Interviews with researchers and PhD students to discuss their latest publications and engage with contemporary debates related to power and environment. Produced and hosted by Carmen Mapis and Noé Mendoza
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In this episode, senior researcher Bibhu Prasad Nayak explains some of the implications of granting rights to rivers in the case of India. Nature and society interactions became a field to explore power relations, governmental institutions, and legal initiatives involved in the process.
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Food security, food sovereignty, and collective action during the war in Ukraine with Natalia Mamonova
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Natalia Mamonova is a rural (political) sociologist with over 10 years of research experience in rural politics, agrarian transformation, social movements, food sovereignty, and right-wing populism in post-socialist Europe. Natalia is Senior Researcher at RURALIS, the Institute for Rural and Regional Research in Trondheim, Norway. Her current resea…
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Exploring Pluriversal Politics With Arturo Escobar
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In this episode, join us on a thought-provoking intellectual journey as we dive into the complex webs of social and environmental issues, exploring the pluriversal designs with Professor Arturo Escobar. In this captivating podcast series, Professor Escobar, a renowned scholar, and expert in post-development theory invites listeners to challenge con…
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The history of the North American 'Drug War'. An interview with Professor Oswaldo Zavala (part 2)
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Oswaldo Zavala, author of Drug cartels do not exist: Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture. He is a Mexican who grew up in Ciudad Juárez – a city in the north of Mexico that stands next to El Paso, Texas. Oswaldo began his career as a journalist in his hometown Juárez, but his professional trajectory evolved towards researching post-national i…
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Mexican drug cartels don't exist. An interview with Professor Oswaldo Zavala (part 1)
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Oswaldo Zavala, author of Drug cartels do not exist: Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture. He is a Mexican who grew up in Ciudad Juárez – a city in the north of Mexico that stands next to El Paso, Texas. Oswaldo began his career as a journalist in his hometown Juárez, but his professional trajectory evolved towards researching post-national i…
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Intersectionality in Feminist Political Ecology with Professor Andrea Nightingale
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In this episode, Professor Nightingale discusses feminist perspectives and Political Ecology from an anti-essentialist viewpoint. My name is Carmen Mapis, and I am a Ph.D. candidate for the Department of Urban Planning and Development at NMBU. I produce and interview different academics within the wide field of Political Ecology. In this episode of…
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Episode 5: Degrowth and the Future of Sustainable Planning
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Sustainability is one of the most used terms in projects and planning. In this episode professor Jin Xue reflects on the impacts and connections between dwelling development and planning on the environment and the climate. From a critical perspective, Xue explains her view on Political Ecology, Degrowth, and planning. Building a bridge between acad…
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Dewilding ‘Wolf-land’: Exploring the Historical Dimensions of Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence in Ireland by Dara Sands
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In this episode Dara Sands, PhD candidate at NMBU-Noragric, is interviewed by Noé Mendoza to reflect on Dara's recent paper 'Dewilding ‘Wolf-land’: Exploring the Historical Dimensions of Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence in Ireland by Dara Sands' where he examines 'historical drivers of change which disrupted a long history of human-wolf coex…
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Political Ecology: A breath of fresh air in academia by Alexander Dunlap
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In this interview, Carmen Beatriz M. Mapis interviews Alexander Dunlap who reflects on the links between Political Ecology, green solutions, decoloniality and anarchism. Foto: Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/snordq/8224007187/in/photolist-4B6Y9m-4B6Y9s-4B6Y9u-4B2QC8-4B2QCa-4B2LtB-4B2LtD-4B2QCe-4B2QCc-4B2QC6-gFuLK7-ceLYvE-6EHryc-91HbMW-2izuj3H-…
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Pluralistic Seed System Development: A Path to Seed Security? by Teshome Hunduma Mulesa
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In this episode, we meet Teshome Hunduma Mulesa, a Ph.D. candidate at Noragric who has been researching farmers’ SEED SECURITY, which is central to crop production for smallholder farmers in developing countries. In the article, Pluralistic Seed System Development: A Patch to Seed Security?, Teshome and colleagues analyze the performance of differe…
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Sovereign Forces: Everyday Challenges to Environmental Governance in Latin America by John A. McNeish
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In this interview John-Andrew McNeish, professor at the department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) at NMBU, discusses some insights of his new book Sovereign Forces: Everyday Challenges to Environmental Governance in Latin America. The book explores the role of sovereignty in environmental governance and peace-buildi…
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