#6 Understanding Security – what makes migrants and their host countries feel safe or unsafe in times of crises

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BE:CURIOUS – A Podcast by the Oxford/Berlin Research Partnership

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Poetry, in its attempt to take the ineffable things of life and put them into words, is an incredibly subtle form of language use. Which means that translating a poem between languages is anything but straightforward. In today’s episode, we talk to two minds about the art of doing just that.

Born in East Germany in 1962, Durs Grünbein is one of the most prominent German poets of his generation. Known for often dealing with political matters in his work, Grünbein has published more than thirty books of poetry and prose. Karen Leeder, who is currently a BUA/Oxford Einstein Visiting Fellow, is a professor of modern German literature at Oxford University and has translated several of Durs' poetry collections into English.

In a wide-ranging conversation, we discuss poetry, politics, and the delicate art of translation.

Durs Grünbein, German poet and essayist, born in Dresden in 1962

Prof. Karen Leeder, British writer and translator. She is Schwarz Taylor Chair of the German Language and Literature, University of Oxford.

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#6 Understanding Security – what makes migrants and their host countries feel safe or unsafe in times of crises

BE:CURIOUS – A Podcast by the Oxford/Berlin Research Partnership

30 minutes 33 seconds

2 years ago

#6 Understanding Security – what makes migrants and their host countries feel safe or unsafe in times of crises

At any one moment, at least a few regions of the world are undergoing great social upheaval. From war and economic collapse to crime and pandemics. What follows are often large flows of people fleeing the situation. But this can also create dramatic changes in how people feel about their security, and not just in the home country itself, but also in the neighbouring countries that people flee to.

How exactly citizens living through these situations react, and what influences their sense of security is something that Dr. Annette Idler, of the University of Oxford examines. In our conversation about her current project “Transitions and Social Cohesion in Context of Multiple Crises” which she is leading along with Freie Universität Berlin professor Sérgio Costa, we talk about what it really is that influences people's perceptions and experiences of security. And to what extent refugee flows and organized crime matter in the breakdown of social cohesion.

Dr. Annette Idler is Director of the Global Security Programme and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Pembroke College and Blavatnik School of Government.