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Justice MattersColumbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate CrisisToday on Justice Matters co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe, associate professor of literary theory and cultural history with a focus on climate, race, and digital technologies. She teaches in the Department of Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Hunter College in New York after over a decade of research and teaching on Black feminist engagements with Indigeneity and Asian diasporic racial formations. The topic of today’s conversation is her new book, Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis, a groundbreaking investigation of the Caribbean as both an id...2025-05-1537 min
Part of the Practice20: Art and Freedom with Tao Leigh GoffeOn our final episode of season one of Part of the Practice, writer, theorist, and interdisciplinary artist Tao Leigh Goffe is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota about art, freedom, and her project Dark Laboratory, located at Hunter College CUNY. Tao talks about her book Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis, and about the importance of asking questions that you don't have answers to. Tao's brand new human, affectionately referred to as Dragon Baby, joins the conversation, too!FULL TRANSCRIPT of Episode 20 available here2025-05-1429 min
Two and a Mic - The Social PodcastEsheru - The Ancestors Speak Through MeEsheru is an activist who embraces many different forms of activism. He is present at demonstrations, he meets people, he attends AGMs, he does podcasts, he is on social media endlessly and energetically holding back the tides of hate. Esheru is also active with the pen and talented at the same time. His recent series on SubStack is an example of his ability to convey complex and at the same time highly emotional sentiments, with details and nuances, and most importantly from perspectives most people don’t even consider.These articles and these stories of truth deserve to...2025-04-2249 min
The Write QuestionThe colonial legacy of the climate crisis and living beyond the apocalypse in Tao Leigh Goffe’s ‘Dark Laboratory’This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe, author of ‘Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis’ (Doubleday).2025-02-2129 minThe Write QuestionThe colonial legacy of the climate crisis and living beyond the apocalypse in Tao Leigh Goffe’s ‘Dark Laboratory’This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe, author of ‘Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis’ (Doubleday).2025-02-2129 min
Sustainability, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Politics, Activism, Biodiversity, Carbon Footprint, Wildlife, Regenerative Agriculture, Circular Economy, Extinction, Net-Zero · One Planet PodcastTAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate CrisisIn this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together a historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk a...2025-02-1737 min
Social Justice & Activism - The Creative Process - Activists, Environmental, Indigenous Groups, Artists and Writers Talk Diversity, Equity and inclusionTAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate CrisisIn this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together a historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk about thi...2025-02-1737 minBooks & Writers · The Creative Process: Novelists, Screenwriters, Playwrights, Poets, Non-fiction Writers & Journalists Talk Writing, Life & CreativityTAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate CrisisIn this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together a historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk about thi...2025-02-1737 minPoetry: The Creative Process: Poets discuss Poems & CreativityTAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate CrisisIn this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together a historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk about thi...2025-02-1737 minFeminism, Women’s Stories: The Creative Process: Empowering Stories, Inspiring Women, Gender Equality, Women's Rights & EmpowermentTAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate CrisisIn this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together a historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk about thi...2025-02-1737 minEducation, The Creative Process: Educators, Writers, Artists, Activists Talk Teachers, Schools & CreativityTAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate CrisisIn this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together a historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk about thi...2025-02-1737 minPhilosophy, Ideas, Critical Thinking, Ethics & Morality: The Creative Process: Philosophers, Writers, Educators, Creative Thinkers, Spiritual Leaders, Environmentalists & BioethicistsTAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate CrisisIn this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together a historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk about thi...2025-02-1737 minOne Planet Podcast · Climate Change, Politics, Sustainability, Environmental Solutions, Renewable Energy, Activism, Biodiversity, Carbon Footprint, Wildlife, Regenerative Agriculture, Circular Economy, Extinction, Net-ZeroTAO LEIGH GOFFE on Poetics, Poesis & Un-making the Climate CrisisIn this episode on the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together a historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk about thi...2025-02-1737 min
