EXALT Podcast

27/05/2022

The new episode is out! Listen to the discussion with Tim Oakes who is a professor of Geography @ University of Colorado Boulder! Tim's work explores the techno-political effects of infrastructural urbanism in China’s ‘new area’ urban zones.

🎧On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RJXx0c0fsA0TdHBFyOVTy?si=c92bf85db9bd4ec1

🎧On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/how-do-big-chinese-infrastructure-projects-impact-people/id1499621252?i=1000564135027

If you are interested to learn more about Tim’s work,

1. Check out the website of the China Made project: https://chinamadeproject.net/

2. Listen to Tim's amazing keynote speech at the Finnish Society for Development Reseacher’s Development Days Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4fENQrAxyg&feature=youtu.be

‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep How do big Chinese infrastructure projects impact people in China and around the world? - 26 May 2022

25/03/2022

The new episode is out! Dr. Tania Murray Li, professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto talks about the impacts to existences when plantations are established over existing landscapes.

🎧On Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5TNgOHU98XDNUgbbYRByDx?si=KA5sF0AhRsOK9V8P0ke7HQ&nd=1

🎧On Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/tania-li-why-are-plantations-so-destructive/id1499621252?i=1000555186185

+ You can find the episode on other podcatchers as well!

‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep Tania Li - Why are plantations so destructive? - 24 Mar 2022

28/01/2022

For the first episode of 2022 we are joined by Janne Salovaara from the Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Programme (DENVI) at University of Helsinki! Our conversation is wide ranging and exciting. The big question we tackled is what is sustainability? It is such a buzzword today, but what does it mean in practice? What is the imaginary of sustainability actually supposed to be? What are we trying to sustain and how do we keep sustainability safe from corporate capture? We explored some of the ontological, epistemological, and practical problems of sustainability. We discussed how it is being taught and what are some of the big failings of sustainability as a concept and a practice.

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mrxrn4rm
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/2p887dm4

Check out the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many other wonderful podcatchers (Google Podcasts, Radio Public, SoundCloud!)

‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep Janne Salovaara - What is "sustainability" trying to sustain? - 27 Jan 2022

31/12/2021

🔊Tune in to the last EXALT Podcast episode of the year 🎉! We were delighted to welcome University of Helsinki, Globaali kehitystutkimus - Global Development Studies doctoral researcher Anna Marjaana Heikkinen. In her doctorate Anna Marjaana focuses on the role of water and climate change in the Peruvian Andes. She works with communities of peasant farmers, who are trying to hold onto traditional ways of working with their land and water in the face of pressures from globalized supply chains and the incursion of extractive industries.

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/msk26nw5
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/2p8pvrv8
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/hwvnuyy5
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ks5vy
Radio Public: https://tinyurl.com/bdfcm2tr
Anchor: https://tinyurl.com/2zzarndt

This month the EXALT podcast was delighted to welcome University of Helsinki, Global Development Studies doctoral researcher Anna Marjaana Heikkinen. In her doctorate Anna Marjaana focuses on the role of water and climate change in the Peruvian Andes. She works with communities of peasant farmers, w...

26/11/2021

🎧 💾 Tune in to our newest EXALT Podcast episode! 💻📱
This month we were delighted to be joined by Antti Tarvainen, a doctoral candidate in Globaali kehitystutkimus - Global Development Studies at University of Helsinki. His works examines the innovation economy (think Steve Jobs, apps, smart everything, etc.) and the colonial violence that underpins its expansions. We explore some of the myriad colonial imaginaries that play out in the mythology and material culture of Silicon Valley. Antti points out that “tech” does not exist only on a digital or immaterial layer but is deeply connected to physical place and space.

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/6zn8mkv4
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/ycknsmdk
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/5z7ate3t
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yzwpmsh3
Radio Public: https://tinyurl.com/2p88ar3h
Anchor: https://tinyurl.com/bdrsayc2

Listen to this episode from EXALT Podcast on Spotify. This month we were delighted to be joined by Antti Tarvainen, a fellow doctoral candidate in Global Development Studies at University of Helsinki. His work examines the innovation economy (think Steve Jobs, apps, smart everything, etc.) and the c...

