Who Gets to Be Indigenous?
Episode 15 of the Sustainability Matters podcast, hosted by De Gruyter Brill, titled "Who Gets to Be Indigenous?" was published on April 1, 2026 and runs 72 minutes.
April 1, 2026 ·72m · Sustainability Matters
Summary
On this episode of Sustainability Matters, we examine how indigeneity is defined and contested in conversations around identity, science, and sovereignty. Is it something we inherit, or a political construct? How can scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems collaborate without losing their distinct integrity? And what happens when genetic research defines belonging in ways that conflict with cultural and political self-understandings? All this and more with Dr. Benjamin Gregg, author...
Episode Description
On this episode of Sustainability Matters, we examine how indigeneity is defined and contested in conversations around identity, science, and sovereignty. Is it something we inherit, or a political construct? How can scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems collaborate without losing their distinct integrity? And what happens when genetic research defines belonging in ways that conflict with cultural and political self-understandings?
All this and more with Dr. Benjamin Gregg, author of “Scientific Integrity and Indigenous Justice in Genetic Research,” which is Chapter 5 in the book Indigeneity as Social Construct and Political Tool: Critique and Reconstruction of a Contested Identity, published by De Gruyter Brill.
Host: Ramzi Nasir
Guest: Dr. Benjamin Gregg
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