Science in Resistance: Direct Action for Climate Justice, Democracy in Education w/ FERNANDO RACIMO

About this episode

The episode discusses the intersection of science, activism, and climate justice with Fernando Racimo.

“ By pretending like science is neutral or apolitical, we're really feeding a particular discourse which serves whatever political structures are in place right now, whatever status quo is in place right now. Science can never be apolitical because it's a human activity, it's practiced in society with others, with human and more-than-human beings.” In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Fernando Racimo , a leading scientist-activist, about his new book, Science in Resistance. This book gives a riveting account of the founding and growth of the international group Scientist Rebellion, in which now thousands of scientists from around the world have organized direct actions to draw attention to the climate crisis. Breaking through the censorship and silencing carried on by big fossil fuel companies and also scientific groups in and out of academia, which often collude with each other, members of SR have put their careers and their bodies on the line to raise public consciousness and to spur action. We talk about the connection between power and knowledge, between ecocide and genocide and the need to democratize education and…

People in this episode

Host: David Palumbo-Liu

Guest: Fernando Racimo

Topics covered

• climate justice
• science activism
• democratization of education
• scientific neutrality
• direct action

Keywords

• climate crisis
• Scientist Rebellion
• direct actions
• scientific neutrality
• education reform

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scientist Rebellion, big fossil fuel companies

Books & works: Science in Resistance

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