In the final episode of the Coloniality, Western Science, and Critical Ethnic Studies in STEM dissertation, I offer some reflections and thoughts about the ideas and concepts presented throughout. For transcripts click here.저자 LaToya Strong

This episode explores how the coloniality of Western Science manifests in STEM education teaching, learning, reform, and research. I describe three models: the Assimilationist, the Capitalist, and the Imperialist model. Click here for transcripts.저자 LaToya Strong

Episode 7 is an invitation to you, the listeners, to facilitate you own ItAG. I walk you through the process undertaken in this dissertation so you can coordinate your own group. Please click here for the a transcript of the episode저자 LaToya Strong

In this episode, I explain how Abolition Science and Black Feminist Futurity were the bridges that allowed me to transition from the theoretical aspect of my dissertation to research and action. I also revisit the Critical Ethnic Studies in STEM ItAG and discuss the differences between ethnic studies and critical ethnic studies.…

This episode describes how the launch of Sputnik established outer space as the next frontier to be conquered and codified the coloniality of Western Science into STEM education. Click here for the transcript to this episode.저자 LaToya Strong

Episode four of the Coloniality, Western Science, and Critical Ethnic Studies in STEM dissertation, continues to examine the coloniality of Western Science using modern medicine as the example. For transcripts and references, please visit https://www.abolitionscience.org/lsdissertation

In this episode, I use a critical transdisciplinary approach to explore how the colonial history of Western Science impacts science practices today. Three theories, Black geographies, settler colonialism, and decoloniality are woven together to demonstrate how Western Science grew to what it is today. Botany, and specifically the history of quinine…

In this episode, I give an overview of the research setting, which took place in an Inquiry to Action Group hosted by the New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE). I interviewed Dr. Natalia Ortiz, a long-time member of NYCoRE, to get the history of NYCoRE and ItAGs. Transcripts for each episode can be found here.…

Welcome to the first episode of the Coloniality, Western Science, and Critical Ethnic Studies in STEM Education dissertation. This episode introduces the dissertation and provides an overview of what’s to come.저자 LaToya Strong

We're back for season 5! Tune in as we kickoff the new season, introduce the newest member of Abolition Science, and discuss what abolition means to each of us.

Join us as we say goodbye to season 4! We share some final thoughts on the season, give some much deserved shout outs, and share the sneakiest of peeks into season 5.저자 Abolition Science Radio

In part 1 of our two part series on Science, Consent, and Centering Survivors we speak with twerk enthusiast and ratchet revolutionary Jewel the Gem. We discuss abolition as a praxis of love, centering survivors to transform systems, and the historical legacy of anti-Black racism in the medical industrial complex. Trigger/Content Warning: This epis…

Abolition as education in practice, generative pedagogy, and reimagining the classroom space are the focal points of our conversation with Dr. Carmen Kynard. We discuss how Black Feminism is an imaginary practice that allows us to resist, disrupt, and create.

In this episode, we speak with Jeffrey Yoo Warren, an artist, community scientist, illustrator, and researcher. Jeffrey’s work aims to disrupt and dismantle the dominant framing of knowledge production by connecting with predecessor science and creating instruments for multiple worlds.

In this episode we discuss critical numeracy, mathematics, and how numbers shape relationships in our society with former co-host Atasi Das.

Blackgirl geographies, radical love, and freedom lands are the focal point of our conversation with Loren Cahill. We discuss cartography as a settler colonial project and also explore the many lessons to be learned from Harriet Tubman in our fight for abolition.

We talk to the organizers of Tiny Tech Zines about their first zine fair, which centered technology-focused zines by BIPOC creators. We discuss the history and purpose of zines as well as TTZ’s intentional emphasis on care as part of their work

In this episode, we introduce season 4 and changes to the podcast.

In this episode, we speak to several members from Radical STEMM. They are a group of STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Making) educators in the Bay Area committed to PK-12 education grounded in liberation pedagogy.저자 Abolition Science Radio

In this episode, we speak with the organizers from the Creating Balance in an Unjust World (CBUW) conference. This was CBUW’s 9th conference bringing together educators, parents, students, activists, and community members to explore the connections between STEAMM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, and making) education and social…

In this episode, we speak with several members from Color Coded. Color is a collective based in Tongva Land/Los Angeles, holding space for BIPOC to co-teach, co-create, and co-own technologies. We speak to them about how they organize in community and embody abolition.저자 Abolition Science Radio

In this episode, we speak with Stephanie Dinkins about artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms. She is an artist that creates platforms to dialog about AI as it intersects with race, gender, aging, and our future histories.저자 Abolition Science Radio

Longtime abolitionists, thinkers, writers, activists, militants: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Kim Wilson, and Amanda Alexander discuss revolutionary survival amidst pandemia and how abolitionist struggle is making the 'impossible' become possible.저자 Rustbelt Abolition Radio

This past weekend we spoke again with our friend-comrade Bruce X at Macomb correctional facility in Michigan. Bruce X has been warning us of this tragedy for weeks now. Last time we spoke with him, he refused to go back to his cell because his bunkmate was sick. He’s asthmatic. As a result, he was put in solitary confinement. A correctional officer…

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Devin A. Heyward, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies about her work around genetic ancestry testing, DNA, and racial becoming. Dr. Heyward's work intersects Black diasporic studies, urban studies, psychology, history, and theatre. Check out this conversation as it crosses a wide range of issues an…

We're excited for the very first Abolition Science Reading Group starting April 23rd. We'll be reading Race after Technology by Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. RSVP on our website!저자 Abolition Science Radio