By Dr Benjamin Habib
The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.
Join Ben Habib in this episode of the Edge Dwellers Café Podcast as he sits down with environmental scientist and sustainability expert Dr Alison Mitchell to discuss the pressing question: "What is sustainability asking of us?" We discuss Ali's personal journey from environmental science to education for sustainability, exploring a wide range of topics including the role of sustainability professionals as knowledge brokers, eco-anxiety, citizen science, environmental reporting, risk management, energy system transitions, climate politics and more.
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:03:44 Ali's career journey from environmental science to education for sustainability.
00:10:12 Sustainability professionals as knowledge brokers and disciplinary interpreters.
00:12:02 Ali's 'oh shit' realisation about the environmental crisis and finite Earth.
00:13:47 Eco-anxiety and grounded hope.
00:16:39 Citizen science as mindful connection with environment.
00:19:28 What does sustainability ask of us as consumers?
00:22:25 Sustainability in business strategies, production systems and supply chain management.
00:25:53 Sustainability and risk management.
00:28:07 Rapid evolution of climate-related risk management.
00:33:35 Standardising environmental measurement and reporting metrics.
00:36:10 Engaging with the complexities of energy system transitions.
00:40:44 Chaotic politics of energy system transitions.
00:43:51 Resisting the allure of simplistic doomerism.
00:46:21 Networked community groups and the rise of independent representation in Indi.
00:51:59 Political psychology and behaviour change in sustainability work.
00:56:12 Psychology of greed and the escape fantasies of the rich.
00:59:39 Systems mapping and complex systems thinking for sustainability professionals.
01:04:57 The illusion of absolute freedom in a world of complex interdependence.
01:10:18 Potential dangers of xenophobic localisation as globalisastion breaks down.
01:12:33 Message of hope and encouragement for young people in the face of eco-anxiety and rapid change.
01:16:11 Conclusion.
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About Dr Alison Mitchell
Dr Alison Mitchell is the Course Coordinator and Learning Facilitator for the Higher Education Diploma of Sustainable Practice at TAFE NSW. She has worked previously as a sustainability educator at Charles Sturt University and as an environmental scientist at the CSIRO. She has a PhD in Environmental Science (Freshwater Biogeochemistry/Nutrient Cycling, CSU), a Graduate Certificate in Natural Resource Management Policy and Planning (UWA), and a Graduate Certificate in Education and Training for Sustainability (Swinburne). She is a Certified Sustainability Excellence Associate and has been a Board member for North East Catchment Management Authority and Albury-Wodonga Community College. A keen community activist, Ali has initiated the community sustainability group site Ecoportal and has volunteered in various community groups including Landcare and, currently, an Australian Conservation Foundation community group in the Albury-Wodonga region known as ‘ACF-AWR’.
About Ben Habib, host of Edge Dwellers Cafe
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This podcast is broadcast from Naarm/Melbourne on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people. Edge Dwellers Cafe pays respect to their elders past and present.
In this solo episode of the Edge Dwellers Café Podcast, Ben Habib maps out five broad potential scenarios for the future of the Kim regime in North Korea—(1) state failure and collapse; (2) managed systemic reform; (3) popular uprising and revolution; (4) coup d'état; and (5) externally-imposed regime change—critically evaluating the logic and probability of each scenario and consider the probability of each. This podcast is a teaser for a larger twelve-part video lecture series from Ben's undergraduate subject “Contemporary Politics of Northeast Asia: North Korea."
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:05:31 What happens now in North Korea?
00:06:59 Scenario mapping and the folly of prediction.
00:11:38 Scenario #1: State failure and collapse.
00:14:56 Levels of state decay in the DPRK.
00:17:27 Fragile North Korea 'muddled through'.
00:19:13 Scenario #2: Managed systemic reform.
00:21:34 Lessons for North Korea case from USSR, China and Vietnam.
00:25:37 Piecemeal adjustments to economic management.
00:28:21 Scenario #3: Popular uprising and revolution.
00:31:03 A North Korean spring: Comparing the DPRK with Arab Spring Egypt.
00:42:45 Scenario #4: Coup d'état.
00:43:28 The Kim regime's coup-proofing strategies.
00:46:05 Under what conditions might a coup occur?
00:48:48 Scenario #5: Externally-imposed regime change.
00:50:23 Unacceptable risks associated with attacking North Korea.
00:52:44 Why does the future of the Kim regime matter to regional states.
00:55:59 Lecture summary.
00:58:22 Conclusion.
