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Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism
Cathy Hannabach interviews Erin McElroy about the global reach of technocapitalism in the postsocialist era.
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez on the Visual Politics of Border Tunnels
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews media scholar Juan Llamas-Rodriguez about how representation of the US–Mexico border shapes public policy
Katie Walkiewicz on Indigenous and Black Freedom
Cathy Hannabach interviews Katie Walkiewicz about the role of states’ rights in US settler colonialism, enslavement, and dispossession.
Jennifer Lynn Kelly on Anticolonial Solidarity Tourism
Cathy Hannabach interviews Jennifer Lynn Kelly about the temporality of ethnographic research and letting our writing projects change over time.
Anima Adjepong on Interdisciplinary Intuition
Cathy Hannabach interviews Anima Adjepong about intuition in the research process, intellectual promiscuity, and their book Afropolitan Projects.
Christopher Ali on Building a More Connected World
Cathy Hannabach interviews Christopher Ali about the politics of of rural broadband access and connectivity.
Sasha Engelmann on Art and Activism in the Air
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews feminist geographer Sasha Engelmann about the transnational politics of air and activist-artistic collaboration.
Melody Jue on Thinking through Seawater
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews professor and scuba diver Melody Jue about how she uses scuba diving for humanities research and climate justice.
Aimee Bahng on Speculating from the Undercommons
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Aimee Bahng about speculative fiction, queer of color feminist futures, and challenging US colonialism.
Craig Santos Perez on a Decolonial and Demilitarized Pacific
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Craig Santos Perez about Indigenous Chamoru poetry as a social justice practice and communal storytelling.
Eric Tang on the Cold War Origins of Refugee Policy
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Eric Tang about activist scholarship and the history of Cold War Cambodian refugee resettlement.