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MEDIA INDIGENA 349

Genes Back / MI 349

On this week’s round table—the last all-new episode before the launch of our 2024 Summer Series—the second half of our special live on location look at Indigenous-led genomics.

Recorded at the Global Indigenous Leadership in Genomics Symposium at UBC back in May, part one brought us the basics of genomics, how it differs from genetics, and how Indigenous genomics compare to those of th...

MI named Apple Podcasts 2024 Voice for Change!

Mayhaps you heard us mention it towards the end of our latest episode, or, maybe you saw us crow about it on our Twitter feed, but, either way, we thought we might risk a little extra horn-tooting by sharing the news here that Apple Podcasts has just...

MEDIA INDIGENA 348

DNA, Daffodils and Me / MI 348

ON THIS WEEK’S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

What is genomics? In what ways might Indigenous genomics differ from its mainstream counterpart? And why is it important they be Indigenous-led? Answers to those questions and more on this special edition of MEDIA INDIGENA, recorded live on location at the Global Indigenous Leadership in Genomics Symposium, hoste...

Can't see MI 347 in iPhone via link?

Hey folks, not sure why, but the podfollow link I shared for MI 347 (https://pod.fo/e/242daa) seems to go nowhere (yet, anyway) in Apple Podcasts?

If you can't wait for it to populate there, just go to LibSyn, our hosting service:

https://mediaindigena.libsyn.com/close-encounters-of-the-coloni...

MEDIA INDIGENA 347

ON THIS WEEK’S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

This episode marks our return to the realm of IZ, the personification of critical Indigenous studies as imagined by MI regular Kim TallBear (University of Alberta professor of Native Studies), a character she embodied in her keynote at “Of the Land and Water: Indigenous Sexualities, Genders and Ways of Being,...

MI LIVE Vancouver🎤Thu MAY 9 Noon

IN VANCOUVER? Come join us for a live mid-day taping of the podcast at UBC!

IN VANCOUVER? Come join us for a live mid-day taping of the podcast at UBC!

Thurs MAY 9 @ 12 noon - 1:30pm

UBC Campus, Allard Hall, Room 121
(Google Maps)

Join MI host/producer Rick Harp in conversation with roundtable regular Kim TallBear and guest Indigenous scientists in attendance at the ...

MEDIA INDIGENA LIVE in VANCOUVER May 9

📣 VANCOUVERITES! Mark your calendars! 🖊️🗓️

A quick heads-up that we'll be taping a live-audience edition of the podcast on Thurs May 9 at noon on the UBC campus! Admission will be free, so we hope you''l join us in the crowd in 8 days time!

😀 More details to follow soon, but for now comment on this post if you'd like the link to our forthcoming Eventbrite for free tickets!

MEDIA INDIGENA 346

From perogies to pemmican: what can two men switched at birth tell us about Indigenous belonging? ⇄ MI 346

ON THIS WEEK’S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

In this back half of our longer-than-expected mini INDIGENA, host/producer Rick Harp picks up where he left off (dri...

MEDIA INDIGENA 345

Spilling the beans on Indigenous involvement in the coffee trade ☕ MI 345

ON THIS WEEK’ S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

For our latest mini INDIGENA (the sweet + sour version of MEDIA INDIGENA), we yank on the global supply chain linking locals in Campbell River, B.C. to the opening of what’s only the second “...

MEDIA INDIGENA 344

Fake it ‘til you make it? / MI 344

ON THIS WEEK’S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Building upon last episode's commanding talk by MI's own Kim TallBear, in which she highlighted the insatiable settler drive to consume all things Indigenous—including so-called ‘identity’ claims staked by individuals—host/producer Rick Harp discusses her insights with fellow roundtable regulars 2024-04-01 23:31:59 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 343

Why the real problem isn’t Indigenous “identity” but settler insatiability / MI 343

ON THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM:

A plethora of pretendianism! So much, in fact, it’s going to take two whole episodes to fit it all in. And here in part one, we take our deepest dive yet into the ultimate underpinnings of pretendianism—the political imperatives of whiteness. Driving the insatiable settler urge to possess every last thing, fueling the desire to assume ...

MEDIA INDIGENA 342

Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind: Pt. 1 👽 MI 342

On this week’s Indigenous round table:

“Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind.” That’s the title of a talk given by our very own Kim TallBear (University of Alberta professor of Native Studies) at “Of the Land and Water: Indigenous Sexualities, Genders and Ways of Being,” hosted earlier this year in Whitehor...

MEDIA INDIGENA 341

Is the Supreme Court ruling on Canada's Indigenous child welfare law a victory for the status quo? ⚖️ MI 341

On this week’s Indigenous round table: legal limbo?

Did the Supreme Court’s recent rejection of Quebec’s constitutional challenge to 2024-02-27 01:22:43 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 340

Unflagging settler colonialism in Minnesota / Mni Sóta Makoce 🚩 MI 340

This episode, another ‘mini’ INDIGENA (the easy-peasy version of MEDIA INDIGENA)—one where the first item went way longer than anyone expected! Joining host/producer Rick Harp on Tuesday, February 6th were Kim TallBear (University of Alberta professor in the Faculty of Native Studies) and Candis Callison (UBC Associate Professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the School for ...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 339

The 'clean, green' face of colonialism / MI 339

This week, our first mini INDIGENA of 2024, featuring Candis Callison (associate professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and Graduate School of Journalism at UBC) and Kenneth T. Williams (associate professor with the University of Alberta’s department of drama), who joined host/producer Rick Harp on Friday, January 19th to discuss:

• Norway to pay ...
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HAMILTON: Meet Rick JAN10 @ Idle No More doc screening!!

Greater Hamiltonians! What you doing this Wed. January 10 at 3:30 p.m.? Come join me on the 11th anniversary of Idle No More's dramatic emergence on the Canadian political scene for a special, in-person screening of the feature-length APTN News documentary, The Power Was With Us: Idle No More.

Co-created by me and Tim Fontaine for APTN National News, it's a sweeping chronicle of those heady days back in late 2012/early 2013. Tomorrow's screening happens...

MEDIA INDIGENA 338

🎙Shaping a Syllabus for Indigenous Podcast Studies 🎓 MI 338

For our final episode of 2023, a live audience recording from the spring, when we took part in the ICA 2023 Pre-conference, “20 Years of Podcasting: Mapping the Contours of Podcast Studies,” hosted May 24th and 25th at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Entitled, “Independent Indigenous podcasting as knowledge producti...

MEDIA INDIGENA 337

CN Indigenous advisory board goes off the rails 🚂 MI 337

This week, our penultimate program of 2023 reunites Kim and Ken for another mini INDIGENA (the rough and ready version of MEDIA INDIGENA) to discuss an array of items, including:

• a response to pushback against our discussion about state vs. federal recogniti...
  2024-01-06 23:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Carbon Colonialism and Culpability / MEDIA INDIGENA 336

Crunching the Numbers of Climate Justice // MI 336

On this week’s round table: colonial carbon culpability. Calling it a “first-of-its-kind analysis,” a recent study by Carbon Brief has crunched the numbers on some 170 years of emissions, seen through the lens of climate justice. Entitled, “Ho...