Critical Ecology (SOCIAL SYSTEMS + ENVIRONMENT) with Dr. Suzanne Pierre
Alie smiles and points to Dr. Suzanne Pierre, who smiles and stands in front of a white board.
How do societal structures affect the planet? Why should we get to know our neighbors? What’s the ecological price we pay for … stuff? Yep, there’s an -ology for that. We chat with the founder of Critical Ecology: biogeochemist, National Geographic Explorer, researcher and plant nerd, Dr. Suzanne Pierre. Dr. Pierre’s Critical Ecology Lab is involved with research on the biomes of former plantations, air pollution, agricultural runoff, and even asking questions about wildfire science and the prison system. She explains how the Big Picture can always zoom out and be a little bigger. Before you know it, you’ll see Critical Ecology everywhere you go.
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Links to things we discussed:
From Critical Theory to Critical Ecology By Dr. Vincent Di Norcia
Society for Black Archeologists
Archaeologists Dr. Justin Dunnavant and Dr. Ayana Flewellen’s work on the project Ecological Scars of Slave Plantations
Estate Little Princess Archaeology Project via UC Berkeley
Princeton study: “Is it who you are or where you live? Residential segregation and racial gaps in childhood asthma”
Native tribes have lost 99% of their land
Video: “Critical Ecology: Defining Sociophysical Drivers of Ecological Change” with Dr. Suzanne Pierre
Dr. Vincent Di Norcia’s website
US Forest ownership statistics
“Return The National Parks To The Tribes: The jewels of America’s landscape should belong to America’s original peoples” by David Treuer, writer for The Atlantic
Dr. Christina Sharpe, author of “In the Wake Black: On Blackness and Being”
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Indigenous Fire Ecology (Good Fire)
Indigenous Culinology (NATIVE COOKING)
Forensic Ecology (NATURE DETECTIVE)
Indigenous Fashionology (NATIVE CLOTHING)
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Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
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