The Quiet Revolution

by Dr. Florence Dunkel

The Quiet Revolution - Ways of Knowing is a limited-episode podcast series exploring the interface between Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western science. Hosted by Dr.Florence Dunkel, the series promises an in-depth look at the institutional barriers in place suppressing Indigenous knowledge and the various ways in which scientists, artists, policy makers and educators are breaking them down.

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Putting the Culture Back in Agriculture with Dr. Hiram Larew

    Putting the Culture Back in Agriculture with Dr. Hiram Larew

    Travel to Maryland and sit around the virtual campfire with Dr. Dunekl and Dr. Hiram Larew. Dr. Larew is an entomologist who spent his career at the USDA in collaboration with the USAID and is the founder of the Poetry X Hunger Initiative. From the Farm Bill to poetry, Dr. Larew discusses the need to bring the culture back to agriculture, to solve some of our world's largest problems.

  • Bringing Back the Buffalo with Jason Baldes

    Bringing Back the Buffalo with Jason Baldes

    Joining the conversation is Jason Baldes, tribal member of the Eastern Shoshone and the Tribal Buffalo Coordinator for the Tribal Partnerships Program at the National Wildlife Federation. Baldes speaks to his work in re-establishing Native bison herds on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

  • Mystical Molecular Biology with Dr. Burcu Alptekin

    Mystical Molecular Biology with Dr. Burcu Alptekin

    Meet Dr. Burcu Alptekin, a Turkish citizen and postdoctoral associate working on plant-soil-microbe interactions at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Alptekin’s knowledge base straddles the realms of molecular plant genetics to the holistic process of Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

  • Preserving Northern Cheyenne Language and Culture at Chief Knife College

    Preserving Northern Cheyenne Language and Culture at Chief Knife College

    Bringing forth the perspectives of Kathy Beartusk, the Administrative Assistant at Chief Dull Knife College, and Anthony Whitedirt, a Historical Researcher at Chief Dull Knife College, and their passion for education and language preservation within the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.

  • Northern Cheyenne Traditional Plant Knowledge with Linwood Tall Bull

    Northern Cheyenne Traditional Plant Knowledge with Linwood Tall Bull

    Dr. Dunkel hosts Linwood Tall Bull, member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and the Chief Dull Knife College Ethnobotanist, who speaks to the wisdom of plants and their role in traditional knowledge.