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Discussion of books and ideas for our tangled times. Read along with us or just listen in.
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Sunday Jun 02, 2019
Sunday Jun 02, 2019
In the final episode of our first season we revisit highlights from the book, and ask ourselves how we would integrate the lessons and insights into our ongoing work. How could the ideas in book be extended? What does Haraway leave out that we can provide?
This is a thoughtful episode, processing and integrating many big ideas that we've been waiting until now to fully unpack.
Thanks to all who have stayed with us for the whole ride. We intend to continue this book club experiment with short readings throughout the summer, and begin a full new book in earnest in the fall. Stay tuned.
As a bonus, we managed to locate the full documentary "Donna Haraway: Storytelling for Earthly Survival" online. Follow the link to take it in.
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Sunday May 12, 2019
Sunday May 12, 2019
With some delay, this is our discussion of the last chapter of Staying with the Trouble, a speculative fiction called "The Camille Stories: Children of Compost". Stay tuned for our for our final thoughts about Haraway's book before we move on to new material.
Mentioned in this episode:
The trailer for Donna Haraway: Storytelling for Earthly Survival
Inhabit: Instructions for Autonomy
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Monday Apr 22, 2019
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Apologies! this episode was accidentally deleted and is now being re-posted.
Mentioned in this episode:
Ursula Le Guin's Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction essay (PDF)
Everything Matters: Why This is No Time for Cynicism by Janet
The Evolution of Beauty (book) by Richard O. Prum
A recent Radiolab episode about The Evolution of Beauty
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Sunday Mar 31, 2019
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
Two chapters this week: "Making Kin" and "Awash in Urine." Haraway proposes that voluntary non-reproduction may be a solution to ecological crisis. Is she right?
Mentioned in this episode:
Kim TallBear's lecture "Making Love and Relations Beyond Settler Sexualities"
Permaculture and the Myth of Overpopulation
and as always..
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Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Could our intestinal microbiome be luminescent? In this episode we discuss "Sympoiesis: Symbiogenesis and the Lively Arts of Staying with the Trouble", chapter 3 of our book.
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Featured in the show:
The Hawaiian Bobtail Squid
The Bee Orchid comic from xkcd.com
Website for the Crochet Coral Reef
(note: Dave's excited explanation of the hyperbolic mathematics involved in the crochet reef didn't make the final cut for this episode. But the math is fascinating. Check it out.)
The Indigenous Critique of the Green New Deal
Navajo Churro ram
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Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Discussion of Chapter 2 of Staying with the Trouble, "Tentacular Thinking: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene"
Music by our friends Reanimator, from their album "Special Powers"
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Sunday Feb 17, 2019
Sunday Feb 17, 2019
We discuss the Introduction and First Chapter of Donna Haraway's "Staying with the Trouble". Music from our good friends Reanimator, from their 2000 album Special Powers.
Mentioned in the episode:
Navajo grandma shows her string figures
The Songlines, by Bruce Chatwin
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Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
In this episode Janet & Dave introduce themselves, the podcast, and introduce the first book we'll be reading-- Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene by Donna J. Haraway.
(Music by Reanimator)
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