Archive for May, 2008

Forced Migration Online Podcast 11: Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2008

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Photograph of Professor James C. Scott. Oxford, 21 May 2008. Photo: Forced Migration Online.

This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre’s Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture which was on Wednesday 21st May 2008 at Somerville College, University of Oxford. The Elizabeth Colson Lecture is held annually in honour of Professor Elizabeth Colson, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University gave this years lecture on the subject of Zomia.

Zomia is a shorthand reference to the huge, massif of mainland Southeast Asia, running from the Central Highlands of Vietnam westward all the way to northeastern India and including the southwest Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and western Guangxi.”

Podcast: Human Displacement and Climate Change in International Law

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Photograph of Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Hague, Netherlands. May 2008. Photo: Radio Netherlands Worldwide.

This podcast was recorded by Radio Netherlands Worldwide at the first of The Hague Debates on Thursday, 22 May 2008 in the Peace Palace and is entitled ‘When home gets too hot: Human Displacement and Climate Change in International Law’. The debate features Professor Roger Zetter, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre.

Forced Migration Online Podcast 9: Iraqis in Jordan

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Photograph of Amman, Jordan. December 2007. Photo: Simon James.

This podcast was recorded in Amman, Jordan in December 2007 with additional interviews recorded in February 2008. The Amman recordings include interviews with a number of Iraqis now living in Jordan from a range of backgrounds and current situations. The podcast includes comments from Rana Sweis UNHCR, Amman and Dana Graber Ladek International Organisation for Migration (IMO), Iraq.

3 Years On: Reconstruction and Resettlement in Aceh after the Tsunami

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Children by temporary barracks for those awaiting resettlement, Banda Aceh. Photo: Simon James.

The film ‘3 Years On’ is now available to view online. The film presents the views and experiences of representatives from NGOs working in Aceh on tsunami reconstruction in 2007. By this stage the majority of reconstruction and resettlement of residents of Aceh has taken place or was close to completion. The interviews offer reflections on the completion of this process and problems that still need to be overcome.