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Ben Habib is joined in this episode by Dr Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies at the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership at Deakin University. We discuss the humanitarian sector, humanitarian aid in North Korea, transitional justice for a post-Kim DPRK, and reflect humorously on the North Korean studies community. We also muse on living in Melbourne vs Hong Kong and Seoul, mental health in academia, and owning one's mental health demons.
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:03:34 Nazanin reflects on her career journey into the humanitarian sector.
00:09:54 Living in Melbourne as non-locals...is it the most liveable city in the world?
00:12:49 Private personal space vs living life in public in Hong Kong, Seoul and Melbourne.
00:14:32 Critically unpacking the 'saviour' impulse of aspiring humanitarians.
00:17:18 Humanitarianism starts at home, rather than 'out there'.
00:20:08 Relationship between research and practice in the humanitarian sector.
00:23:23 Funding shortfalls, palliatives for structural problems, and preventive vs reactive aid.
00:27:53 Deconstructing 'localisation' in the humanitarian sector.
00:32:34 The dance between bureaucratic coordination and grassroots autonomy in humanitarian aid programs.
00:34:36 Centering North Korean people through a perspective of 'solidarity with'.
00:39:19 The challenges of representing North Korean voices.
00:45:16 How the international community gets in its own way in delivering humanitarian assistance in the DPRK.
00:49:34 The ecosystem of different humanitarian organisations working in North Korea.
00:53:00 Prediction vs scenario mapping.
00:54:32 Anticipatory transitional justice for post-Kim scenarios in North Korea.
00:59:17 Are North Korean Studies scholars a bunch of weirdos?
01:03:51 Anxiety, guilt and the cult of productivity in academic labour.
01:10:01 Importance of being part of a community of scholars to feel like you belong.
01:10:44 Nazanin discusses her struggle with Trichotillomania and how she's learned to own it.
01:18:19 Conclusion.
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About Dr Nazanin Zadeh Cummings
About Ben Habib, host of Edge Dwellers Cafe
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In this episode of the Edge Dwellers Cafe, Ben Habib is joined for special panel discussion with Anastasia Kanjere, Emily Foley, and Pan Karanikolas from the La Trobe Casuals Network, a volunteer group of casualised workers at La Trobe University who are dedicated to improving working conditions for casualised and insecure workers. The conversation explores the 'A new NTEU' campaign, the impacts of widespread precarity of workers in the university sector, systemic wage theft from casual staff, the deliberate evisceration of universities during the pandemic, and building collective power and a solidarity of care in university workplaces.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:00 Origins of the La Trobe Casuals Network.
00:07:39 Galvanising impact on organising of the deliberate evisceration of universities during the pandemic.
00:11:41 Renewed solidarity between academic and professional staff in universities.
00:13:31 Fight for the soul of universities.
00:15:08 Sector-wide systematic wage theft from casual staff.
00:21:01 Changing the structure of academic work and workplace relations.
00:24:21 Significance of the University of Sydney strike.
00:26:21 Building collective power through the union.
00:27:47 Challenges of workplace organising in universities.
00:31:58 Management union-busting and their culture of fear.
00:36:46 Collective action suggestions for university staff and students.
00:41:01 Solidarity of care.
00:45:04 Ongoing staff showing solidarity with casual colleagues.
00:51:26 Conclusion.
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About the Anastasia, Emily and Pan, and the La Trobe Casuals Network
About Ben Habib, host of Edge Dwellers Cafe
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In this episode of the Edge Dwellers Cafe Podcast, I’m joined in this spirit of Utopia-inspired critical bewilderment by Sarah Houseman to talk about her PhD research into non-hierarchical organisations. We discuss the many functional problems that arise in hierarchical organisations, from power relationships to functional organisational stupidity and leadership cults. We also explore non-hierarchy and decentralisation as alternative organisational structures, along with the challenges faced by organisations transitioning from hierarchical to horizontal structures.
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:03:55 Sarah's professional background in business and not-for-profit sector.
00:06:59 The limits of Education for Sustainability.
00:10:43 A career spent lamenting the problems of hierarchy in organisations.
00:12:50 Lineage of non-hierarchical organisational governance ideas from the 1960s social justice movements.
00:16:14 Non-hierarchy does not mean no structure.
00:17:12 Case study organisations from Sarah's research: Friends of the Earth (Melbourne),
00:21:31 Influences from recent scholarship on decentralised organisations.
00:23:21 Compatibility of online work with decentralisation.
00:24:05 Power relationships and the transition from hierarchical to horizontal organisation.
00:30:59 Sarah and Ben examine intersectional power relations in their relationship.
