Embodied Worlds - A Podcast by The Jugaad Project

What does it mean when an artist speaks of paying attention to and using bodily wisdom? In this fascinating interview, co-hosted by photographer and film maker Dora Nano, we hear from Silvi Naçi an art worker and educator working between Albania and Los Angeles who collaborated with qilim weavers in Kosovo to create strikingly intimate works. Through this conversation between Dora and Silvi we hea...

Who do so many Indian women in India continue to use their wood-burning, smoke-spewing stoves called ‘chulhas’ when they have other options? Meena Khandelwal, Associate Professor of Feminist Sociocultural Anthropology explores this paradox in her new book 'Cookstove Chronicles', published by University of Arizona Press in their series Critical Green Engagements. In this book, based on multidiscipl...

In this interview Prof. Francis Nyamnjoh, a world-renowned anthropologist, discusses his life and ideas in the context of being a scholar and publisher. Born in Bum, Cameroon in 1961 and currently teaching anthropology at the University of Cape Town, Prof. Nyamnjoh’s work is inspired by the people he meets as well as African literature like the work of the Nigerian author Amos Tutuola. Francis’ ph...

Dr. Kevin Murray is an editor of Garland Magazine. He is also Vice-President of World Crafts Council - International, coordinating editor of the Online Encyclopedia of Crafts in the Asia Pacific Region and the Encyclopedia of Crafts in Latin America. He is co-founder of the Knowledge House for Craft , Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT University and was International Adviser for the Cheongju Internat...

How does knowledge become wisdom in the practice of iconic performance artist Arahmaiani? In this episode, the Indonesian artist Arahmaiani discussed a few of the complex strands that underpin her art, activism, and writing and how hope can be sustained. Born in 1961 in Bandung, Indonesia, Arahmaiani has long been recognized for her powerful and provocative commentaries on social, political, and c...

What does it mean when a calligrapher says "You Grind the Ink but the Ink Grinds You"? To discuss this, we spoke with Dr. Roland Buckingham-Hsiao, a visual artist and researcher and Associate Professor of Art at WenZhou Business College, China. He studied Chinese calligraphy in Taiwan and at the University of Shaoxing in China, and has a PhD in writing as a physical practice from the International...

What is “finishing” and how has this craft practice grown recently to form a global community of kindness? To find out, listen to our interview with the inspiring Jen Simonic, co-founder, Loose Ends. Jen co-founded Loose Ends with Masey Kaplan in August 2022 and it has grown rapidly from 150 finishers to 25,000 finishers worldwide. Both avid knitters, Jen and Masey started Loose Ends with unfinish...

What does it mean when a Tlingit weaver says her work is a "veil between worlds"? To find out, listen to our interview with the inspiring Tlingit weaver, artist, teacher, and community facilitator, Lily Hope (Wooshkhindeinda.aat). Hope is a Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver based in Juneau, Alaska, of the Raven moiety, and belongs to her grandmother’s clan, the T’akdeintaan from the Snail House in Hoo...

Is the anthropologist more like a dancer or grasshopper when in the field? Can the subjectivation or ‘making’ of an anthropologist be reconstructed through their network of encounters? What can those of us who are not social scientists learn about relationships from this inquiry? To discuss this, join our hosts Urmila Mohan and Emma Cieslik as they talk with Jean-Pierre Warnier, a French anthropol...