29/10/2021

🎧🔊 NEW EPISODE IS OUT! Tune in to another 2-year anniversary EXALT podcast episode as we brought back our very first guest, Professor Barry Gills from Globaali kehitystutkimus - Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. We talked about the development and activities of the EXALT Initiative over the last few years. We touched on how the COVID crisis has raised awareness of the global system as a whole, which has highlighted the impact and knock-on effects of the extractivist logic. Barry gave us insight into organizing concepts and the continued development of extractivism and particularly global extractivisms as an organizing concept. Global extractivisms as an organizing concept is a concept for our times of concurrent crises. However, that is not to say there is not hope for the future as we are living in a time of unprecedented information, reflectivity, and the ability to respond differently.

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/6cn2t2bm
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/6458utry
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/5vhnsd4f
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/35zvp8r2
Radio Public: https://tinyurl.com/92pxsj33
Anchor: https://tinyurl.com/5ytysufz

Listen to this episode from EXALT Podcast on Spotify. In honour of the 2-year anniversary of the EXALT podcast we brought back our very first guest, Professor Barry Gills from Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. We talk about the development and activities of the EXALT Initiati...

25/10/2021

In honor of the TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY (!) of the EXALT Podcast we decided to do a special bonus episode in a new format! Rather than an interview, our hosts sat down to talk about the expressions and examples of extractivism(s) in Denis Villeneuve's blockbuster Dune: Part 1. The episode will include spoilers for part 1 of the Dune series.

The regular monthly episode, bringing back Professor Barry Gills, will be released on this Friday (October 29, 2021) as usual.

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2w7hhuvv
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/ydw6pp82
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/yvcnh2z4
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/z9d249fr
Radio Public: https://tinyurl.com/2hkwymrh
Anchor: https://tinyurl.com/mssthy5a

Listen to this episode from EXALT Podcast on Spotify. In honor of the TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY (!) of the EXALT Podcast (and also the release of Dune: Part 1 in the US), we decided to do a special bonus episode in a new format! Rather than an interview, Sophia (a Dune neophyte) and Christopher (a self-p...

22/10/2021

Join us next week for the EXALT Conference 2021! The rich program includes thought provoking plenary speeches by distinguished scholars, riveting parallel sessions, and exciting artistic interventions!

📢 Calling everyone interested in the topics of , , , , , post-extractive world, . Today, October 22, is the LAST DAY TO REGISTER for the digital EXALT Conference 2021!

Join us to learn, discuss, create, and deepen our collective knowledge of extractivisms and alternatives!

Register here: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/112750/lomakkeet.html
Check out the conference website for more information: https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/exalt-2021/exalt-conference-2021

24/09/2021

🔊 It’s time for a new EXALT Podcast episode! This month we were very fortunate to have Robin Broad and John Cavanagh join us to talk about their book The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country From Corporate Greed from Beacon Press. Robin is a professor at the School of International Service at American University and John is a senior advisor and the former director of the Institute for Policy Studies. In this conversation we jump into the dangerous world of environmental activists trying to defend their communities and health against the incursions of international extractive corporations. We talk about how the fate of communities and lands can be impacted by decisions made in the shadowy and extremely pro-business ICSID courtroom.

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yw3ujnec
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/vfkufu8
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/4f8yb7f5
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/nb3m2v2m
Radio Public: https://tinyurl.com/2hkwymrh
Anchor: https://tinyurl.com/4cy84mfw

Listen to this episode from EXALT Podcast on Spotify. This month we were very fortunate to be joined by Robin Broad and John Cavanagh. Robin is a professor at the School of International Service at American University and John is a senior advisor and the former director of the Institute for Policy S...

16/09/2021

🌲 According to the latest EXALT Reading ‘State of the World’s Trees’ report by Botanic Gardens Conservation International, 30% of all tree species are under threat. The report provides much needed attention to the state of trees globally and to the urgency to conserve threatened tree species.

