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Community Chest: Refugees And Local Culture
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In this episode of Community Chest, Dominik covers local Norwich events and social issues. Key segments include a discussion on the 'New Bedouins' exhibition with Thordis Fredriksson, an exploration of the legal distinctions between asylum seekers and refugees with Howard Cook and Suji, and an interview with Kit Downs of the jazz band Empirical.
Dominik hosts a series of segments covering local Norwich events and social issues. He discusses the 'New Bedouins' exhibition with guest Thordis Fredriksson and explores the legal distinctions between asylum seekers and refugees with Howard Cook and Suji. Helen Caston joins the programme to discuss the Time Together volunteering initiative and the challenges refugees face with local dialects. The broadcast also features a musical segment with Kid Downs of the jazz band Empirical, who discusses their inspiration from Eric Dolphy, and includes a humorous reflection from Dominik on his identity as a committed atheist.
Topics
- The 'New Bedouins' exhibition and related events in Norwich
- Jazz music and the band Empirical
- Definitions and legal distinctions between refugees and asylum seekers
- Integration and support for refugees in Norwich
- Volunteer opportunities via the Time Together project
Participants
- Dominik
- Thordis Fredriksson
- Kid Downs
- Howard Cook
- Suji
- Helen Caston
Names are taken from the archive as written and may include spelling variants.
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Forty years on, we're very inspired by that period, just because there was so much amazing, amazing music around that time, and about the boundary of everything was stretched so much. So that's kind of inspired us to try and try and do the same, I guess. We.
Protocol whereby they're welcomed openly here, so it's quite a major distinction in terms of law. Even though their personal situation may be almost identical in individual cases, asylum seekers on the whole have a pretty raw deal. Right, quite honest, they have to go through the detention centres, they have to be interviewed, they have to be.
Because my friends who are refugees tell me that although they're going to English classes and working really hard on their English, they find that the normal people, their next door neighbours and people they meet in shops, speak so fast that it sounds like a gabble, and this is one of the hardest.
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Community Chest: Refugees And Local Culture
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Why it was chosen Personal request of producer Thordis Fridriksson
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Why it was chosen To get into the theme of migrations, the Bedouins, and the desire for promised lands
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Why it was chosen To set the theme in an upbeat manner for a Sunday show where the speaker will play various interpretations of the song
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Why it was chosen To theme the music so people are in the spirit before going to the exhibition
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Why it was chosen The exhibition being discussed is called New Bedouins
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Why it was chosen Requested by a listener named John
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Why it was chosen The speaker's all-time favorite track
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Why it was chosen To promote the band's upcoming gig at the Playhouse in Norwich
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Why it was chosen To get the listeners in the mood for talking about Refugee Week
- 10Living Like A Refugee · Sierra Leone's Refugee All StarsNo sample is available for this selection.
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Why it was chosen Related to the theme of Bedouins and refugees