#40 BIG Podcast – « Borders and Climate Change » PART 2 - With: Simon Dalby, Professor Emeritus, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Our guest: Irasema Coronado, Professor of Political Science and Director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State UniversityIn this podcast, we will explore the complex issues surrounding the US–Mexico border. From the impact of border security on local communities to shared environmental challenges, such as water management, we’ll dive into the issues shaping the region’s social and ecological future. After a global overview of the US-Mex Border, the first part of the podcast will dive into the social challenges that define the region, including the effects of migration policies that shape cross-border movement, the hardening of the border through the Wall and increased enforcement. The borderland is also source of resilience, interdependent economy, and cultural creativity.Time Markers00:00 Introduction to Irasema Coronado01:51 The complex US-Mex border region and its characteristics05:19 Daily lives, resilience and creativity of borderlanders08:58 El Paso-Ciudad Juarez as a quintessential borderland12:00 Governance power and transnational political elites15:13 Evolution of the Hardening Process of the US-Mex border19:03 Effects of the Wall and the 2025 security and deportation policies22:28 Border Mixed Feelings26:15 Families, Women and Children live at the border30:53 Social Justice Challenges in the BorderlandWebsites:BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic ⁠

In this second part of the podcast, we examine prospective scenarios for addressing climate challenges within the Anthropocene, an epoch marked by profound human influence on Earth's systems. With Simon Dalby, we will investigate strategies to anticipate and navigate disruptions to political and urban systems, and territorial boundaries driven by climate change. The second part of the podcast mainly focuses on Future scenarios in a Climate-Disrupted World and illuminates pathways for adaptation and offers critical insights into sustainable futures.Time Markers00:00 Future scenarios in a Climate-Disrupted World09:18 Practical solutions and Governmental actions17:23 How Humanity can adapt to a changing climate?24:02 Post-combustion World needed29:06 Complicated World and Real Challenges33:27 Climate Justice in the Anthropocene and Human RightsWebsites:BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic ⁠

In this podcast with Simon Dalby, we explore the intersection of borders and climate change in the Anthropocene era, a period when humans are profoundly shaping the planet. We will analyze how global warming is redefining physical and political borders. Climate effects, environmental security, planetary boundaries, cross-border mobilities, policy innovations are at the heart of the discussion. The Anthropocene requires us to rethink geographical and jurisdictional boundaries in the face of ecological crises. The first part of the podcast mainly focuses on the Anthropocene and Climate Change.Time Markers00:00 Introduction01:06 The relationship between climate change and the concept of borders07:05 Anthropocene and Environmental security12:01 Wildfires in the Anthropocene17:53 Mobile borders on the Alps22:10 Indicators of the Planetary boundaries31:51 Cooperative Strategies to Address Environmental Tensions39:06 Global community of interestsWebsites:BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic ⁠

Andréanne Bissonnette, Political Science Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Border Policy Research Institute (WWU) and Associate Researcher at the Raoul Dandurand Chair (UQAM);What are the relationships between Gender Studies and Border Studies? What does the prism of Gender Studies contribute to better understanding border policies and the effects of borders on border areas and marginalized people? In this interview, we will better understand that the relation between these two academic fields is based on the idea that borders, particularly political ones, are gendered and shaped by power dynamics. The intersection of these fields allows us to explore how borders affect individuals differently depending on their gender and identities. This podcast is divided into two parts. The first part is a General overview on Gender and Border Studies. The second part focuses on the relations between Gender Studies and Border Studies in the North American Case Study.Time Markers00:00 Introduction to Part 20:24 Characteristics of North American region5:06 Borderlands are neither fully national nor international8:53 Reproductive rights policies and US-Mexico border11:50 Impacts of US administration's policies on border management19:41 Local and innovative initiatives about forms of cross-border governance25:30 Challenges in overcoming gender injustices in border areas29:43 Index that assesses the most inclusive borders in the world?30:28 Borderlands Studies and Innovative ways to support academic research?33:45 Advice for future generations of researchers in Gender/Border StudiesWebsites:BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic 

