We invite you to listen to these four conversations about building community with and among immigrant neighbors from St. Olaf students Jack Anderson, A.D. Banse and Emma Figura.
Over the series of this podcast, we will be diving into the complexities of conversations and topics that can be difficult to discuss, but are also crucial to understand if we are to learn about our neighbors. We will be providing some “fundamental ideas” and “caution signs” to be mindful of when engaging in conversations with your neighbors, especially those who you may not know very well. The initial proposal for this project was to provide a glossary of important terms or a handbook to guide these types of discussions, but because the context of every individual interaction varies greatly, we instead elected to provide an auditory conversation ourselves. The guide below assists in outlining some of the crucial components of a healthy and productive conversation, as well as marking certain aspects to be mindful of. Some of the key ideas discussed in this episode are listed below, but we strongly encourage listening to the conversation itself to best gain an understanding of how to have these difficult conversations. Please join us for this first episode of the Book of Fundamentals podcast.
The recordings linked above represent four of six podcast episodes created by these three students. While two of the recordings have been lost, the transcripts for all six of them survive. Listening might be more fun, but reading the transcripts is also worth your time.