MIT OpenCourseWare | Everything Here is Sacred (Terrascope Radio Replay) @mitocw | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
In a departure from our usual format, in which we interview an exceptional faculty member to learn about their approach to teaching, this time we’re showcasing an exemplary piece of student work: an exploration of ways in which seemingly everyday places and activities, such as a cornfield, the meeting place of two rivers, or the process of planting and tending crops, are imbued with sacredness in Diné (Navajo) tradition. This episode was created by first-year students as a semester-long project in the course SP.360 Terrascope Radio as part of MIT Terrascope, a learning community for first-year undergraduate students focused on solving complex environmental problems. (For more information on the Terrascope learning community and its approach to student-led problem-solving, check out our interview with Dr. Ari Epstein in Season 5 Episode 5, which we’re releasing simultaneously with this special episode!) Follow along with the Terrascope students as they visit the Navajo Nation and learn firsthand about how the Diné people’s traditional relationship with the land survives as a powerful force in their lives, both shaping their response to environmental issues and marking their identity as a distinct people.
Relevant Resources:
MIT OpenCourseWare (https://ocw.mit.edu)
The OCW Educator Portal (https://ocw.mit.edu/educator)
S5 E5 Chalk Radio interview about Terrascope with Ari Epstein (chalk-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/the-power-of-experience-with-dr-ari-epstein)
Terrascope Radio (https://terrascope.mit.edu/radio/)
The Navajo Nation at Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Nation)
NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington (https://farmingtonsc.nmsu.edu/index.html)
The Gold King Mine incident (epa.gov/goldkingmine)
Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (http://www.sessions.blue)
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Credits
This episode was produced by the Spring 2023 MIT Terrascope Radio class: Xiner Luo, Jacqueline Prawira, Nevena Stojkovic, and Elisa Xia.
Sarah Hansen, Chalk Radio host and producer (linkedin.com/in/sarah-e-hansen/)
Brett Paci, Chalk Radio producer (twitter.com/Brett_Paci)
Dave Lishansky, Chalk Radio producer (twitter.com/DaveResonates)
Show notes by Peter Chipman
In a departure from our usual format, in which we interview an exceptional faculty member to learn about their approach to teaching, this time we’re showcasing an exemplary piece of student work: an exploration of ways in which seemingly everyday places and activities, such as a cornfield, the meeting place of two rivers, or the process of planting and tending crops, are imbued with sacredness in Diné (Navajo) tradition. This episode was created by first-year students as a semester-long project in the course SP.360 Terrascope Radio as part of MIT Terrascope, a learning community for first-year undergraduate students focused on solving complex environmental problems. (For more information on the Terrascope learning community and its approach to student-led problem-solving, check out our interview with Dr. Ari Epstein in Season 5 Episode 5, which we’re releasing simultaneously with this special episode!) Follow along with the Terrascope students as they visit the Navajo Nation and learn firsthand about how the Diné people’s traditional relationship with the land survives as a powerful force in their lives, both shaping their response to environmental issues and marking their identity as a distinct people.
Relevant Resources:
MIT OpenCourseWare (https://ocw.mit.edu)
The OCW Educator Portal (https://ocw.mit.edu/educator)
S5 E5 Chalk Radio interview about Terrascope with Ari Epstein (chalk-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/the-power-of-experience-with-dr-ari-epstein)
Terrascope Radio (https://terrascope.mit.edu/radio/)
The Navajo Nation at Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Nation)
NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington (https://farmingtonsc.nmsu.edu/index.html)
The Gold King Mine incident (epa.gov/goldkingmine)
Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (http://www.sessions.blue)
Connect with Us
If you have a suggestion for a new episode or have used OCW to change your life or those of others, tell us your story. We’d love to hear from you!
Call us @ 617-715-2517
On our site (https://ocw.mit.edu/contact/)
On Facebook (facebook.com/MITOCW/)
On X (twitter.com/MITOCW?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
On Instagram (instagram.com/mitocw/)
Stay Current
Subscribe to the free monthly "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" e-newsletter. (https://ocw.mit.edu/newsletter/)
Support OCW
If you like Chalk Radio and OpenCourseware, donate to help keep these programs going! (https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=ocw&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=donate)
Credits
This episode was produced by the Spring 2023 MIT Terrascope Radio class: Xiner Luo, Jacqueline Prawira, Nevena Stojkovic, and Elisa Xia.
Sarah Hansen, Chalk Radio host and producer (linkedin.com/in/sarah-e-hansen/)
Brett Paci, Chalk Radio producer (twitter.com/Brett_Paci)
Dave Lishansky, Chalk Radio producer (twitter.com/DaveResonates)
Show notes by Peter Chipman