Andréanne Bissonnette, Political Science Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Border Policy Research Institute (WWU) and Associate Researcher at the Raoul Dandurand Chair (UQAM);What are the relationships between Gender Studies and Border Studies? What does the prism of Gender Studies contribute to better understanding border policies and the effects of borders on border areas and marginalized people? In this interview, we will better understand that the relation between these two academic fields is based on the idea that borders, particularly political ones, are gendered and shaped by power dynamics. The intersection of these fields allows us to explore how borders affect individuals differently depending on their gender and identities. This podcast is divided into two parts. The first part is a General overview on Gender and Border Studies. The second part focuses on the relations between Gender Studies and Border Studies in the North American Case Study.Time Markers00:00 Our Guest today: Andréanne Bissonnette1:38 Origin of Gender Studies and relations with Border Studies6:57 Intersections of gender and border concepts in contemporary research13:00 Feminist geopolitics and territory-body-power relationships21:20 Main challenges in border areas facing by women and gender minorities27:25 Current migration policies and gender inequalities35:31 Intersectional theories and the analysis of border areas42:43 Gender and border studies towards inclusive public policies46:11 Most controversial debates in Gender and Border Studies todayWebsites:BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠⁠JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic 

The Māori are Indigenous Polynesian peoples with distant roots in the Lapita civilization. First inhabitants of what is called New Zealand, they arrived there more than 1000 years ago. The Māori people is a minority, it forms about 18% of the New Zealand population. In this podcast, we will talk about the anthropological, political and legal history of New Zealand, the context of the declaration of independence (in Māori He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni), the treaty of Waitangi, the societal organization of the people Māori (Iwi, Whanau, Hapu) and relations with colonial institutions. An extensive discussion about Māori culture, social boundaries between different Māori tribes and the importance of genealogy, the involvement of Māori culture within the governance of customs borders and the perspectives of indigenous peoples in research on borders. Time Markers: 00:00 Intro 01:32 Our Guest: Thomas Tawhiri – Indigenous Māori, Custom Manager & Researcher in Indigenous Studies 04:38 Specificities of New Zealand in relation to borders 07:22 Māori life prior to European contact 10:35 What does the word “Māori” mean? 13:09 Navigation high technology of Polynesian peoples 18:18 The naming of New Zealand with the Māori name Aotearoa 23:02 The context of “declaration of independence” (He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni) signed in 1835 and 1839 31:44 The Treaty of Waitangi and the juridical debates linked to the differences in terminology. The Māori version speaks only of 'kawanatanga'. 40:54 Social units rooted in relationships and blood relationships 48:52 What is Mana? 52:37 Existence of complex social interactions and territorial boundaries between Māori Clans 57:21 Tribal Naming of Places, and Land Occupation, as Indicators of Tribal Borders 1:01:42 Māori territoriality and the New Zealand current legal system Websites: BIG Website: ⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠ JMN Website: ⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠ Subscribe: ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠  Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠  Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic 

Country of 27 million inhabitants, in the Himalayan mountain range, Nepal shares a border with India for 1690 km and with China for nearly 1,200 km. The majority of the inhabitants live in the south of the country (along the Indo-Nepalese border) and in the Kathmandu valley. Nepal became a republic in 2008 and the country adopted a new Constitution in 2015 which provides for a federal-type state, organized around 7 provinces which have their own assembly and executive power. A podcast about the State of Nepal, internal bordering processes, the marginalized people at its borders, notably the Madhesi People, and also the relations with India and China.. Time Markers 00:00 Our Guest today: Kalpana Jha 01:12 Cross-Border Unformal Networks and the shaping of Border Region 03:15 Interests of the Socio-Legal Approach for the Border Studies 05:59 Border, Legal Line of Separation, but also Living Region per se 10:22 How to Manage the Nepal Diversity? 13:10 Nepal: From Kingdom to Federal-type State. 18:30 Relations between Nepal and India 22:30 Nepal-India Border: An Open Border at the Daily Level 25:52 A Huge Wall on the Nepal-India border? 30:33 Cross-Border Governance of Rivers and Political Challenges 36:07 Nepal-China Relations Through Himalayas 41:59 Transboundary Infrastructures and Neighbouring Hard Powers 46:29 The Madhesi People Movement and Diversity of Nepal 50:17 Internal Bordering Processes and Geographical Features 56:15 The Identity of Madeshi People 1:00:23 Madeshi People as Transnational Community 1:04:40 New Legal and Political Recognition 1:06:01 Scenarios for Borderlanders and Cross-Border Communities Websites: BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠ JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠  Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠  Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic 

