Episode 3.1 - Pseudo-Objective Scientific Language and Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals with Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs

In this two-part episode our guest is Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, queer Black feminist writer, scholar and activist with whom we dive into her most recent book “Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals”. Where lies the interconnection between marine mammals and Black feminism? What does the queerness of marine mammals look like? What can we as humans learn from marine mammals, their skills, qualities and ways of life? We also discuss how Eurocentrism, patriarchy, capitalism and heteronormativity might be present in the making of scientific knowledge which claims to be objective and universal. Besides, we explore the impact the Western scientific language might have on justifying an extractive relationship with the planet as well as with the human and non-human living beings we share it with. Lastly, Alexis talks with us about the practice and power of breathing consciously. This podcast is brought to you by Dr. Aouefa Amoussouvi and 99 Questions at Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss. For more information, show notes and the podcast transcript, visit https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/digitales-angebot/digital-en/decolonial-ecologies-76021/ . Image © Elia Diane Fushi Bekene, selflovetribute.com / Background Image: Sasha Engelmann & Sophie Dyer, "Image transmitted by satellite NOAA-19".

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The 99 Questions Podcast series provides conversations with interchanging hosts and a variety of guests on the subject of museums and their connections to colonialism, approaches to hosting relations within museums and processes of world-making. Responding to questions raised throughout the 99 Questions programme, each series contains 5 episodes dedicated to a subject and shares insights of speakers, including artists, activists and academics, and their experiences, knowledge and perspective on museum practices in postcolonial societies.