Melody Jue on Thinking Through Seawater

Episode 97 of the Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on Fire podcast, hosted by Cathy Hannabach, titled "Melody Jue on Thinking Through Seawater" was published on October 9, 2019 and runs 30 minutes.

October 9, 2019 ·30m · Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on Fire

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Episode Description

How can thinking with the sea shifting the foundations of humanities research? How does the ocean challenge terrestrial bias in standpoint epistemologies? What can we learn from the performative and creative possibilities of ocean-based work?

In episode 97 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach interviews professor and scuba diver Melody Jue about how she uses scuba diving as a humanities research methodology and method of interpretation, how scuba offers a less terrestrially biased model of feminist standpoint epistemology, and why Melody turns to kelp and other seaweeds for radical models of hope and climate justice.

TRANSCRIPT AND SHOW NOTES: https://ideasonfire.net/97-melody-jue/

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