Friends of Indigenous Science
Ancestral Science was honored to speak with Drs. MIWA TAKEUCHI & EUN-JI AMY KIM and learn how to be an ally/friend to Indigenous Science. We learned about the difference between allyship, friendship, and kinship, how to re-centre scientific voices of children, the Land, and Knowledge Keepers, how mathematics both take and give lives, reconciliation work never ends, and the importance of balancing both understanding the history and trauma of the original peoples of the land with the beauty, innovation, ingenuity, and science within their culture. Despite the guests concerns this episode may take space away from the voices and teachings of Elders and Knowledge Keepers, the pod hosts understand the importance of accomplices and allies; Indigenous people can't do this work alone. Miwa and Amy also donated their honoraria back to the podcast, thank you. You can support the pod through some unique episode-themed Indigenous Science merch at www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop to support Knowledge Keeper honoraria, editing, and keeping the pod going. Shownotes: here for additional information, readings, articles, webpages, videos, please check out the shownotes. These are great for teachers! Also, remember to check out more about the guests here: -https://soilcamp.ca -“Relational Land-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Education” (2024) (book) -“Asian Changemakers: Shaping the Future through Land-based Learning with Dr. Miwa Takeuchi” https://youtu.be/kwLSCBBkKpo -https://www.aciar.gov.au/project/slam-2021-107 Thanks to Indigenous Screen Office, Storyhive, and Windspeaker. Gratitude to the support from JUAN-CARLOS CHAVEZ, the editing and audio skills of EMIL STARLIGHT of Limelight Multimedia, and ALEX FLETT for marketing and pod support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
