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Teaching Borders: A Model Arising from Israeli Geography Education
No full textTeaching the topic of a country’s borders can be challenging. This is especially the case in Israel, where not all the state’s borders are agreed: there are internal disagreements between parties on the ground and external disagreements between parts of the international community and the State of Israel. A border, the very symbol of stability and consistency, contains mixed and contradictory aspects; the borders are not always well defined and, for many people, sensitive and contentious subjects. Therefore, teachers often avoid or feel uncomfortable teaching the topic, even though they know well its importance. This study examines existing curricula and textbooks used to teach the topic in Israeli high schools, and develops a picture of teachers’ perceptions of teaching the topic through qualitative research. On this basis, the paper proposes a training model that addresses both the social and emotional side of the subject and the historical and political knowledge required to teach it. The purpose of the model is to better equip and enrich teachers to take on the task while minimizing fear of encountering or provoking adverse reactions. The teacher’s role is to expose students to different perspectives and positions, so students can begin to assess the problematic and complex nature of the topic in general and Israel’s borders in particular
Everyday Lives in Peripheral Spaces: A Case of Bengal Borderlands
No full textThis article (part of a special section on South Asian border studies) is an ethnographic study of the daily lives and narratives of borderlands communities in the border districts of Cooch Behar and South Dinajpur along the West-Bengal–Bangladesh border. In order to emphasise the significance of borderland communities’ narratives and experiences to our understanding of borders, this paper explores the idea of borders as social spaces that are inherently dynamic. In attempting to understand the idea of borders through everyday lives of people living in borderland communities, this paper highlights tensions and contradictions between hard borders manifested through securitization practices, and the inherently dynamic social spaces that manifest themselves in people’s daily lives. Conceptually and thematically, this paper is situated within and seeks to contribute to the discipline of borderland studies.
Key Words: Borders, Social Spaces, Security, Bengal Borderlands, South Asia 
Beyond Borders, Beyond States: Artistic and Historical Aviation Perspectives
No full textProceeding from the historical question of the regulation of airspace, this essay examines the current and future significance of borders and the central question of statehood, for the special section of this issue, Art & Borders. The authors draw on their experience as curators of the 2021 exhibition Beyond States: The Boundaries of Statehood at the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen, Germany, to reveal the role of ballooning aviation and critical approaches of artists towards border regimes 
Frontières & Mythologies personnelles : un entretien avec Emeric Lhuisset
No full textConnu pour son travail de terrain dans les zones de conflit, le photographe Emeric Lhuisset a été interviewé par Elisa Ganivet. En se concentrant sur les projets contextuels de l’artiste, ses expériences in situ sont révélatrices de dynamiques territoriales singulières. Des extraits de l’entretien sont reproduits ici, dans la section spéciale Art & Borders de cette édition La version anglaise a été publiée dans notre précédent numéro de BIG_Review
Innovation, reflection, and future directions: An introduction to the special issue on Indigenous language revitalization
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Troubled Pedagogies and COVID-19: Fermenting New Relationships and Practices in Early Childhood Care and Education
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities, tensions, and possibilities in the Canadian early childhood education and care system. This paper experiments with the metaphor of fermentation to critically reflect on the ways we, as ECEC postsecondary instructors, were challenged in upholding our pedagogical commitments. Through retrospective analysis of emails, meeting notes, and other personal communications, we examine and describe how our work and pedagogical thinking with students has been contaminated by COVID-19. We highlight the need to refigure relationships to the troubling events and reconceptualize contamination as a potent opportunity to pedagogically ferment practices in the postsecondary classroom through which living and learning well can flourish
Behind the Scenes of COVID-19: The "Hidden Pandemic" of Anti-Asian Racism
No full textAlongside COVID-19 came a renewed onslaught of xenophobia and anti-Asian racism, marking people who are or appear to be Chinese as a target for hate-fuelled verbal and physical assaults, some resulting in serious injury or proving fatal for the victims. Using news articles published in Canada to collect data, this research explores the impact of anti-Asian racism within Canada. The findings from this research suggest an uptick in activism throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Roughly a year after the pandemic, social movements and organizations focused on supporting those with lived experiences of anti-Asian racism and tracking and preventing anti-Asian racism have garnered large followings and support. The resurgence of anti-Asian racism due to the fear associated with COVID-19 is a testament to how we can and should do better in the future to act collectively against racism and xenophobia, by understanding why and how it emerges in order to prevent it. 