00:34:19 Non-hierarchical governance is based on consent.
00:37:39 The toll of psychological de-coupling and the unlearning of hierarchical roles.
00:42:18 Consent vs agreement in non-hierarchical decision-making.
00:45:10 Power, fear and functional stupidity in hierarchical organisations.
00:46:59 Anthropocene-appropriate decision-making and governance.
00:50:38 Problematising the archetype of the 'leader'.
00:54:19 Bringing ecological systems thinking and reflexivity to organisations.
00:56:56 Inter-generational shift in reflexive thinking about hierarchy.
01:00:39 Static relations of power vs dynamic relationships of care.
01:04:23 Illustrating power dynamics and organisational ecologies through drawing.
01:07:09 Creative methodologies and other ways of knowing using the Tarot.
01:10:29 The Tarot as a symbolic interpretive device for unlocking the emotional experience of working in an organisation.
01:15:51 Archetype of the 'circle' as organisational form.
01:19:21 Reflecting on the founder's dilemma in Sarah's case study organisations and in Ben's experience in the permaculture movement.
01:25:17 Organisational life cycles and generational change.
01:27:29 Balancing need for escape and healing vs need for accountability.
01:31:42 Un-learning coercion.
01:33:49 The invisible labour of women in organisations.
01:35:58 Rotation of responsibilities.
01:38:03 Conclusion.
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André Spicer. "The power of pitfalls and functional stupidity at work". TEDxWandsworth. 10 December 2016.
Brian Robertson. (2015). Holacracy: The New Management System that Redefines Management. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
About Sarah Houseman
Governance, Systems and the Shaman | Twitter | LinkedIn
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In this episode, Ben Habib is joined by Toad Dell and Guy Ritani from PermaQueer. PermaQueer is a collaborative project to share ecological sustainability methods through the lens of Permaculture, focusing on accessibility to and building resilience for traditionally marginalised communities. PermaQueer brings a queering, decolonising and trauma-informed approach to community-building. In 2021, PermaQueer won the LUSH Spring Prize for Social and Environmental Regeneration.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:45 Acknowledgement of Country.
00:05:39 Finding permaculture through need rather than through reputation.
00:09:14 Permaculture as a design methodology vs permaculture as a movement.
00:11:16 Women are the backbone of the permaculture community-building.
00:15:38 Queering permaculture and the genesis of PermaQueer.
00:22:24 PermaQueer as a network of resource redistribution.
00:25:07 Having privilege and being a pioneer 'species' in social ecosystems.
00:27:54 Understanding 'queering' and the diversity of queer peoples' lived experiences.
00:36:10 The unique aesthetics of PermaQueer's social media presence.
00:40:17 Value the edge, but only in right relationship to it.
00:44:30 Edge cultures and vulnerable people are not a resource to be selectively mined by the mainstream.
00:47:27 Trauma-informed and decolonial practice in permaculture and beyond.
00:56:50 Problematising the construct of 'whiteness'.
00:59:55 Scarcity as reality vs scarcity as mindset.
01:04:37 Critical reflection on the permaculture prophesy of energy descent.
01:12:23 TEDx as a platform for PermaQueer online events.
01:19:17 Queering isn't scary...a call to action.
01:23:41 Conclusion.
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About PermaQueer
Instagram | Facebook | LinkTree | Guy Ritani on LinkedIn
About Ben Habib, host of Edge Dwellers Cafe
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In this episode, Ben Habib is joined by James Blackwell, Research Fellow in Indigenous Diplomacy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at Australian National University in Canberra. A proud Wiradjuri man, James is one of Australia’s only practicing Aboriginal international relations academics, writing and speaking about global Indigenous movements, US electoral politics, and defence policy. Outside of international relations James is an Indigenous public policy researcher, specialising in Australian First Nations constitutional reform, higher education policy, and racial cultural competency in practice. He’s also a member of the Uluru Dialogue out at the University of New South Wales, supporting implementation of the Uluru Statement and a Voice to Parliament.
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:04:42 James' career path into International Relations.
00:08:59 Incorporating Indigenous scholarship into political science-public policy-international relations curricula.
00:13:03 First Nations perspectives are integral to teaching an International Relations curriculum.
00:17:04 The modern states system exported globally from Europe through colonialism.
00:20:05 First Nations diplomacies vs First Nations foreign policy.
00:23:24 DFAT Indigenous Diplomacy Agenda.
00:31:25 Dominant governance models and institutions misunderstand relationality of First Nations diplomacies.
00:34:21 Individual responsibility within the collective, as part of a web of relationship.