How To Protect The OceanHow Storytelling Connects People and Climate Change | Tao Leigh Goffe InterviewAndrew Lewin and Tao Leigh Goffe dive deep into the intersection of storytelling, culture, and the urgent issue of climate change with renowned scholar Tao Leigh Goffe. Through an engaging conversation, we explore how storytelling serves as a bridge between individuals, communities, and the global climate crisis. Tao highlights the importance of amplifying voices from marginalized and vulnerable communities on the frontlines of environmental change. We discuss the power of cultural narratives to inspire action, reframe perspectives, and foster empathy in addressing the climate crisis. Tao emphasizes how the arts, history, and personal storytelling can challenge dominant...2025-02-121h 01How To Protect The OceanHow Storytelling Connects People and Climate Change | Tao Leigh Goffe InterviewAndrew Lewin and Tao Leigh Goffe dive deep into the intersection of storytelling, culture, and the urgent issue of climate change with renowned scholar Tao Leigh Goffe. Through an engaging conversation, we explore how storytelling serves as a bridge between individuals, communities, and the global climate crisis. Tao highlights the importance of amplifying voices from marginalized and vulnerable communities on the frontlines of environmental change. We discuss the power of cultural narratives to inspire action, reframe perspectives, and foster empathy in addressing the climate crisis. Tao emphasizes how the arts, history, and personal storytelling can challenge dominant...2025-02-121h 01
Speaking Out of PlaceTao Leigh Goffe on Poetics, Poeisis, and Un-making the Climate CrisisToday I talk with Tao Leigh Goffe about her new, magisterial Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis. Spanning many fields and disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities and the arts, Professor Goffe weaves together an historically rich and geographically complex picture of how capitalism and racism undergird the climate crisis in ways made invisible or benign via the work of the west’s “dark laboratory.” Writing back through accounts of indigenous bird watching and Black provisional grounds, we talk about things as seemingly different as the mass...2025-02-1037 min
New Books in African American StudiesTao Leigh Goffe, "Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis" (Doubleday Books, 2025)In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean Island of Guanahaní to find an Edenic scene that was soon mythologized. But behind the myth of paradise, the Caribbean and its people would come to pay the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuse. In Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis (Doubleday Books, 2025), Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe embarks on a historical journey to chart the forces that have shaped these islands: the legacy of slavery, indentured labor, and the forced toil of Chinese and enslaved Black people who mined the islands’ bounty—including guano, which...2025-02-101h 04
New Books in Environmental StudiesTao Leigh Goffe, "Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis" (Doubleday Books, 2025)In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean Island of Guanahaní to find an Edenic scene that was soon mythologized. But behind the myth of paradise, the Caribbean and its people would come to pay the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuse. In Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis (Doubleday Books, 2025), Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe embarks on a historical journey to chart the forces that have shaped these islands: the legacy of slavery, indentured labor, and the forced toil of Chinese and enslaved Black people who mined the islands’ bounty—including guano, which...2025-02-101h 04
New Books in Asian American StudiesTao Leigh Goffe, "Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis" (Doubleday Books, 2025)In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean Island of Guanahaní to find an Edenic scene that was soon mythologized. But behind the myth of paradise, the Caribbean and its people would come to pay the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuse. In Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis (Doubleday Books, 2025), Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe embarks on a historical journey to chart the forces that have shaped these islands: the legacy of slavery, indentured labor, and the forced toil of Chinese and enslaved Black people who mined the islands’ bounty—including guano, which...2025-02-101h 01
New Books in Caribbean StudiesTao Leigh Goffe, "Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis" (Doubleday Books, 2025)In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean Island of Guanahaní to find an Edenic scene that was soon mythologized. But behind the myth of paradise, the Caribbean and its people would come to pay the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuse. In Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis (Doubleday Books, 2025), Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe embarks on a historical journey to chart the forces that have shaped these islands: the legacy of slavery, indentured labor, and the forced toil of Chinese and enslaved Black people who mined the islands’ bounty—including guano, which...2025-02-101h 01
