by bbanna | Nov 5, 2020 | Events, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News, Stories
UNESCO Chair and University of Oregon Professor Steven Shankman, shares reflections on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected his teaching, reading, and writing over the past several months through oracle poetry and heartfelt writings. Some of the reflections Shankman...
by | Dec 20, 2019 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
Peter Laufer talks about his book “Dreaming in Turtle,” the inspiration behind studying the boxy reptiles and human cruelty toward animals.
by | Dec 20, 2019 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
Chris Chavez and Peter Laufer talk about Peter’s research on walls, the ramifications of the Berlin Wall and walls as physical and symbolic structures. Peter asks what our relationships with these barriers are and “do those walls need to be oppressive?”
by | Dec 20, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, Stories
Juan-Carlos Molleda talks at length about the border between Colombia and Venezuela, its on-going militarization and the struggles of those crossing the border during the current crisis.
by | Dec 20, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue
Payton Bruni went to Oman, in part, to study Arabic, but was embedded in a community of foreign guest workers. He discusses the cultural influx of migrants to Oman, the “culture of shame” around labor and his experience as an outsider.