🌴https://bgci.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FINAL-GTAReportMedRes-1.pdf

🌳 "The results of the Global Tree Assessment show that we are
losing trees that are vital for livelihoods and ecological services.
Using the information now available on the conservation status of
trees, strengthened action is urgently required to prevent further
species extinctions and restore damaged and degraded
ecosystems."

27/08/2021

The August episode is live! This month we were honored to be joined by Victoria Kiechel from American University. Our rich and exciting conversation explored the interplay of extractivisms and the built environment. Check out the podcast on:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exalt-podcast/id1499621252?i=1000533243441

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4y9LgePsbaT1ZbDa7I0PmK

And many other podcatchers! Please like, rate, and subscribe for a new conversation on extractivisms and alternatives every month!

‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep Victoria Kiechel - How has extractivism become intertwined in our built environment? - Aug 26, 2021

30/07/2021

JULY'S EPISODE IS OUT! For this summer episode we were glad to talk with Mira Käkönen, a post-doctoral researcher in Globaali kehitystutkimus - Global Development Studies at University of Helsinki. She is an environmental social scientist with a focus in political ecology and water infrastructures through the lens of infrastructural politics and the intersection of water and climate. Her work focuses on the Mekong region and the impact of hydropower development. This exciting conversation was a deep dive into the history of water infrastructures and the impact of these development schemes. We talked about the concept of resource making and how river waters are developed and objectified to be turned from naturally flowing rivers into resources that can be “tamed”, commodified, and extracted. We delved into the logic of hydroelectricity and the violent reductions that accompany ordering riverine resources. Hydropower can itself be extractivism and it serves to support other extractivisms, like mining and forestry.
Available on Apple Podcast and on other podcatchers!

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2xckdnb9
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/2pzjrsbt
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/5p7yn58v
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/2kpt6wr5
Radio Public: https://tinyurl.com/9j52b3yj
Anchor: https://tinyurl.com/uwxwekva

‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep Mira Käkönen - How do dams impact climate change? - 29 Jul 2021

22/07/2021

One of EXALT's contributors Helsinki University researcher of Global Development studies Eija Ranta gave a presentation on "Learning from Indigenous views of...

28/06/2021

🎙NEW EPISODE IS OUT! For the June podcast we were honored to be joined by the renowned anthropologist Arturo Escobar. Arturo Escobar is a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He also works in Columbia as a Research Associate with the Culture, Memory, and Nation group at Universidad Del Valle in Cali and the Cultural Studies groups at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota. He has published widely on political ecology, ontological design, and the anthropology of development, social movements, and technoscience.

This exciting conversion covered a lot of rich ground. We discussed the role of academic knowledge and activist knowledge in addressing the pressing concerns of our times. In particular we explored the interconnectedness of all beings in the world and the idea of radical interdependence. He highlights 6 axes or strategies for enacting transformative alternatives. We hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

Available on Apple Podcast and on other podcatchers!
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2hypn8fs
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/yf73jc6x
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/4rzrt8re
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/98mwyayn
Radio Public: https://tinyurl.com/7xcjevvf
Anchor: https://tinyurl.com/y24n5x4d

‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep Arturo Escobar - Why are communities key to transforming the world? - Jun 25, 2021

28/05/2021

🔊 Listen and enjoy! The May podcast is a delightful dive into looks at extractivisms through an artist lens. We were joined by mirko nikolić, an artist and post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) at Linköpings universitet. mirko’s work occupies a post-disciplinary space that falls between art and environmental humanities and explores the many entanglements of climate and social justice in areas affected by extractivism and the intense exploitation of ‘natural resources.’

We talked about issues of materiality, consent, just transitions, and the false promises of the Green New Deal/Greenwashing and the coming wave of extractivism on the European continent.

Available on Spotify and on other podcatchers!
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yfv9k55s
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/7bsnvyte
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/as4ppr6a
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/x9txw435
Radio Public: https://tinyurl.com/ysv6dyfs

‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep mirko nikolić - How can we handle our connections to extractivism? - May 28, 2021

30/04/2021

🔊 Tune in! This month on the podcast we were honored to spend some time with renowned Professor and author Saskia Sassen. Our conversation was wide ranging and very interesting as we explored the connections between health, commuting, and urban inequality; how the financial sector has used increasingly complex methods to squeeze profits out of the poorest people; and why owning a car has become less important in popular consciousness (among many other things!!)