New Books in HistoryTao Leigh Goffe, "Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis" (Doubleday Books, 2025)In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean Island of Guanahaní to find an Edenic scene that was soon mythologized. But behind the myth of paradise, the Caribbean and its people would come to pay the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuse. In Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis (Doubleday Books, 2025), Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe embarks on a historical journey to chart the forces that have shaped these islands: the legacy of slavery, indentured labor, and the forced toil of Chinese and enslaved Black people who mined the islands’ bounty—including guano, which...2025-02-101h 01
New Books in Politics and PolemicsTao Leigh Goffe, "Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis" (Doubleday Books, 2025)In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean Island of Guanahaní to find an Edenic scene that was soon mythologized. But behind the myth of paradise, the Caribbean and its people would come to pay the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuse. In Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis (Doubleday Books, 2025), Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe embarks on a historical journey to chart the forces that have shaped these islands: the legacy of slavery, indentured labor, and the forced toil of Chinese and enslaved Black people who mined the islands’ bounty—including guano, which...2025-02-101h 04
New Books in AnthropologyTao Leigh Goffe, "Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis" (Doubleday Books, 2025)In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean Island of Guanahaní to find an Edenic scene that was soon mythologized. But behind the myth of paradise, the Caribbean and its people would come to pay the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuse. In Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis (Doubleday Books, 2025), Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe embarks on a historical journey to chart the forces that have shaped these islands: the legacy of slavery, indentured labor, and the forced toil of Chinese and enslaved Black people who mined the islands’ bounty—including guano, which...2025-02-101h 04
New Books in Critical TheoryTao Leigh Goffe, "Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis" (Doubleday Books, 2025)In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean Island of Guanahaní to find an Edenic scene that was soon mythologized. But behind the myth of paradise, the Caribbean and its people would come to pay the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuse. In Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis (Doubleday Books, 2025), Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe embarks on a historical journey to chart the forces that have shaped these islands: the legacy of slavery, indentured labor, and the forced toil of Chinese and enslaved Black people who mined the islands’ bounty—including guano, which...2025-02-101h 04
All the Books!New Releases and More for January 21, 2025This week, Liberty and Emily discuss The Rainfall Market, The Broposal, We Do Not Part, and more great books!Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations...2025-01-2142 min
This Is the AuthorS10 E3: Irvin Weathersby Jr., Tao Leigh Goffe, and Adam ChandlerIn this episode, meet writer and professor Irvin Weathersby Jr., professor and theorist Tao Leigh Goffe, and journalist Adam Chandler. Hear Irvin Weathersby Jr. discuss emotionally charged moments in the recording studio, Tao Leigh Goffe on the catharsis of recording a book about race and the climate crisis, and Adam Chandler on the role work plays in a sense of American citizenship.
In Open Contempt by Irvin Weathersby Jr.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673664/in-open-contempt-by-irvin-weathersby-jr/9780593944158/
Dark Laboratory by Tao Leigh Goffe
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301/dark-laboratory-by-tao-leigh-goffe/9780593914625/
99% Perspiration by Adam Chandler
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723824/99-perspiration-by-adam-chandler/9780593913192/2025-01-2119 min
Get FreeDirge: MannahattaWelcome to this special season of the Get Free podcast accompaniment to "Dirge: Black and Indigenous Hemispheric Burial a Sound Sculpture," which is a multimedia project curated by your host Tao Leigh Goffe.This episode features an interview with Professor Alyosha Goldstein.Aparajita Bhandari (Communication), Rewa Phansalkar (Architecture), Lydia Macklin Camel (Landscape Architecture)For more information visit:https://www.darklaboratory.com/dirgeProduced by David Gonzalez2024-03-0136 minGet FreeDirge: The CaribbeanWelcome to this special season of the Get Free podcast accompaniment to Dirge: Black and Indigenous Hemispheric Burial a Sound Sculpture, which is a multimedia project curated by me, your host Tao Leigh Goffe. In these five episodes you will hear from collaborators on themes of stolen land and stolen life in the Western Hemisphere. Chijioke Onah (Literatures in English), Chloe Tsui (Architecture), Nusaibah Khan (Architecture)For more information visit:https://www.darklaboratory.com/dirge2024-03-0126 