Following the first Part of our interview, this second part of the podcast focuses mainly on the notion of extra-territorial jurisdiction with the examples of certain States, the European Union and even private global firms. What do state borders mean in a world where thousands of different jurisdictions overlap, serve multiple functions, and take multiple forms? The theme of this podcast explores the concept of jurisdiction in light of Border Studies, state territorial sovereignty and the normative power of the State which can extend beyond borders. It allows us to better understand the variable function of legal limits of borders. TIME MARKERS 00.00 Introduction 00.28 The general rules on extra-territorial State jurisdiction and the Lotus Case (1927) 05.28 The three main types of jurisdictions of the States (prescriptive, enforcement, adjudicatory) 11.47 Competition and Conflict between Jurisdictions and the question of their conciliation 17.23 The extraterritorial normative power of the European union 24.26 The extraterritorial normative power of the USA and the notion of undesirable effects 29.18 Digital Empires, Global Companies and Private non-territorial Jurisdiction 33.40 Indigenous Peoples Jurisdictions 35.56 The links between Jurisdiction Complexities, Borders, and Border Studies 38.57 Conclusion Websites: BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic  Bluesky: @big-lab.bsky.social

What do state borders mean in a world where thousands of different jurisdictions overlap, serve multiple functions, and take multiple forms? The theme of this podcast explores the concept of jurisdiction in light of Border Studies, state territorial sovereignty and the normative power of the State which can extend beyond borders. There are several types of jurisdictions. Territorial jurisdiction refers to the power of a state to enforce its laws within its geographic boundaries, while extraterritorial jurisdiction refers to the ability of a state to extend its laws beyond its borders often due to particular links, such as actions having effects on its nationals or its interests abroad (and this extraterritorial jurisdiction also concerns other entities such as the EU, or even certain global private firms). This topic raises complex questions regarding sovereignty, human rights, international cooperation and the regulation of transnational activities. It allows us to better understand the variable function of legal limits of borders. The first part of the podcast mainly focuses on the notion of jurisdiction and jurisdiction of a territorial nature. TIME MARKERS 00:00 Introduction 01:56 The importance of the category of territory and territorial sovereignty 03:23 The limitations of the sovereignty of the State in its own territory 05:56 The social constructed meaning of territoriality 08:52 What does the term of “jurisdiction” mean? 11:15 The links between the notion of jurisdiction and the border between States 13:38 The major theoretical debates on the nature of State jurisdiction 18:00 The history of the territoriality/extra-territoriality couple and decoupling 23:13 Civil law, criminal law, public law and private law and the notion of jurisdiction 25:47 Effects of Globalization on the Territorial Principle 28:58 Politicization of the tool of Jurisdiction and “economic war” Websites: BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic 

Dans notre monde interconnecté, les frontières entre États jouent un rôle fondamental, mais leur histoire est souvent méconnue. Ces lignes sur la carte représentent des histoires de conflits, de négociations, de cultures en interaction et d'identités façonnées au fil du temps. Pour explorer cette thématique fascinante, nous avons le plaisir d'accueillir Claire de Blois, Enseignant-Chercheur, spécialisée dans l’histoire du droit et des frontières pour une période bien spécifique 1648-1815, et qui a d’ailleurs fait une thèse sur ce thème. C’est une période fondamentale pour l’histoire du droit des frontières car c’est le moment de la naissance des frontières modernes, du concept moderne de frontière. Dans cette seconde partie du podcast, nous allons explorer la construction juridique des frontières modernes: limite territoriale étatique et frontière linéaire. TIME MARKERS 00:00 La construction progressive de la conception moderne de frontière 04:49 Double vision : La frontière déterminée par le droit; L’exercice du droit délimité par la frontière 07:23 Le processus et les finalités de la rationalisation des frontières 12:18 L’émergence du critère de la linéarité 14:33 Détermination (échanges de territoire), délimitation (tracé de la frontière) et démarcation (matérialisation de la frontière) 15:33 Le traité de Nimègue de 1678 et la frontière qui répond à une logique territoriale 16:59 Les politiques frontalières : le rôle des intérêts défensifs des Etats dans la frontière-ligne 21:08 Les politiques frontalières : le rôle des intérêts économiques et commerciaux des Etats dans la frontière-ligne 24:04 L’importance de la cartographie dans la production de connaissance juridique des frontières 28:19 Le débat sur le concept de « frontières naturelles » dans l’histoire du droit des frontières 33:24 Le rôle majeur de l’outil diplomatique des commissions de délimitation 40:36 Le rôle des populations locales dans la désignation des limites d’autorités 44:01 La définition finale du « concept moderne de frontière » en droit 51:19 Conclusion Websites: BIG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biglobalization.org  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ JMN Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization⁠⁠⁠⁠  Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/big_uvic