Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on Fire
161 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsA podcast about bridging art, activism, and academia to build more just futures. On each episode, host Cathy Hannabach interviews the scholars, dancers, authors, artists, and filmmakers imagining collective freedom and creating it through culture.
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Episodes
Nikiko Masumoto on Queer, Feminist Japanese American Farming
May 18, 2016 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBNikiko Masumoto shares how women of color feminism informs how she runs the Masumoto Family Farm, the rich history of Japanese American farmers in California’s Central Valley, writing and directing her play about WWII Internment, and how rural artists like her are forging new directions in creative entrepreneurship. Show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/10-nikiko-masumoto
Simone Browne on the History of Anti-Black Surveillance
May 04, 2016 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBHow is the history of slavery tied to modern-day surveillance systems? Is surveillance always a negative term? How can a gendered lens change the way we perceive privacy rights and policies? In episode 9 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach chats with feminist scholar Simone Browne about how Black communities have resisted and interfered with the surveillance practices that target them, the multiple lenses through which to consider privacy, and the joys of collaborating w...
Elizabeth Ellcessor on Disability Media Accessibility
April 20, 2016 11:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBHow can media producers address the varied ways people with diverse disabilities use media and technology? In episode 8 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach interviews disability media scholar Elizabeth Ellcessor on why media accessibility is a social justice issue, how disability activists have harnessed technology in unexpected ways, and how producers can create media for the widest range of audiences. Transcript and show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/8-elizabeth-ell...
andré carrington on Race in Science Fiction
April 06, 2016 11:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MBWhat role does race play in imaginative literary genres like science fiction and fantasy? Can we broaden the confines of what we consider political and academic? How do Black creatives and intellectuals engage in the work of imagining otherwise? In episode 7 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach interviews African American studies scholar andré carrington about how bringing Black representation to academia is a form of activism, why we should complicate our current underst...
Eric Tang on the Cold War Origins of Refugee Policy
March 23, 2016 11:00 - 33 minutes - 46 MBWhat can we learn about structural oppression through the analysis of one person's story? How can collaboration transform the way we make decisions about our work? How can empowering others to imagine otherwise liberate us all? In episode 6 of the Imagine Otherwise, host Cathy Hannabach interviews activist-scholar Eric Tang about why the US state resettled Cambodian refugees in historically Black neighborhoods in the 1980s and 1990s, how urban spaces are shaped by slavery’s aftermath, and ...
Lauren Rile Smith on Feminist Circus Art and Disability Body Love
March 09, 2016 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBTrapeze artist, archivist, and poet Lauren Rile Smith shares her experience directing the feminist and queer circus arts troupe Tangle Movement Arts, how disability and chronic pain shape her relationship to her dancing body, and the politics of a life onstage. Show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/5-lauren-rile-smith
Margaret Rhee on Queer Feminist Robot Poetry
February 24, 2016 12:00 - 33 minutes - 46 MBPoet and gender studies scholar Margaret Rhee talks about the magic that can happen when one brings art, activism, and academia together; her new poetry book Radio Heart: or, How Robots Fall Out of Love; and what teaching new media classes in prisons taught her about intersectionality. Show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/4-margaret-rhee
Aymar Jean Christian on Queer and Trans of Color Media Production
February 10, 2016 12:00 - 51 minutes - 42.3 MBWhat are the benefits of indie television production for women, queers, and trans people of color? How is the slow speed of collaborative work actually an advantage? In episode 3 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach interviews television producer and professor Aymar Jean Christian about his television platform Open TV; independent web series by queers, women, and trans people people of color; how his scholarship has informed his television production; and what it means to...
Sawyer Lovett on Queer Southern Memoir Zines
January 27, 2016 12:00 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBHost Cathy Hannabach interviews zine author and memoirist Sawyer Lovett, who shares his experience writing memoirs about “growing up poor, queer, and lonely in a conservative small town in Virginia”; the power of zines in queer and trans youth cultures; and how he's produced his two podcasts, Queering the Shelves and Book Jawn. Show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/2-sawyer-lovett
Minh-Ha T. Pham on Asian Fashion Super Bloggers
January 13, 2016 12:00 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBHow can interdisciplinary scholars decolonize the fashion industry? How does digital fashion labor build on older forms of racially gendered immigrant labor? And is it possible to critically study and teach an industry you love but also know is deeply flawed and in desperate need of an overhaul? In episode 1 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach talks with feminist fashion studies scholar Minh-Ha T. Pham about her new book on elite Asian fashion bloggers and racialized (un...
Cathy Hannabach Introduces the Imagine Otherwise Podcast
January 11, 2016 20:43 - 2 minutes - 3.85 MBIn the pilot episode, host Cathy Hannabach introduces the Imagine Otherwise podcast, which showcases the people and projects bridging art, activism, and academia to build better worlds. Episodes offer in-depth interviews with creators who use culture for social justice, and explore the nitty-gritty work of imagining and creating more just worlds. Transcript and show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/0-cathy-hannabach