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EPISODE · Feb 7, 2023 · 38 MIN

The Historical Present

from Abolition Science Radio · host LaToya Strong

In this episode, I use a critical transdisciplinary approach to explore how the colonial history of Western Science impacts science practices today. Three theories, Black geographies, settler colonialism, and decoloniality are woven together to demonstrate how Western Science grew to what it is today. Botany, and specifically the history of quinine from the Cinchona bark, are used to exemplify the historical present.

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