28 episodes
Birthing and Justice with Dr Ruth De Souza Dr Ruth De Souza
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- Society & Culture
Childbirth is supposed to be empowering, but for many birthing people it is not. For Indigenous women, immigrant women and women of colour, birthing within the western healthcare system can be anything but affirming. It can feel unsafe. In this raw and challenging talks series, health researcher, clinician and nursing educator Dr Ruth De Souza (RMIT University) hosts conversations about birth, racism and cultural safety with change makers working within the maternal health-care sector to break down the structures built on colonisation. This is a series that will give birthing people hope and power when they’re at their most vulnerable.
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Series 4 Episode 8: Favorite Iradukunda on decolonisation, justice and inclusion
Synopsis:Diasporic nurse scholar Dr. Favorite Iradukunda studied in Rwanda, South Africa and the United States. She is a global nurse leader and commited to decolonising nursing through an African lens. She combines her research on advancing the holistic well-being of African-diasporic women, with activism in black birth equity and justice.Notes:Google ScholarDr. Favorite's personal websiteDr. Favorite Iradukunda on Twitter Music:Music in this episode includes ‘Native American Dream’ by ...
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Series 4 Episode 7: Hannah Donnelly and Omar Sakr on centering the birth experience under capitalism
Synopsis:Experiencing a “high risk” pregnancy and birth while growing a new life during the pandemic was transformative for Wiradjuri writer and producer Hannah Donnelly, and Arab-Turkish partner, writer Omar Sakr. We talk about queering birth, the administrative load of pregnancy, and the need for collective infrastructure to improve birthing experiences and outcomes for families and communities.Notes:HannahBlacklight: Ten Years of First Nations Storytelling edited by Hannah DonnellyArts and...
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Series 4 Episode 6 Sapna Samant on being a GP, creative practitioner and adoptive single parent
Synopsis:Dr. Sapna Samant, is a GP, radio producer, film maker, activist, and single adoptive parent and is passionately committed to social justice. Both her creative work and medical practice strive for equity and work to rectify injustice wherever it occurs.Notes:Twitter Mastodon Sapna's blog What Bridgerton gets right and wrong about being IndianMusic:Music in this episode includes ‘Exclusiva One’ by Vzen Instrumental Beat used under an Audio Standard Licence from Adobe Stock. ...
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Series 4 Episode 5 Aseel Tayah on connecting communities through creativity and storytelling
Synopsis:Melbourne-based artist and cultural leader Aseel Tayah was born and raised in Jerusalem and is passionate about the role of the arts in connecting diverse communities across generations. Aseel uses art and storytelling to foreground the experiences of displaced people and advocate for artists of color, mothers, children and young people — changing the world, one project at a time.Notes:Aseel's websiteAseel Tayah: The home that lives within (YouTube)Music:Music in this episode include...
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Series 4 Episode 4: Sara Motta on feminine lineages, healing justice, and reconnecting to the ancestral Mother
Synopsis:How do Indigenous communities weave together ancestral feminine lineages? This question is at the heart of Associate Professor Sara Motta’s praxis of transformation and collective liberation. Through a lens of feminised resistance, Sara, a proud mestiza salvaje, shares her healing journey from the wounds of patriarchal capitalist-coloniality, exploring restorative and reparative pathways of well-being and justice.Notes:Sara's personal websiteGeneologies (M)otherwiseWeaving Enfleshed ...
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Series 4 Episode 3: Alice Te Punga Somerville on fertility and making babies for the revolution
Synopsis:Birthing holds a different significance for Indigenous communities that have experienced colonial attempts at elimination. For scholar, poet and irredentist Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville, (Te Āti Awa, Taranaki), birth is an act of resistance. She joins us to talk about her journey to parenthood and her experiences as a scholar who traverses between Indigeneity and migrancy. Notes:UBC academic pagePersonal websiteAlice Te Punga Somerville: My story as told to Elisabeth EastherAl...