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This podcast offers you the opportunity to listen to curious conversations exploring the intersection of sustainability, equity, and social justice. It is a resource for folks who are interested in learning and thinking about how equity and environment interact and who want to approach solving environmental problems in ways that are better informed by social justice -- or solving social justice problems in ways that are more environmentally conscious.
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Marceleen Mosher on how the medium shapes the narrative and the importance of conversation
In the conclusion of the conversation that I had with Marceleen Mosher, we discuss how different media has an impact upon how narratives are formed, which in turns shapes how as a society we understand various phenomena. Marceleen and I also also talk about the importance of robust conversation particularly in regards to good governance and collective action or decision making.
Marceleen Mosher has taught communication studies at Augsburg University and Hamline University and is a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her scholarship examines the interplay between rhetoric/narratives and the intersection of nature, wellbeing, technology, and power.
Links:
https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/moshe044
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498534772/Eco-Culture-Disaster-Narrative-Discourse -
Marceleen Mosher on narratives about sustainability and hope
In this episode we return to the conversation that I had with Marceleen Mosher. Marceleen and I talk about hope and the sorts of discourse that are effective in driving social action related to climate change and sustainability.
Marceleen Mosher has taught communication studies at Augsburg University and Hamline University and is a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her scholarship examines the interplay between rhetoric/narratives and the intersection of nature, wellbeing, technology, and power.
Links:
https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/moshe044
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498534772/Eco-Culture-Disaster-Narrative-Discourse -
Meeting Marceleen Mosher
We’re straying a bit from the planned episode order of the Just Sustainability podcast. Because we need to do some re-recording, the remainder of Shane Epting’s episodes are going to be posted at a later date. However, I’ve kept all of you waiting for too long. So, without further ado, it’s my pleasure to introduce you all to Marceleen Mosher.
Marceleen Mosher has taught communication studies at Augsburg University and Hamline University and is a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her scholarship examines the interplay between rhetoric/narratives and the intersection of nature, wellbeing, technology, and power.
Links:
https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/moshe044
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498534772/Eco-Culture-Disaster-Narrative-Discourse -
Shane Epting on philosophy of the city
On this episode I’m delighted to introduce you to another one of my old friends, Shane Epting. In his first episode of the Just Sustainability Podcast, Shane offers us a primer about philosophy of the city — the field that (I would argue) he played a central role in forming (while of course philosophers have written about cities since at least the time Plato, Shane is one of the folks who did the most to shape the landscape of the discourse about cities within contemporary philosophy).
Dr. Shane Epting is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He’s the Co-Director and co-founder of the Philosophy of the City Research Group. He’s contributed an impressive amount of scholarship on topics related to how to most equitably and effectively conceptualize cities (or municipalities), socially just community design and governance, and ethics and justice in general as they apply to built environments.
Links:
https://www.shaneepting.org/
https://sites.mst.edu/shaneepting/
https://daily-philosophy.com/interview-shane-epting-philosophy-of-cities/
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Jill Fellows on liberatory technology and what is obscured by the dominant narratives about technology
As our conversation came to a close, Jill Fellows told me about the ways that technology can empower and liberate as well as how we often talk about technology (particularly digital technology) can serve to hide the environmental and social impacts of various technologies.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as one might suspect from its name — about the interplay between gender, sex, and technology). And, she seems to be constantly on CBC Radio discussing super-fun topics like whether you’d make it onto Santa Claus’ nice or naughty list, our relationships with AI, and the history of feminized computers.
Links:
https://www.douglascollege.ca/
https://andrastesgadfly.opened.ca/
https://gendersextech.opened.ca/
https://canadianscholars.ca/book/gender-sex-and-tech/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/are-you-on-santa-s-nice-list-it-depends-on-his-moral-framework-1.5851562
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/bots-like-chatgpt-aren-t-sentient-why-do-we-insist-on-making-them-seem-like-they-are-1.6761709
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a-harem-of-computers-the-history-of-the-feminized-machine/id151485663?i=1000584009084 -
Jill Fellows on the digital divide and biases related to technology
In the this episode the conversation between Jill Fellows and I shifts topics. We move on from discussing podcasting and public scholarship to the content of Jill’s research: the interplay between gender and technology. Jill tells me about the digital divide and some of the ways that our biases are reflected in technology and how we think about technology.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as one might suspect from its name — about the interplay between gender, sex, and technology). And, she seems to be constantly on CBC Radio discussing super-fun topics like whether you’d make it onto Santa Claus’ nice or naughty list, our relationships with AI, and the history of feminized computers.
Links:
https://www.douglascollege.ca/
https://andrastesgadfly.opened.ca/
https://gendersextech.opened.ca/
https://canadianscholars.ca/book/gender-sex-and-tech/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/are-you-on-santa-s-nice-list-it-depends-on-his-moral-framework-1.5851562
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/bots-like-chatgpt-aren-t-sentient-why-do-we-insist-on-making-them-seem-like-they-are-1.6761709
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a-harem-of-computers-the-history-of-the-feminized-machine/id151485663?i=1000584009084