The Rematriation of Science: Restoring Balance through Indigenous Knowledges - Melissa K. Nelson | Part 1

Melissa K. Nelson and Host Jaune Evans

How can a rematriated science address the roots of the polycrisis? Can society move beyond an anthropocentric, male-dominated science to a relational one rooted in justice and care? As an Anishinaabe ecologist and transdisciplinary scholar-activist, Commonweal New School Visiting Scholar Melissa K. Nelson is working to find ways to return to and revitalize the Indigenous and feminist roots of science by highlighting ways of knowing that are based on epistemologies of care, belonging, kinship, and respectful intimacy with the natural world and each other.

Meet Melissa and find out more about her worldview in conversation with Host Jaune Evans in this podcast. Watch for part two coming soon, where she will share an experiential process around her new work. Find out about Melissa and Commonweal New School: tns.commonweal.org.

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