Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on Fire
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha on Disability Justice
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is the difference between disability justice and disability rights? How can we make our social justice movement spaces accessible to and led by p...
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha on Radical Memoir
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How have marginalized people harnessed the genre of memoir to write themselves into history? What might queer crip time teach us about the writing pro...
Manuel Cuellar on Dancing as Community Building
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What complexities arise when dance becomes a site of national identity? What kind of cultural knowledges do we carry in our bodies and perform onstage...
Lynn Comella on Finding Your Voice and Knowing Your Audience
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What tensions arise when sex-positive feminists and queer folk get into the sex toy business? How can scholars get their institutions to recognize the...
Sara Tatyana Bernstein on Critical Public Scholarship
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How can we dismantle hierarchies between students and professors in higher education? What does critically engaged public scholarship look like? Why i...
Alice Y. Hom on Queer Public History
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How can we make queer histories accessible beyond the academy? What might those histories teach us about how social justice organizations can sustain ...
Elizabeth J. Chin on Dancing Beyond Whiteness
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How can we imagine and create speculative futures beyond whiteness? What can anthropology teach us about design and technology? And how might autoethn...
Shaka McGlotten on the Passion of Inquiry
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What are the emotional and political stakes of knowledge production? How can queer and trans communities of color reject transparency to better protec...
Yaba Blay on Everyday Black Girl Magic
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What racial and gender norms are baked into our concepts of professionalism? How can we push ourselves to expand our definition of what “counts” a...
Elicia Gonzales on Latinx Reproductive Justice
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can we put reproductive justice in conversation with racial and economic justice? How are queer Latinx communities and other queers of color leadi...
Karen Tongson on the Pleasures of Pop Culture
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What can popular music teach us about migration and cultural change? How can pleasure and joy help us redefine what it means to be a “serious” int...
Aileen Suzara on Filipino Food Activism and Eco-Education
01 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What role does food play in building sustainable communities? How might cultural traditions challenge us to think differently about the environment an...
Lakshmi Ramgopal on Postcolonial Music and the Pull of History
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we bring traditional Indian musical traditions together with electronic music and Riot Grrrl? How do marginalized communities use sp...
Adeline Koh on Feminist Entrepreneurship and Self-Care
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can we think about skincare as a way to care for ourselves rather than fixing imperfections? How can we reimagine beauty routines as community bui...
Yolanda Wisher on Poetry as Community Engagement
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can poetry connect to and grow with a neighborhood? How can cultural workers blend their academic and creative efforts to better serve both their ...
Nia King on Supporting Queer and Trans Artists of Color
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can we better support the work of queer and trans artists of color? How can self-publishing create cultural conversations by and for marginalized ...
Shanté Paradigm Smalls on Hip Hop's Queer Aesthetics
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can Shambhala Buddhist meditation and other body practices help writers manage stress and express their ideas? How might queer hip hop artists and...
Tanisha C. Ford on Black Creative Genius
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do Black art and creativity help imagine new worlds? How does fashion help us think about the intersection of power and desire? What can we do to ...
Heath Fogg Davis on Transgender Discrimination
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What if we got rid of gender or sex classification in public restrooms, sports, college admissions, and government IDs? How does transgender discrimin...
Marcella Ernest on Native American Filmmaking and Podcasting
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can scholar-artists best balance their scholarly and creative endeavors? Can sound media and podcasting make exclusive spaces more accessible? How...
Solomon Enos, Abigail Romanchak, and John Hina (Prime) on Native Hawaiian Food Security
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can shared space drive artistic, healing collaborations?How does Indigenous art intervene in processes of consumerism, global warming, and the env...
Rosanna Raymond, Léuli Māzyār Lunaʻi Eshrāghi, and Ricky Tagaban on Indigenous Sovereignty Movements
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can shared space drive artistic, healing collaborations? In what ways does Indigenous art engage critically with global warming, gender identity, ...
Kālewa Correa, Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis, and Adriel Luis on Radical Curation
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What would happen if we designed art exhibitions around social justice community organizing principles? How can collaboration between artists, curator...
Lila Sharif on the Settler Colonial Politics of Food
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What does the rising popularity of the olive mean for global consumers, producers, and resisters? How do our intimate connections with food build memo...
Surbhi Malik on Diasporic Radio
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How does place-making help migrants understand and disrupt racial narratives? What role does mentoring play in academic progression and in everyday li...
Emily Hue on Burmese Performance Art
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How are performance artists in the Burmese diaspora resisting notions of indebtedness and redefining narratives of political oppression and liberation...
Leah Milne on the Good Trouble of Racial Justice
10 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What is metafiction, and how can it serve as a tool for confronting power dynamics? Can incorporating unconventional genres in curriculum teach stude...
Tara Fickle on Tarot in the Classroom
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What do game studies, literary studies, and Asian American studies have in common? How can immersive role play games help us better understand racial ...
Karen Jaime on Queer Puerto Rican Slam Poetry
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can poetry translate or disrupt political dialogue? In what way is classroom teaching a performance? In episode 34 of the Imagine Otherwise podcas...
E. Patrick Johnson on Oral History and Creativity Rituals
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To what extent should we embrace our personal connections to our work? How much should we let our audience influence our work? What are the best ways ...
Francisco Galarte on Chicanx Transgender Style
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can cultural texts help us make sense of race and (trans)gender together? What role does fashion play in culture, resistance, and academia? How ...
Felami Burgess on Queer of Color Media Representation
22 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What does truly diverse media representation look like, and how can transmedia help folks contribute? How can scholars, artists, and academics use th...
