The Impossibility of Consent and Other Problems on Mauna Kea By Greg Johnson This post pertains to the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Mauna Kea (Hawai`i), which the author has written about on this forum Read more…
The Role of Indigenous Women in Ecological Activism: Deforestation in North Sumatra By Bibi Suprianto The deforestation of indigenous peoples’ land in North Sumatra is a long, ongoing problem. One such community is the indigenous Read more…
On COP26 and the Need for Parareligion By Justine M. Bakker Earlier this November, thousands of people—country leaders and activists, climate experts and NGOs—traveled to Glasgow for COP26, the 26th annual UN global Climate Summit. Read more…
Telescopes, Blind Spots, and Future Horizons on Mauna Kea By Greg Johnson This post pertains to the TMT project on Mauna Kea (Hawai`i), which the author has written about on this forum previously. For important Read more…
Re-storying Metaphors as Decolonization By Daniel Bryan In their seminal article, “Decolonization is not a metaphor,” Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang speak to many of us who read this blog, calling for activist scholars, Read more…
What Can We Do About Extinction? By Susannah Crockford There was a block of ice slowly melting on the ground. Beside it stood a motorboat painted bright pink with ‘Join the Rebellion’ in blocky black Read more…
Climate Strikes as Rituals to Save the Earth By Sarah M. Pike Last month, hundreds of thousands of young people around the world walked out of classrooms and into the streets to draw attention to Read more…
Counterpoint One Year On: Reflections and Experiences By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad One trip around the sun, four seasons, four events, and fifty blog posts later, Counterpoint is turning one! We have Read more…
A day of encounters, co-organized by the Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture and Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge On 4 June 2019, Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge and the Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Read more…
The Other Side of the Mountain: Art, Ritual, and Climate Change By Susannah Crockford June volunteers to go first. She stands with legs apart in a firm stance, speaking slowly with a fixed gaze, “I Read more…