Dr. Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Her research and writing focus on globalization, global cities, states in the world economy and international human migration. The three key variables of inequality, gendering and digitization run through her work.

Available on Spotify and on other podcatchers!
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/un995z7p
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/335u5658
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/b8evwwwv
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/4dc3r759
Please feel welcome to share widely!

Listen to this episode from EXALT Podcast on Spotify. This month on the podcast we were honored to spend some time with the renowned Saskia Sassen, who is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in New York City. Her research and writings focus on globalization, global citie...

20/04/2021

How to discuss relevant research in an approachable and inclusive way? HEPP - Helsinki Research Hub on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation invited the hosts of EXALT Podcast to talk about the art of science communication and the value of bridging the gap between academic research and the public. The intriguing discussion can be viewed via the link below.

Welcome to the first public virtual event of the Popular Science Communication for Academics course! We'll be talking about podcasting as a method of science...

26/03/2021

🎧 Put your headphones on! This month we were joined by Beril Ocaklı to discuss extractivisms through the lens of post-soviet spaces. During our conversation we learned about the role of mining in Kyrgyzstan both under and after the Soviet Union. Beril gives us insight into the experience in two different case sites, one that was a mining town during Soviet times and one that was not. This discussion is an interesting dive into the iterations of extractivisms that are far removed from the Latin American context.

Beril is a critical institutional economist and commons researcher with a track record of leading international transdisciplinary cooperation projects in resource governance. Challenged by the realities on the ground, she has returned to academia in 2015 for pursuing her doctoral research on resource conflicts in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. Currently based at IRI THESys, Humboldt University of Berlin, she explores processes and practices that make and unmake Kyrgyzstan’s gold rush.

Available on Spotify and on other podcatchers!
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/43254ju6
Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/32uyk34z
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/5bwhbxkz
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/4zs53hz9
Please feel welcome to share widely!

Listen to this episode from EXALT Podcast on Spotify. This month on the podcast we were joined by Beril Ocaklı to discuss extractivisms through the lens of post-soviet spaces. Beril is a critical institutional economist and commons researcher with a track record of leading international transdiscip...

26/02/2021

This month we talked with Yafa El Masri about her autoethnographic research on solidarity among refugees in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps. She shares with us her insights on the concept of solidarity, she has found that it is alive and well in the refugee community and that the refugee community can teach the world a lot about how to practice solidarity.

Growth centered development has been very devastating to life on our planet, including the erosion of solidarity in favor of individualism. Solidarity is a social norm wherein one acts in the interest of others, even if sometimes that may contradict one's own best interest. Maybe solidarity is the missing ingredient to save to the world in the face of our multiple concurrent crises.

Available on Apple Podcasts and on other podcatchers!

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y434wrbn
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/y7qx5jt2
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y4cx33ms

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‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep Yafa El Masri - How can refugees save the world? - 25 Feb 2021

05/02/2021

Bonus episode!!! We had such an engaging and interesting conversation with Alexander Dunlap that we just did not stop talking!! This bonus explores what are total extractivisms and the concept of the capitalist world eater. Alexander also answers “THE QUESTION.” Please enjoy this bonus episode. If you haven’t already, please subscribe and give us a rating on the podcatcher of your choice.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exalt-podcast/id1499621252?i=1000507806229

‎Show EXALT Podcast, Ep BONUS - Alexander Dunlap - What is the "World Eater"? - Feb 4, 2021

29/01/2021

How "green" are renewable energy projects really?!? Should these "green" energy projects actually be called fossil fuel plus? This month we are joined by Alexander Dunlap a post-doctoral fellow from the University of Oslo, Centre for Development and Environment. Alexander breaks down the web of infrastructure needed to implement these megaprojects and how they are built on the back of non-renewable resources.

Listen to it on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yxhtww5h

Also available on other podcatchers!
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y434wrbn
Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/y7qx5jt2
Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y4cx33ms

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Resource extraction impacts our daily lives and has helped push the climate to the brink, but there are people around the world living and fighting for alternative ways forward. Join hosts Christopher Chagnon and Sophia Hagolani-Albov and their guests on the last Friday of each month for a discussio...