Vince Schleitwiler on Afro–Asian Activist Coalitions
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How have US imperialism and nationalism informed perceptions of racial identity? What can we gain from strengthening the relationship between scholars...
Tala Khanmalek on Femme of Color Healing Justice
25 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How have colonialism and empire contributed to modern-day science and medicine? How can work from women of color feminisms and healing justice movemen...
Zach McDowell on Open Access Publishing
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How is the digital landscape changing, and what does this mean for academia? How can digital technologies transform how we teach and how we think abou...
Jessie Daniels and Polly Thistlethwaite on Being a Scholar in the Digital Era
28 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How are digital technologies, including open access publishing, transforming higher education? In episode 27 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Ca...
Mimi Khúc and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis on Asian American Mental Health Activism
14 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What does wellness and unwellness look like in the context of Asian America? In the context of academia? How can we transform our spaces to allow for ...
Mimi Nguyen on Punk of Color Politics
30 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What strings are attached to the "gift of freedom" that the United States grants refugees? How can zines, punk, and tarot serve as methods and mediums...
Amanda Phillips on Critical Digital Humanities
16 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How can digital media transform the way we organize, teach, and relate to our bodies and the world? In episode 24 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, h...
André Pérez on Transgender Oral History
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How can trans people of color own their own stories? What's the right balance between depicting the systemic violence a community faces and represen...
Wazhmah Osman on Autoethnography and Afghan Documentary Film
19 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How can we tell a story that is ours but also belongs to millions of others? How can documentary film and engaged scholarship portray the realities ...
Ronak Kapadia on Resisting Imperial Visuality
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How is war felt through the body? Why are so many long-time antiwar and anticolonial activists turning to healing and body-based practices like acupu...
April Lynn James on Whimsical Poetry as a Healing Tool for Trauma
21 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
April Lynn James addresses how storytelling can help trauma survivors heal, the role of poetry in racial justice struggles, crafting an altac career t...
Karma Chávez on Queer Migration Politics
07 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How are gender and sexuality implicated in the immigration process? Are there concrete steps that academics can take to engage with the broader commun...
Minal Hajratwala on How to Write Like a Unicorn
24 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How can publishers promote voices from the margins, and how can writers do their part in insisting that their voices are heard? For authors who write...
Elizabeth Walker and Maria Novotny on the ART of Infertility
17 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Walker and Maria Novotny discuss popular representations of infertility, the common misogynist refrain that tells women they need to “fix”...
Katie Manthey on Fat Feminist Fashion Blogging
10 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Manthey talks about feminist fat fashion blogging, running a website about body positivity, and the racially gendered politics of what counts as...
Vicko Alvarez on Latina Feminist Comics
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Vicko Alvarez chats about using comics in the K-12 classroom and how she drew on her life to create her two comic series—ScholaR Comics and CholActi...
Aishah Shahidah Simmons on Black Feminist Anti-Violence Activism
13 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How can artists engage with the academy to share cultural work and activism? How is education a form of activism? In episode 14 of the Imagine Otherw...
Amy Sadao on Museums as the New Public Sphere
29 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What role do art museums and exhibition institutions play in creating political dialogue? How is highlighting work by and about marginalized populati...
Sarah Grey on Food as Community Building
15 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Editor and food writer Sarah Grey talks about using food to create community, editing for social justice, socialist feminist approaches to child care,...
micha cárdenas on Wearable Technologies for Racial Justice
01 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we reimagine the uses of science and technology in the name of marginalized groups? Can social justice goals be at once theoretical...
Nikiko Masumoto on Queer, Feminist Japanese American Farming
18 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nikiko Masumoto shares how women of color feminism informs how she runs the Masumoto Family Farm, the rich history of Japanese American farmers in Cal...
Simone Browne on the History of Anti-Black Surveillance
04 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How is the history of slavery tied to modern-day surveillance systems? Is surveillance always a negative term? How can a gendered lens change the way ...
Elizabeth Ellcessor on Disability Media Accessibility
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How can media producers address the varied ways people with diverse disabilities use media and technology? In episode 8 of the Imagine Otherwise podca...
andré carrington on Race in Science Fiction
06 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What role does race play in imaginative literary genres like science fiction and fantasy? Can we broaden the confines of what we consider political ...
Eric Tang on the Cold War Origins of Refugee Policy
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn about structural oppression through the analysis of one person's story? How can collaboration transform the way we make decisions ab...
Lauren Rile Smith on Feminist Circus Art and Disability Body Love
09 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Trapeze artist, archivist, and poet Lauren Rile Smith shares her experience directing the feminist and queer circus arts troupe Tangle Movement Arts, ...
Margaret Rhee on Queer Feminist Robot Poetry
24 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Poet and gender studies scholar Margaret Rhee talks about the magic that can happen when one brings art, activism, and academia together; her new poet...
Aymar Jean Christian on Queer and Trans of Color Media Production
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What are the benefits of indie television production for women, queers, and trans people of color? How is the slow speed of collaborative work actual...
Sawyer Lovett on Queer Southern Memoir Zines
27 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews zine author and memoirist Sawyer Lovett, who shares his experience writing memoirs about “growing up poor, queer, an...
Minh-Ha T. Pham on Asian Fashion Super Bloggers
13 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How can interdisciplinary scholars decolonize the fashion industry? How does digital fashion labor build on older forms of racially gendered immigran...
Cathy Hannabach Introduces the Imagine Otherwise Podcast
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the pilot episode, host Cathy Hannabach introduces the Imagine Otherwise podcast, which showcases the people and projects bridging art, activism, a...