Season 4, Episode 1 - Handpicked Presents: The Voicing Change Podcast - "Introducing Voicing Change"
Season 4: Episode 1 – Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change - “Introducing Voicing Change” Featuring: Dr. Andrew Spring, Dr. Eve Nimmo, Enock Mac'Ouma In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, “Introducing Voicing Change.” This episode introduces the project, "Voicing Change: Co-Creating Knowledge and Capacity for Sustainable Food Systems." The project connects community partners, researchers, and students from three regions—Northwest Territories; Migori County, Kenya; and Southern Brazil—to create a Community of Practice exploring local, innovative, and sustainable food systems that centre traditional and Indigenous knowledges. The project aims to: -celebrate local food expertise and traditional knowledge that contribute to traditional, equitable, and culturally appropriate community food systems -amplify the voices of community members and knowledge holders as they share their technical expertise -spark food systems innovations that flow through the Community of Practice and are adapted and piloted in other areas The project’s goal is to build a healthier, more equitable, and socio-ecologically resilient future that is grounded in sustainable local food systems and centres Indigenous and traditional knowledges. REGIONS AND KEY PARTNERS Northwest Territories: Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo Southern Brazil: CEDErva and Embrapa Forestry Migori County, Kenya: Rongo University and UNESCO Chair on Community Radio for Agricultural Education FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Voicing Change is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT We would like to acknowledge that these podcasts have been recorded on the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples in the lands now known as Canada, Brazil and Kenya. Though the histories of colonization, decolonization and reconciliation differ across these contexts, we recognise the ongoing legacies of colonial dispossession that have contributed to the food system injustices that we tackle in this podcast. Nevertheless, this podcast was also inspired by the survivance of traditional food systems based on care for the land and other beings; we acknowledge and pay our respects to the ancestors, elders and inheritors of these ways of knowing and being that continue to benefit us all to this day. In a spirit of reciprocity, we recognise the harms done by colonial powers, including by institutions of higher learning, and aim to cultivate an approach of listening and sharing knowledge rather than extracting and profiting from it. Contributors Co-Producers & Hosts: Laine Young & Charlie Spring Voicing Change Team: Olga Awuor, Enock Mac'Ouma, Andres Kathunzi, Evelyn Nimmo, Renata Kempf, Brena Rotter, Laureen Silva, Alessandra de Carvalho, Murilo Siqueira, Andrew Spring Sound Design & Editing: Narayan Subramoniam Guests Dr. Andrew Spring Dr. Eve Nimmo Enock Mac'Ouma Support & Funding Wilfrid Laurier University The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems Balsillie School for International Affairs Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Music Credits Ali Razmi Keenan Reimer-Watts Resources Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG Whose Land Voicing Change Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems CedErva Rongo University Connect with Us: Email: Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca Twitter/X: @Handpickedpodc Facebook: Handpicked Podcast
