EXALT Podcast
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -Resource extraction impacts our daily lives and has helped push the climate to the brink, but there are people around the world living and fighting for alternative ways forward. Join hosts Christopher Chagnon and Sophia Hagolani-Albov and their guests on the last Friday of each month for a discussion of the impacts of extractivisms, alternative ways forward, and stories from people living the struggle every day. If you are someone interested in how our environment and societies have come to their current state or learning about different ways we can move forward, this is the podcast for you.
Homepage Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Markus Kröger - What is the best way to push for change?
October 30, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes - 30.3 MBThis month we talk to Markus Kröger, Associate Professor in Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, an Academy of Finland research fellow, and one of the founding members of the EXALT Initiative. His work looks at political/economic analysis to explain the where we are in the development of systems, and where we are going. He has focused on industrial forestry, and the conflicts related to the expansions of these plantations. He has done work in many countries including Brazil, In...
BONUS Year 1 Retrospective (and Outtakes)
October 30, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes - 9.63 MBOctober 2020 is the FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the EXALT Podcast! So, we decided to commemorate it with a quick bonus episode. We sit down and look back on how we got here, the great guests we've had, what's coming ahead for year/season two, and a few outtakes from our first year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exalt-initiative/message
Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejias - How much of your life has Big Data colonized and extracted to the cloud?
September 25, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 29 MBThis month we talk with Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejias. Nick is a professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory in the Department of Media and Communications at London School of Economics. Ulises is a professor of Communication Studies and the director of the Institute for Global Engagement at SUNY Oswego. They recently co-authored a book called ‘The Costs of Connection: How Data is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating it for Capitalism.’ This book explores the role that data and d...
Anja Nygren - How Does Extractivism Impact Frontier Families Over Generations?
August 28, 2020 05:00 - 45 minutes - 40.5 MBThis month we are joined by Anja Nygren a professor in Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. She is also a docent of political ecology at University of Tampere in Finland. She has done intensive empirical frontline research in many countries, including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Mexico. We discuss her first hand experiences seeing the ravages of extractivism on the lives of average people and the environment over her experience living and working in Central America. A...
Gutu Olana Wayessa - Why do people need to be consulted about big projects in their back yards?
July 31, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutes - 31.7 MBThis month we had a conversation with Gutu Olana Wayessa a University Lecturer in Development Studies at University of Helsinki. He is a member of the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and the Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ). His scholarly work has looked at resettlement and displacement, and livelihood implications of government sponsored movement from place to place. More recently he has been interested in social movements and scholarly activism. His recent resea...
Will LaFleur - What kind of connection do you have with your food?
June 26, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBThis episode we are joined by Will LaFleur, a doctoral researcher at University of Helsinki in the Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change. Will is also a student affiliate of the Helsinki Institute for Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and a member of the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT). This episode builds on our May episode on Food Systems with Rachel Mazac (if you have not heard that episode, please click here to check it out!) Will leads us t...
Rachel Mazac - How does your dinner impact the world?
May 29, 2020 05:00 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBThis month we dive deep into the tangled web that is the food system. We talked with Rachel Mazac, MSc, who is a doctoral researcher in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences Doctoral Programme (DENVI) at University of Helsinki. Rachel led us through some of the depth and complexity of the food system. In particular, we discussed some of the externalities that affect the functioning of the food system and how extractivism plays a huge role in the makeup of our modern foodscapes. In add...
Maija Lassila - Extractivism Research and Breaking Away from the Written Word
April 24, 2020 11:29 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBMaija Lassila is an artist and a doctoral student at the University of Helsinki in Development Studies. This conversation explores the relations between humans and nature and the understanding of what is nature. We broke down assumptions about what is nature and our role as humans within nature, especially looking at this relationship from different cultural perspectives. We also explored different types of knowledges and specifically the knowledges related to the creation of art and researc...
Tom Marafa - Extractivism and Sense of Place in Ohio
March 27, 2020 09:34 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBThis episode we are joined by Dr. Tom Maraffa a retired professor from Youngstown State University which is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. We explore Extractivism and sense of place from small town USA and how extractive activities have influenced the history and lived experience in Columbiana County in Ohio. This county serves as a case study of a place that has undergone change as extractive activities and the global economy have evolved around it. Many of the local companies tha...
