Episode 53
What does it mean to a Greek woman who speaks fluent German? Listen to Nina share her stories of growing up in Athens before the 2009 financial crisis, teaching music in a village in east Switzerland, and her reflections about how our environments shape our perceptions of people who have backgrounds different to ours.
Transcripts of episode:
ENG / FR / DE / IT
Recommended sources:
On racism in Greece
Peter Goodman, “Giannis Antetokounmpo is the pride of a Greece that shunned him,” The New York Times, May 3, 2019. [an article on Giannis Antetokounmpo, the basketball player Nina refers to in her episode]
Easy Languages, Are Greeks racist? | Easy Greek 50, 2019. [a video in which people of diverse backgrounds - both Greek and persons who do not consider themselves Greek - are interviewed about whether they consider Greeks racist]
On the refugee crisis and asylum politics in Switzerland
SRF DOK, Die Migrationskrise – Schweizer Asylpolitik am Scheideweg, 2024. [a documentary on the refugee crisis and asylum politics in Switzerland - in German with subtitles in French or Italian]
Limmat Verlang, “Mutter, mach dir keine Sorgen, das ist eine ganz andere Welt.,” 2021. [a book sharing the stories of three unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Switzerland - in German]
Others
Usama Al Shahmani, “In der Fremde sprechen die Bäume arabisch,” 2018. [a novel about the life of a refugee who flees from Iraq to Beirut]
Paréa: Humanitäre Organisation St. Gallen. [a non-profit organisation from St. Gallen, Switzerland, that supports humanitarian projects for refugees]
Melissa Network. [a grassroots organisation for migrant and refugee women in Greece]
El Sistema Europe. [a network that aims to foster social inclusion and cultural development through the accessible practice of collective music education in Europe]