minGet FreeDirge: OverviewWelcome to this special season of the Get Free podcast accompaniment to "Dirge: Black and Indigenous Hemispheric Burial, a Sound Sculpture," which is a multimedia project curated byyour host Tao Leigh Goffe. In these five episodes you will hear from collaborators on themes of stolen land and stolen life in the Western Hemisphere. Four bricks — Mannahatta, Caribbean, Ithaca, the Far Future — in the wall in the sound sculpture symbolize the different site-specific geographies of departure to chart Black and Native life after apocalypse across the Americas. Three groups of students were assigned to curate their interpretation of a pla...2024-03-0146 minGet FreeDirge: Ithaca, New YorkWelcome to this special season of the Get Free podcast accompaniment to Dirge: Black and Indigenous Hemispheric Burial a Sound Sculpture, which is a multimedia project curated by your host Tao Leigh Goffe. In these five episodes you will hear from collaborators on themes of stolen land and stolen life in the Western Hemisphere. Ithaca: Dwagáhdęgyoh géh, who are you responsible to?André Nascimento (Romance Languages), Waylon Wilson (Performing and Media Arts), Marsha Taichman (Cornell Library)For more information visit:https://www.darklaboratory.com/dirge2024-03-0147 minGet FreeDirge: The FutureWelcome to this special season of the Get Free podcast. It is the accompaniment to the multimedia project "Dirge: Black and Indigenous Hemispheric Burial a Sound Sculpture," curated by your host Tao Leigh Goffe. In these five episodes you will hear from collaborators on themes of stolen land and stolen life in the Western Hemisphere. This episode features Dark Lab member Professor Matt Hooley (Dartmouth College).He is hosted in conversation by Leanna Humphrey (Architecture), Hanxue Wei (Regional Planning), and Delilah Griswold (Global Development).For more information visit:https...2024-03-0153 minGet FreeThe World We Became, Season 3, TeaserCo-hosted by Professors Tao Leigh Goffe and Shannon Gleeson, Season 3 of Get Free introduces a speculative cartography experiment entitled The World We Became: Map Quest 2350. A collaboration between a collective of artists, poets, academics, curators, architects, and activists, this digital humanities project maps global ecological crises and shared Black, Asian, Pacific, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Caribbean, and Indigenous futures. The born-digital speculative design experiment features visual and audio components presenting a planetary vision of the year 2350 as an underwater future in ruins. Learn more about the project at the Dark Laboratory, a creative technology collective, pr...2024-03-0102 minGet FreeThe World We Became: Turtle Island & PalestineTackling how racial justice and climate crisis are entangled, The World We Became: Map Quest 2350 is a speculative cartography atlas. Co-curated by Tao Leigh Goffe and Shannon Gleeson, the initiative is a collaboration between a collective of artists, poets, academics, curators, architects, and activists. This digital humanities experiment maps global ecological crises and shared Black, Asian, Pacific, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Caribbean, and Indigenous futures. The names of the contributors are: Anisa Jackson, Elspeth Iralu, Erica Violet Lee, Hashem Abushama, Nisrin Elamin, and Randa Tawil. The special guest expert is Professor Samia Henni (McGill).2024-03-0125 minGet FreeThe World We Became: Pasifika AtlantisTackling how racial justice and climate crisis are entangled, The World We Became: Map Quest 2350 is a speculative cartography atlas. Co-curated by Tao Leigh Goffe and Shannon Gleeson, the initiative is a collaboration between a collective of artists, poets, academics, curators, architects, and activists. This digital humanities experiment maps global ecological crises and shared Black, Asian, Pacific, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Caribbean, and Indigenous futures. The names of the contributors are: Andrea Chung, Heidi Amin-Hong, Juhwan Seo, Melanie Puka, Priyanka Sen, and Tauren Nelson.The special guest expert is Professor Kevin Escudero (Brown...2024-03-0124 minGet FreeThe World We Became: The Lands Formerly Known as South AsiaTackling how racial justice and climate crisis are entangled, The World We Became: Map Quest 2350 is a speculative cartography atlas. Co-curated by Tao Leigh Goffe and Shannon Gleeson, the initiative is a collaboration between a collective of artists, poets, academics, curators, architects, and activists. This digital humanities experiment maps global ecological crises and shared Black, Asian, Pacific, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Caribbean, and Indigenous futures. The names of the contributors are: Atif Khan, Austin Kocher, Christin Washington, Judith Salcido, Rewa Phansalkar and Ryan Persadie.The special guest expert is Professor Eddie Bruce-Jones (SOAS).2024-03-0126 minGet FreeThe World We Became: Exurbs of AztlánTackling how racial justice and climate crisis are entangled, The World We Became: Map Quest 2350 is a speculative cartography atlas. Co-curated by Tao Leigh Goffe and Shannon Gleeson, the initiative is a collaboration between a collective of artists, poets, academics, curators, architects, and activists. This digital humanities experiment maps global ecological crises and shared Black, Asian, Pacific, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Caribbean, and Indigenous futures. The