In this episode, I talk to Jose Brunner an Adjunct Professor for the Critical Ethnic Studies Program at the CCA, about his work on speculation, and practice in architecture. We talked about his research on the Border Phenomena that explores the anthropology of frontiers, and the agency of art and design at the boundary between nations. We discussed about what it is being a transborder citizen, and how this has informed his career and his teaching activities. We discussed how being from and at the border has a similar and familiar quality to queer identities, and Joey shared his perspective of having been grown in a binational and bicultural household. We talked about, how the border has changed through time and space, and how, for example experiencing 9/11 made a huge impact in border culture. We also talked about our interests in the border environment and how we study it and analyze it from diverse but similar perspectives. We also discussed about pedagogy, about the stories and histories that we teach, and encourage our students to tell. 

Recommendations. 

Dreaming America: Voices of Undocumented Youth in Maximum Security Detention,  Ed. by Seth Michelson. 

Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present.  Ed. by Irene Cheng, Charles L. Davis, Mabel O. Wilson.  

The 13th - Netlfix 

Just Mercy - Prime Video 

Midnight Gospel - Netflix