While we take a break, we’re bringing you something we think you’ll enjoy. It’s from Uncommon Sense, the podcast from the Sociological Review that believes that sociology is for everyone.
Too often, talk about security seems to belong to politicians and psychologists; to discussions about terrorism and defence, individual anxiety and insecurity. But how do sociologists think about it? And why care?
Daria Krivonos – who works on migration, race and class in Central and Eastern Europe – tells Alexis and Rosie why security matters. What’s the impact of calling migration a “security threat”? How does the security of the privileged rely on the insecurity of the precarious? And, as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, what would it mean to truly #StandwithUkraine – from ensuring better job security for its workers abroad, to cancelling its debt?
Plus: pop culture pointers; from Kae Tempest’s “People’s Faces” to the movie “The Mauritanian” – and Alexis’ teenage passion for Rage Against the Machine.
Guest: Daria Krivonos
Hosts: Rosie Hancock, Alexis Hieu Truong
Executive Producer: Alice Bloch
Sound Engineer: David Crackles
Music: Joe Gardner
Artwork: Erin Aniker
Find more about Uncommon Sense at The Sociological Review.
Episode Resources
Daria, Rosie and Alexis recommended
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Kae Tempest’s song “People’s Faces”
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Rage Against the Machine’s song “Without a Face”
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Kevin Macdonald’s movie “The Mauritanian”
From The Sociological Review
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“Brexit On ‘Plague Island’: Fortifying The UK’s Borders In Times Of Crisis” – Michaela Benson and Nando Sigona
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“Organised State Abandonment: The meaning of Grenfell” – Brenna Bhandar
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“Food Insecurity: Upsetting ‘Apple Carts’ in Abstract and Tangible Markets” – Susan Marie Martin
By Daria Krivonos
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“Ukrainian farm workers and Finland’s regular army of labour”
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“Racial capitalism and the production of difference in Helsinki and Warsaw” (forthcoming)
Further readings
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“The Death of Asylum” – Alison Mountz
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“What was the so-called ‘European Refugee Crisis’?” – Danish Refugee Council
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“In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All” – UN Secretary-General
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“Ukrainian Workers Flee ‘Modern Slavery’ Conditions on UK Farms” – Diane Taylor
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“Bordering” – Nira Yuval-Davis, Georgie Wemyss and Kathryn Cassidy
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Anthony Giddens’ sociological work; including “Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”