names of the contributors are: Citlali Sosa-Riddell, Esmeralda Arrizón-Palomera, Kelsey Moore, Lydia Macklin Camel, Mónica Bernal Ramirez, and Nancy Morales.The special guest expert is Pr...2024-03-0132 minGet FreeThe World We Became: Marronage - QuilomboTackling how racial justice and climate crisis are entangled, The World We Became: Map Quest 2350 is a speculative cartography atlas. Co-curated by Tao Leigh Goffe and Shannon Gleeson, the initiative is a collaboration between a collective of artists, poets, academics, curators, architects, and activists. This digital humanities experiment maps global ecological crises and shared Black, Asian, Pacific, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Caribbean, and Indigenous futures. The names of the contributors are: Amanda Pinheiro, Ana Ozaki, André Nascimento, Christopher Roberts, Essah Díaz, and Reighan Gillam.The special guest expert is Professor Derrick Spires (Un...2024-03-0123 minGet FreeDark Laboratory: University Land Grants, Grabs, and Desert IslandsExecutive Director of the Dark Laboratory, a collective for creative tech on storytelling at the crossroads of stolen life and stolen land, Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe sits down with scientist, artist, and tarot practitioner Dr. Chandler Puritty based in Kumeyaay Territory. They discuss Black and Indigenous histories, landscapes, land grants, and the role of university campuses. Remixing desert-island discs, Tao invites Chandler to share items she would bring if stranded on an island. For more on Dark Labhttps://www.darklaboratory.com/For more on Ta...2023-03-1743 min
Leigh-Anne WilliamsThe Mzansi Tavern Cook Off: Meet The JudgesAs if it could not get any better than this, The Mzansi Tavern Cook Off has introduced its three incredible judges. World-renowned chefs, Benny Masekwameng and Peter Goffe-Wood, as well as the Monhla Hlahla, the Drinks Federation of South Africa (DFSA) Chairperson and Senior Advisor, chat to Leigh-Anne Williams about some of the foods that they tasted as well as the beauty of tavern dining. 2023-02-0806 min
Ecotones Now1. Anna Guasco on Troubling EmbodimentIn this episode, Anna Guasco shares “Problems of Place: The Trouble with Fieldwork, or Troubling Embodiment.”
Anna Guasco (she/her) is a PhD candidate and Gates Cambridge Scholar in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. Her doctoral work focuses on histories, narratives, and environmental justice issues surrounding the migration and conservation of gray whales along the North American Pacific Coast. She holds a BA in American Studies from Carleton College and an MSc in Environment, Culture and Society from the University of Edinburgh, and her prior professional work includes working as a national park ranger in California.
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Essah's WayEpisode 121 | Ancestral and Artistic ConstellationsEpisode 121. Tao Leigh Goffe and Tatiana Esh enlighten and empower us by reflecting on their artistic and academic journeys. This conversation honors ancestral remembrances of survival and explores the beauty of alignment.
Tao Leigh Goffe is a London-born award-winning writer, professor, and interdisciplinary artist. She specializes in colonial histories of race, debt, and technology. Based in New York City, her work negotiates Black diasporic intellectual and political life. She studied English literature at Princeton University before pursuing a PhD at Yale University. Dr. Goffe is also an assistant professor of literary theory and cultural history at Cornell University. Her research a...2022-08-2931 min
Gender Troublesbell hooksThis week: a celebration of the life and work of bell hooks, who died last week at the age of 69. bell was an unparalleled writer, poet, and theorist, and was incredibly influential in the feminist movement. In this episode, Eva & Emma discuss some of their favourite pieces by bell.
Please read the following pieces of writing about bell, written by Black folks and people of colour.
Hua Hsu: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-revolutionary-writing-of-bell-hooks
Arabelle Sicardi: https://arabellesicardi.substack.com/p/bell-hooks-will-live-forever
Maiysha Kai: https://www.theroot.com/bell-hooks-author-educator-and-feminist-icon-dead-at-1848220902
2021-12-2131 minGet FreeAsk a Chinese Question, Get a Black Answer: Andrea ChungProfessor of literary theory and cultural history at Cornell University, Tao Leigh Goffe, interviews Andrea Chung, a visual artist based out of San Diego. They discuss Afro-Asian identity, history, solidarity, the Caribbean,, and art. Remixing desert-island discs, Andrea shares with Tao what items she would bring if she was stranded on an anti-desert island (1. book 2. essay 3. musical album 4. film 5. luxury object)For more on Tao Leigh Goffe's research.https://www.taoleighgoffe.com/For more on Andrea Chung's art.http://andreachungart.com/2021-04-1454 minGet FreeDark Laboratory: Black Indigenous Speculative GeographiesIn this crossover episode of "Get Free," professors at Cornell University Jeffrey Palmer and Tao Leigh Goffe take a drive around Cayuga Lake and discuss speculative histories of African American and Native American life. 2020-10-2528 minGet FreeGet Free (coming October 26)Co-founders of the Dark Laboratory Jeffrey Palmer and Tao Leigh Goffe take a drive around Cayuga Lake and discuss speculative geographies and histories of Black and Native coalition.2020-10-2400 min