Migrant Ethnographies
Migrant Ethnographies
Podcast Description
Through stories, practices, and grounded theories, Migrant Ethnographies explores the lived realities of migration and the evolving journey of ethnographic research. Each podcast episode is recorded by a Concordia University graduate student who works on a topic related to migration, with guidance from Dr. Deniz Duruiz. Our guests include academics, graduate and undergraduate research assistants, community activists, artists, curators, musicians, and other researchers who employ ethnographic and qualitative research methods.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into various aspects of migration, ethnographic practices, and the intersection of cultural psychiatry and social contexts, with episodes like 'Ethnography as a Clinical Tool' exploring patient-centered ethnography and the therapeutic dimensions of narrative history among migrants.

Through stories, practices, and grounded theories, Migrant Ethnographies explores the lived realities of migration and the evolving journey of ethnographic research. Each podcast episode is recorded by a Concordia University graduate student who works on a topic related to migration, with guidance from Dr. Deniz Duruiz. Our guests include academics, graduate and undergraduate research assistants, community activists, artists, curators, musicians, and other researchers who employ ethnographic and qualitative research methods.
Guillaume Jabbour speaks with author and musician Dr. Louis Brehony about Palestinian music in exile.
The conversation centers on Palestinian musical traditions, displacement, and cultural survival across the diaspora, drawing on Brehony's research and Guillaume's own work co-creating a sonic ethnography of Palestinian identity through collaborative sound walks, field recording, and soundscape composition.
About the Guest:
Dr. Louis Brehony is an author and musician whose work focuses on Palestinian music in exile.
About the Host:
Guillaume Jabbour is a Communication Studies PhD student and sound studies scholar at Concordia University, whose research-creation project co-creates a sonic ethnography of Palestinian identity across the diaspora through collaborative sound walks, field recording, and soundscape composition.
Podcast Theme Music:
Many thanks to Moneka Arabic Jazz and Lulaworld Records for allowing us to use the song Mail Shougle as our podcast theme music.
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Special thanks to Concordia University and the IRMS:
Special thanks to the Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) for hosting the podcast, and to the Concordia University Faculty Research Development Program (FRDP) for funding this project.

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