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Livable Futures08 Black on EarthWe're environmentalists, you know, and it's not that we're like, okay, we have to save the, get the plastic, like, yes, do the plastic thing, you know, all of the recycling, all of that, but like, what is the duty to our space around us, our human to human engagement, our human to trees, to water, to bird, you know, like, that's, environmentalism for us. - OrlandoShow Notes Episode 08: Black on EarthIn this special episode to kick off 2024 and the second season of the podcast, Norah Zuniga Shaw hosts a conversation...2024-02-1653 min
Livable FuturesForaging Futures with Candace Thompson/The Curb and Amy YoungsVisual artists Amy Youngs and Candace Thompson work closely with ecology and technology to create communal, joyful, and loved filled connections to each other and the more-than-human world with whom we share the planet. Respond to the uncertainty we are experiencing on a planetary scale by becoming deeply embedded in your local community and aware of the plant life around you as you forage for food in your neighborhoods throughout the changing seasons of the year. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...2021-09-0148 min
Livable FuturesMore and more and more human with Faustin LinyekulaFaustin Linyekula is as an important international artist, he's also the founder of Studio Kabakao, a space for young artists in Kisangani and from the African continent to work in collaboration with communities on issues of sustainability and environment. Learn more:My Body My Archive, watch Faustin Linyekula live at the Tate Modernhttps://vimeo.com/399196063NZ Festival of the Arts: Talanoa Mao conferencehttps://www.festival.nz/events/talanoa-mau/In Search of Dinozord performance by Faustin Linyekulahttps://www.festival.nz/events/all/search-dinozord/2021-08-0125 min
Livable Futures05 - Andre Zachery & Crystal PerkinsAndre M. Zachery is the Artistic Director of Renegade Performance Group https://www.renegadepg.com/ and can be found on Instagram @amzrpgCrystal Perkins can be found @cmichelledance and has a beautiful TEDx talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q572zp9EWsAndre mentions the choreographer Bebe Miller. You can learn more about her here: https://bebemillercompany.org/He also talks about Kodwo Eshun, Reggie Wilson, and his work in Afrofuturism, and I mention a couple of favorite feminist Afrofuturist writers, here’s a few helpful links:https://www.go...2021-06-2634 min
Livable Futures04 - Livable Futures - Interview w/ Michael J. MorrisConversation Date and LocationAugust 30, 2019 at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OHSocial Mediawww.instagram.com/cowitchcraftofferings/www.michaeljmorris.co/Show NotesMichael uses they/them pronouns and references several beautiful resources that have come in the podcast many times and others that may be new for listeners. Here are a few links to get you started reading and viewing:From Duke University Press a discussion of: Anthropocene, Capitaloscene, and ChthuluceneRead and listen to:Ursula K. LeGuin www.ursulakleguin.com/Angela Davis www.democracynow.org/2020/6/12...2021-06-2347 min
Livable Futures03 - Livable Futures - Small Acts of Care w/ Alys LongleyConversation Date and LocationFebruary 2020. Tāmakimakaurau/Auckland, Aoteoroa/New Zealand.Show NotesAlys refers to her longtime collaborator Val Smith frequently and they have some amazing projects that are worth checking out:news.aut.ac.nz/news/val-smith-na…undation-laureate@valvalvalsmithsmithsmithAlys also talks about her project El Otro País Que Eres created in collaboration with artists Macarena Campbell, Máximo Corvalán-Pincheira and Eduardo Cerón Tillería.She refers to “new materialism” and the work of Jane Bennet on vibrant matter and enchantment, here’s a book to get yo...2021-06-2340 min
Livable Futures02 - Livable Futures - Building Community Power w/ Complex MovementsConversation Date and LocationOctober 31, 2019. Columbus, Ohio on the campus of The Ohio State UniversitySocial Media: (Instagram handles)Complex Movements @cmplxmvmnts is a Detroit-based artist collective composed of @westiv, @jeedo47, @invincibleDET, @sagesense, @L05_and @_fakejonesSHOW NOTESWorks referenced often in the show include:Beware of the Dandelions an existing piece and Tower and Dungeon, a new piece by Complex Movements based on the book Tower and Dungeon: A Study of Place and Power in American Culture by Dr. [Gloria] House (aka Mama Aneb).Listen to Dr. House’s...2021-06-2354 min
Livable Futures01 - Livable Futures - Indigenous Futures w/ Emalani CaseAn activist, writer and dancer from Waimea, Hawaiʻi, Emalani Case is deeply engaged in issues of indigenous rights and representation, dietary colonialism, and environmental and social justice. Her current research focuses on Hawaiian articulations of identity and nationalism, sovereignty, and decolonising indigenous minds and bodies. She is a lecturer in Pacific Studies at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand/Aoteoroa.Read more about her here: people.wgtn.ac.nz/emalani.caseRead about the event we attended together in February 2020: Talanoa Mao, New Zealand Festival of the Arts: www.festival.nz/ev...2021-06-2346 min
Livable Futures00 - Livable Futures - Centering Livability w/ Norah ZShawHost Norah Zuniga Shaw discusses some of the ideas and lineages for the Livable Futures projects, introduces the Arrivals tactic for living and connecting to where and when we are, and offers a posthuman thought exercise. Short introductory episode to kick-off the first season.Queer and Black feminist and postman theory and practice are important influences in the Livable Futures project and referenced in this episode, follow the links below to learn more and get inspired:adrienne maree brown: http://adriennemareebrown.net/Alexis Pauline Gumbs: https://www.alexispauline.com/bell hooks: htt...2021-06-1309 min
Dance Behind the ScreenEpisode 64 | Building Synchronous Objects w/ Norah Zuniga ShawOn our third episode of Interdisciplinary month, your co-hosts YeaJean and Martheya interview artist, performer and creative director best known for her award-winning digital projects for physical ideas, Norah Zuniga Shaw. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about interdisciplinary artmaking, creative and critical engagement, collaboration, Synchronous Objects by William Forsythe, and Digital Literacy. Show kNOwtes: https://www.knowboxdance.com/post/64-norahzunigashaw2020-10-2147 minDance Behind the ScreenEpisode 64 | Building Synchronous Objects w/ Norah Zuniga ShawOn our third episode of Interdisciplinary month, your co-hosts YeaJean and Martheya interview artist, performer and creative director best known for her award-winning digital projects for physical ideas, Norah Zuniga Shaw. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about interdisciplinary artmaking, creative and critical engagement, collaboration, Synchronous Objects by William Forsythe, and Digital Literacy. Show kNOwtes: https://www.knowboxdance.com/post/64-norahzunigashaw2020-10-2147 min