other influences at once rooted in the classical and portrayed and performed in a post-globalization era of border rediscovery. The goal of this essay is to confront the notion of border renaissance, not to diminish the concept, but to reveal the fuller meaning and impact of border rebirth and revival
Un/Certain Borderlands: Multimodal Discourses of Border Renaissance in Polish and German Media
No full textSince geopolitical crises accelerate migration from warzones or places of forced cultural homogeneity, we can notice an increasing meaning of borders today in a changing society, not only in Western but also in Eastern Europe and in-between. At the same time, findings from interdisciplinary border research emphasize precarious phenomena of ‘uncertainty’ or ‘in-between-ness’ and hybridity, suggesting that borders have a ‘liminal quality’. In the emblematic case study on re/bordering at the German–Polish borderland, traits of a renaissance of the border and territorial un/certainty, mean irritation in space, cultures, and forms of belonging. In developing discursive practices in time such as symbolic and socio-spatial phenomena of demarcation, exclusion, and transformation, this report refers to empirical phenomena like the “Rosary to the border” and “LGBT-free zones” in Poland or the “Willkommenskultur” in Germany. It juxtaposes interpretive reciprocal patterns of borders, like ‘fear’ and ‘irony’ that weave a tapestry of un/certainty. These examples show how the Polish–German borderland is affected by re/bordering practices without necessarily being geographically close to it and therefore show its liminal quality
Britain’s Imperial Past and Contemporary Borders in Adichie’s Americanah and Zadie Smith’s ‘Fences’
No full textRecent literary works draw attention to the multifaceted legacy of Britain’s imperial past, not only but including its impact on current UK border practices. The works of postcolonial and Black British authors illustrate especially strongly that the spatial epistemologies of empire are still prevalent in twenty-first century border debates. This article engages with Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie’s Americanah (2013) and Zadie Smith’s essay “Fences” (2016) as literary works that negotiate UK border practices both before and after Brexit. They draw attention to the intersections of empire, race, gender, and class in the recent resurgence of British bordering practices and emphasize the necessity to make visible both contemporary and historical borders in the UK in order to come to terms with the underlying colonial epistemologies of many border practices
Outline of a Temporality-Based Approach to Iberian Borderlands’ Cultural Heritage in Europe and South America
No full textConsidering the Portuguese–Spanish border in the Guadiana River, as well as (with secondary relevance) the borderlands of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, this article aims to discuss some preliminary questions for the interpretation of border (in)tangible heritage in these territories from the point of view of Cultural Heritage Studies, Global History, and temporalities. A diachronic (historical) perspective is considered, as well as several topics that form part of temporality-based approaches to border dynamics, such as time perception of the different actors (insiders and outsiders, among them the states), individual and collective memories, and the use of cultural heritage as a potential resource for community-building in peripheral territories.
Keywords: Portuguese–Spanish border; Guadiana River; Uruguay River; global history; shared heritage; territory
Separation and Resilience in 200 Meters
No full text200 meters dramatizes a wall\u27s affect on a family separated between Palestine and Israel, ontologically breaking up the family lines. The film also questions whether the wall as an artificial barrier motivates people to come together. 
