42 min
"Nature's Rights - Who cares?" with Dr Martha Dietrich Manchester Museum Podcast
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- Sociedad y cultura
What are 'Nature’s Rights', and who is prepared to stand up for them?
Our guest in this episode is Dr Martha Dietrich, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, and she is joined in conversation by the Manchester Museum’s Curator of Herpetology, Andrew Gray.
Andrew’s work at the museum focuses on wildlife conservation, specifically amphibians, with the Vivarium gallery home to many critically endangered species including the Harlequin frog, and a number of rare species from Ecuador.
In 2008, amendments were made to the Ecuadorian constitution to integrate nonhuman claimants into judicial processes, and Martha’s research in the country has examined the practical application – debates and outcomes – of nature’s rights claims in the court of law. Most recently she has been involved in a ground-breaking case brought against the Ecuadorian state to stop the copper mining company, Codelco, from exploration work in the Intag region of Ecuador, an area with a high number of endangered species, including three tree frogs.
These special frogs brought their two worlds together and today they discuss what this case could mean for the future rights of the natural world, and humanity caring for it.
Season 3: Episode 2 Transcript
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Manchester Museum is on a mission to become the most imaginative, caring and inclusive museum in the world, and in this podcast we will share open and honest conversations with special guests, which will inform, entertain and inspire.
Through these conversations we hope to reframe what it means for museums to care, and explore how we can build understanding, empathy and love for our world and each other.
Find out more about the Manchester Museum:
Website
Twitter
Instagram
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Original music courtesy of Move 78:
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Spotify
iTunes
What are 'Nature’s Rights', and who is prepared to stand up for them?
Our guest in this episode is Dr Martha Dietrich, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, and she is joined in conversation by the Manchester Museum’s Curator of Herpetology, Andrew Gray.
Andrew’s work at the museum focuses on wildlife conservation, specifically amphibians, with the Vivarium gallery home to many critically endangered species including the Harlequin frog, and a number of rare species from Ecuador.
In 2008, amendments were made to the Ecuadorian constitution to integrate nonhuman claimants into judicial processes, and Martha’s research in the country has examined the practical application – debates and outcomes – of nature’s rights claims in the court of law. Most recently she has been involved in a ground-breaking case brought against the Ecuadorian state to stop the copper mining company, Codelco, from exploration work in the Intag region of Ecuador, an area with a high number of endangered species, including three tree frogs.
These special frogs brought their two worlds together and today they discuss what this case could mean for the future rights of the natural world, and humanity caring for it.
Season 3: Episode 2 Transcript
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Manchester Museum is on a mission to become the most imaginative, caring and inclusive museum in the world, and in this podcast we will share open and honest conversations with special guests, which will inform, entertain and inspire.
Through these conversations we hope to reframe what it means for museums to care, and explore how we can build understanding, empathy and love for our world and each other.
Find out more about the Manchester Museum:
Website
Twitter
Instagram
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Original music courtesy of Move 78:
Instagram
Spotify
iTunes
42 min