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Unsettled CrossingsThis episode unpacks the groundbreaking work of Arjun Appadurai, a leading theorist of globalization, modernity, and cultural flows. Engaging with his seminal essays Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy and How Histories Make Geographies, we explore how Appadurai theorizes globalization as a dynamic and fractured process, shaped by complex cultural and economic disjunctures. We interrogate his fivefold framework of -scapes (ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financescapes, and ideoscapes) that challenge static models of cultural transmission, as well as his argument that histories actively produce geographies, rather than the other way around. By examining how modernity, migration, and global media reconfigure local identities, this podcast critically engages with Appadurai’s interventions into the study of globalization, cultural change, and the power of the imagination in shaping our collective futures.
Unsettled CrossingsThis episode unpacks the groundbreaking work of Arjun Appadurai, a leading theorist of globalization, modernity, and cultural flows. Engaging with his seminal essays Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy and How Histories Make Geographies, we explore how Appadurai theorizes globalization as a dynamic and fractured process, shaped by complex cultural and economic disjunctures. We interrogate his fivefold framework of -scapes (ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financescapes, and ideoscapes) that challenge static models of cultural transmission, as well as his argument that histories actively produce geographies, rather than the other way around. By examining how modernity, migration, and global media reconfigure local identities, this podcast critically engages with Appadurai’s interventions into the study of globalization, cultural change, and the power of the imagination in shaping our collective futures.
About the podcast
Unsettled Crossings is a podcast that explores the intellectual terrain of forced migration through the lens of critical theory. Each episode delves into the works of key theorists—Liisa Malkki, Hannah Arendt, Stuart Hall, Seyla Benhabib, and more—unpacking their relevance to contemporary displacement. How do colonial legacies, global capitalism, rising nationalism, and climate change intersect to shape forced migration? How do these systemic forces condition refugees' psychological resilience and integration? Through deep theoretical engagement, Unsettled Crossings examines the uncanny convergence of past traumas and present realities, illuminating the emotional and spatial dimensions of refugee experiences in a shifting world.