Fields of the Future

Bard Graduate Center
  • 5.0 (3)
  • EDUCATION

The Fields of the Future podcast amplifies the voices and highlights the work of scholars, artists, and writers who are injecting new narratives into object centered-thinking. Join us for engaging conversations between BGC faculty and fellows and their guests.

  1. 03/10/2023

    S2E8: Alejandro de Avila Blomberg

    In this episode, Jessie Mordine Young speaks with Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, the founding director of the Ethnobotanical Garden and curator at the Oaxaca Textile Museum in Oaxaca, Mexico. They discuss his career in anthropology, the history of cochineal, and the evolution of biodiversity in the region.

    46 min

  2. 03/10/2023

    S2E7: Molly and Lara Manzanares—The Artistry Behind a Weaving Business and Workshop

    In this episode, Juliana Fagua-Arias speaks with Molly and Lara Manzanares from Tierra Wools about life as sheep ranchers, the musicality of weaving, and the intersection between business, artistry, and education.

    44 min

  3. 03/10/2023

    S2E6: Larissa Nez—On Decolonizing Institutions

    In this episode, Jessie Mordine Young speaks with Larissa Nez about her contributions to the exhibition Color Riot at the Montclair Art Museum, where she currently is an Art Table Fellow. They also discuss how, in her curatorial career, she is advocating for decolonial disciplines and talk about the individual and collective experience of life on the reservation during a global pandemic.

    47 min

  4. 03/10/2023

    S2E5: Porfirio Gutiérrez—Color as a Form of Storytelling

    In this episode, Jessie Mordine Young speaks with Porfirio Gutiérrez about his textile art and its connection to place, specifically to his homeland of Teotitlán del Valle. They also talk about his relationship with natural dye and color and how his practice is deeply rooted in ancestral knowledge.

    27 min

  5. 03/10/2023

    S2E4: Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas—Weaving as a Way of Creating Kinship

    In this episode, Jessie Mordine Young speaks with authors, educators, and fifth-generation Navajo weavers Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas about their ancestral knowledge of weaving, their process of making rugs, their recently published book on the topic, and their relationship with their tools.

    38 min

  6. 03/10/2023

    S2E3: Nikyle Begay—The Sacredness and Science of Raising Sheep

    In this episode, Juliana Fagua-Arias speaks with Nikyle Begay about shepherding, the science of breeding for natural colors, and the sacred relationship between the Navajo people and churro sheep.

    46 min

  7. 03/10/2023

    S2E2: Elena Phipps—Textile, Color, Culture

    In this episode, Juliana Fagua-Arias speaks with Elena Phipps about cochineal, luminescence, and the relationship between textiles, color, and culture.

    37 min

  8. 03/10/2023

    S2E1: Kevin Aspaas—The Navajo Way of Life

    In this episode Juliana Fagua-Arias speaks with Kevin Aspaas about the Navajo lifeway, the weaving process from sheep to loom, and the slow and conscientious craft of weaving in a fast-paced society.

    44 min
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The Fields of the Future podcast amplifies the voices and highlights the work of scholars, artists, and writers who are injecting new narratives into object centered-thinking. Join us for engaging conversations between BGC faculty and fellows and their guests.

Information

  • Creator
    Bard Graduate Center
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Fields of the Future