Series 4 Episode 3: Alice Te Punga Somerville on fertility and making babies for the revolution

Synopsis: Birthing holds a different significance for Indigenous communities that have experienced colonial attempts at elimination. For scholar, poet and irredentist Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville, (Te Āti Awa, Taranaki), birth is an act of resistance. She joins us to talk about her journey to parenthood and her experiences as a scholar who traverses between Indigeneity and migrancy. Notes: UBC academic page Personal website Alice Te Punga Somerville: My story as told to Elisabeth Easther Alice Te Punga Somerville and the politics of italics Important reading and writing questions for Alice Te Punga Somerville Writing while colonised Buy her first book of poetry Music: Music in this episode includes ‘SMOOTH LIFE’ by Killer Chops used under an Audio Standard Licence from Adobe Stock. Birthing and Justice is written and produced by Dr Ruth De Souza on the traditional and unceded lands of the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations. Sound editing by Olivia Smith.

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Series 4 Episode 3: Alice Te Punga Somerville on fertility and making babies for the revolution is an episode from Birthing and Justice with Dr Ruth De Souza by Dr Ruth De Souza.

This episode is 49:04 long.

This episode was published on Jan 25, 2023.

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