11/01/2021

If you missed our most recent episode with labor activist Josua Mata in the excitement of the December holidays, it is not too late to check it out now! We talked about labor movements and the environment in the context of the Philippines. Josua is a member of the People's Sovereignty Network (https://www.peoples-sovereignty-lab.org/).

This month we talked with Josua Mata, the Secretary General of SENTRO (Co-operative and Progressive Workers' Center https://www.facebook.com/sentrolabor/) in the Manila, Philippines. He shared with us

28/12/2020

The last EXALT Reading of 2020 is a collected volume "At the Expense of Others?" by a group of young scholars of the ILA Kollektiv (ilawerkstatt). The book lays out a concept of a “imperial mode of living” and presents ideas on how to restructure ways of living and producing in a socially just and ecologically sustainable manner. Go give it a read and tell us what you think in the comments!
🔗https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/42603/at-the-expense-of-others?cHash=16a72bc115e7427437107e6fcf7d5409

11/12/2020

This months episode is out!🎙️ We talked with the amazing
Katherine Trebeck about the concept 'wellbeing economy' & what it means to have an economic system that works to ensure environmental & social wellbeing for all. Go and listen!

Katherine Trebeck is the Advocacy & Influencing Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, Co-founder of the Wellbeing Economy Government Partnership (WEGo), Senior Visiting Researcher at University of Strathclyde and Honorary Professor at University of the West of Scotland.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/47EMPQAhJ77Xb27zxjgu7K

This month we talk with Katherine Trebeck, the Advocacy and Influencing Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), Co-founder of the Wellbeing Economy Governments partnership (WEGo), Senior Visiting Researcher University of Strathclyde, and Honorary Professor University of the West of Scotland...

24/11/2020

Iron Will lays bare the role of extractivist policies and efforts to resist these policies through a deep ethnographic exploration of globally important iron ore mining in Brazil and India. Markus Kröger addresses resistance strategies to extractivism and tracks their success, or lack thereof,...

18/11/2020

From large-scale mining, to harmful forms of conservation and eco-cultural pluralism, the EXALT Podcast offers listeners, activists and academics a space to explore and discuss the multiple ways extractivism shapes our world today.

17/11/2020

(2020). Economics and climate emergency. Globalizations. Ahead of Print.

30/10/2020

In celebration of the one year anniversary of EXALT Podcast we have a special treat for you: Two episodes! In the first episode we talk with associate professor Markus Kröger, a founding member of EXALT - The Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative and a research fellow at Suomen Akatemia. We discussed what are the best ways to achieve change and his upcoming book "Iron Will". Markus shares with us some of his stories from the front lines of mining resistance. 🔗https://open.spotify.com/episode/2STO5KDccqqIcidy3O7Lna

In the Bonus Episode we sat down to look back to how we got here, the amazing guests we've had and to see what's coming ahead next year in season two! 🔗https://open.spotify.com/episode/3oPzkBgPCCC09peCjvrN

Globaali kehitystutkimus - Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki

30/09/2020

Study from the University of Helsinki suggests that indigenous agroforestry practices and forest understandings can help to improve global forest governance.

25/09/2020

New episode is out now!🎙️This month we discussed with professors Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejías about the hidden violence and human costs of Data Colonialism. Do you know how much of our life has big data colonized and extracted to the cloud? Go on and listen!

About the guests: Nick Couldry is a professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory in the Department of Media and Communications at The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE. Ulises Mejías is a professor of Communication Studies and the director of the IGE- Institute for Global Engagement at SUNY Oswego. They recently co-authored a book called ‘The Costs of Connection: How Data is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating it for Capitalism.’ This book explores the role that data and data production plays in the modern world and the concept of data colonialism.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3e7TOS7V4HWTCfhusCmyAZ

This month we talk with Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejiasa. Nick is a professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory in the Department of Media and Communications at London School of Economics. Ulises is a professor of Communication Studies and the director of the Institute for Global Engagement....