Katy Machoa and Paola Minoia (English) - Eco-cultural pluralism, Extractivism, and the Kichwa people of Ecuadorian Amazonia
February 28, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBThis podcast episode is groundbreaking for the EXALT Podcast. It is our first episode with two guests, but also our first multi-lingual podcast – whether you are listening to the English version, the Spanish version, or the original – we hope that you enjoy! This is the English version with the translation imposed over the original Spanish segments. We talked today with Katy Machoa and Paola Minoia. Katy is a Clinical Psychologist from the Kichwa Community of Shamato, part of the Amazonian ...
Katy Machoa and Paola Minoia (Original) - Eco-cultural pluralism, Extractivism, and the Kichwa people of Ecuadorian Amazonia
February 28, 2020 06:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBThis podcast episode is groundbreaking for the EXALT Podcast. It is our first episode with two guests, but also our first multi-lingual podcast – whether you are listening to the English version, the Spanish version, or the original – we hope that you enjoy! This is the original version with the full Spanish responses immediately followed by the translation. We talked today with Katy Machoa and Paola Minoia. Katy is a Clinical Psychologist from the Kichwa Community of Shamato, part of the A...
Katy Machoa and Paola Minoia (Español) - Eco-cultural pluralism, Extractivism, and the Kichwa people of Ecuadorain Amazonia
February 28, 2020 06:00 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBThis podcast episode is groundbreaking for the EXALT Podcast. It is our first episode with two guests, but also our first multi-lingual podcast – whether you are listening to the English version, the Spanish version, or the original – we hope that you enjoy! Esta es la versión en español, sin traducción al inglés. We talked today with Katy Machoa and Paola Minoia. Katy is a Clinical Psychologist from the Kichwa Community of Shamato, part of the Amazonian Kichwa nationality. Paola is a Senio...
Sanna Komi - Conservation and Extractivism: Two Sides of the Same Coin
January 31, 2020 11:32 - 30 minutes - 37.5 MBSanna Komi is a doctoral student at the University of Helsinki in Development Studies. Her research is part of the CONVIVA project which explores the concept of convivial conservation which offers an alternative to the model of conservation through capitalism. Sanna’s work within this project is specifically connected to wolf conservation in Finland and the attitudes towards wolf conservation. In general, her work concentrates on moving beyond the nature/society dichotomy and the model of co...
Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes - Exploring the Pluriverse
December 27, 2019 20:40 - 32 minutes - 36.7 MBThis month we are joined by Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes, postdoctoral researcher from Hanken School of Economics. Together we take a deep dive into the pluriverse and how Maria has explored this concept in her research. This conversation covers ideas of decoloniality, degrowth, and turning a critical eye to some of the established notions of how research is conducted. Maria shares her experiences in conducting research in Latin America and the Finnish countryside. The conversation comes around t...
Aili Pyhälä - Activism, alternatives, and academia
November 29, 2019 11:17 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBThis episode we sit down with Dr. Aili Pyhälä, lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. She takes inside her more than 20 years of work as an activist and a researcher in indigenous and other communities facing the threat of extractivist practice. She shares with us her stories and lived experiences from the field. We explore the gray area between extractivisms and alternatives and look at extractivism as an alternative when it is in the right hands. She also shares wit...
Barry Gills (3) - A call to action
October 23, 2019 16:54 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBIn the third and final part of our conversation with Professor Barry Gills from University of Helsinki and one of the founders of the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives (EXALT) initiative, we talk about the need for action on a personal and political level to face the challenges presented by the climate emergency, trying to find balance between the comforts of modern society and environmental conscientiousness, the impact and evolution of community in the digital age, and examples of alte...
Barry Gills (2) - Three concepts to live by
October 23, 2019 16:53 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBIn the second part of our conversation with Professor Barry Gills from University of Helsinki and one of the founders of the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives (EXALT) initiative, we discuss local and indigenous approaches to solving problems, the issue of "externalities" in economics (a cost of producing something that is taken from external parties that did not choose to incur that cost - for example, a lithium mine might severely poison a body of water, creating knock-on effects for lo...
Barry Gills (1) - What are extractivisms and alternatives?
October 23, 2019 16:53 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBProfessor Barry Gills from University of Helsinki joins us for a conversation about the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives (EXALT) initiative, the meaning of extractivism and the role of alternatives, the conceptualization of nature, values as connected to modernity, and the crisis of our global civilization. We have divided this conversation into three parts. This is a rich intellectual journey and serves as a robust introduction to the thinking which inspired the EXALT Initiative. If y...
Introduction
October 20, 2019 17:31 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MBIn this episode hosts Sophia Hagolani-Albov and Christopher Chagnon introduce themselves, the Extractivisms and Alternatives (EXALT) Initiative, and where the podcast is going to go in upcoming episodes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exalt-initiative/message