00:39:04 Being 'of' Country, not 'from' Country.
00:42:12 Uluru Statement from the Heart, the Uluru Dialogue, and constitutional enshrinement of a Voice to parliament.
00:45:10 Logic of the Voice-Treaty-Truth sequencing of the Uluru process.
00:52:25 The Voice as a sovereign representative body for First Nations under joint sovereignty with the Crown.
00:54:23 Uluru process of Voice-Treaty-Truth is developing a new, uniquely Australian governance model.
00:57:33 Where to find out more about the Uluru Dialogue.
00:58:46 Decolonising the university: Encouraging and discouraging signs.
01:04:12 Who is decolonisation of the university for?
01:08:13 Reflections on allyship.
01:13:06 How James prepares for TV and radio appearances.
01:18:05 Social media and #BlackfullaTwitter.
01:23:27 Indigenous language reclaimation and the Wiradjuri language course at Charles Sturt University.
01:30:18 James and Ben flesh out a 'zero fucks' analysis of AUKUS.
01:34:00 Disconnect between the Australian foreign policy and defence establishment and the public.
01:38:13 Democratic back-sliding of the United States.
01:42:19 Outtro.
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About James Blackwell
ANU Profile | Twitter
About Ben Habib, host of Edge Dwellers Cafe
Ben@Earth | LTU staff profile | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | ORCiD
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In this episode, Ben Habib is joined in conversation by Claire Kearns. Claire is a staunch disability and neurodiversity advocate, writer and social media content creator. in 2021, Claire won the La Trobe University Excellence Academy Inaugural Art Competition for her poem entitled “I Was”, about her experiences as a neurodiverse student at university.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:42 Online teaching during COVID has made learning more inclusive and accessable for Claire.
00:07:25 Invisible wounds and other peoples assumptions about your 'functionality'.
00:10:41 Growing up with undiagnosed neurodivergence and internalising low self-esteem.
00:12:11 Bullying, power and the externalisation of trauma.
00:13:33 Relationship between the prevailing popular culture and bullying.
00:15:52 As a domestic violence survivor, Claire's choice to return to university study saved her life.
00:20:57 Coming to a place of acceptance of one's neurodivergence.
00:22:21 Extraordinary energy and strength of will required to study obligations through periods of distress.
00:25:27 Watching a friend get sucked into the alt-right social media swamp.
00:27:10 Figuring out what you think and finding your voice as a domestic abuse survivor.
00:29:34 Difficulty of not having space for rest and recharge in communal living during lockdowns.
00:31:53 Empathising with how COVID lockdowns might impact on neurotypical people.
00:33:23 Universities need to assume more responsibility for facilitating equity and inclusion for students and staff.
00:37:50 Are large institutions (including universities) incapable of human-level care?
00:39:56 Claire discusses her reaction to winning the La Trobe University Excellence Academy Inaugural Art Competition.
00:42:17 Recital of Claire's winning poem 'I Was'.
00:46:37 The poem is not a 'Hallmark moment', it's a demand for an equal playing field.
00:49:20 Inclusive practice should be standard practice.
00:51:14 Frustrations of being the token neurodiversity representative in university management processes.
00:55:00 Neurodiverse people finding common ground across political divides.
00:59:26 You're not alone!
01:00:08 Conclusion.
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About Claire Kearns
Claire Kearns is a writer and social media content writer who has published across multiple genres, in magazines, newspapers, university press, student publications, and other outlets. She is most at home digging in her garden and spending time with her guinea pigs, all adopted as rescues. She divides her time between advocacy for teachers and students with neurodiversity, bouts of chronic illness, and semi-functioning as a fully-fledged adult. Despite what might be perceived by others as a negative existence, Claire is extremely happy and wouldn't change a thing, other than folks making small changes to make life more liveable for those with neurodiversity.
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Hyein Ellen Cho is a PhD candidate at Monash University with research interests in the Korean diaspora in Australia, domestic and family violence, and North Korean migration. Prior to commencing her PhD studies, she worked as a project manager in the Cultural and Economic Affairs Section at the Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea in Melbourne.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:30 Intersectionality and Hyein's research on domestic and family violence (DFV) in the Korean diaspora community in Australia.
00:07:42 Amplifying and mainstreaming the voices of DFV survivors, particularly those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
00:12:46 DFV survivor testimony about the limitations of organisational support for CALD women.
00:15:19 Visa status as a complicating constraint for migrant women experiencing DFV.
00:15:02 Understanding one's lived experience of abuse as DFV.
00:19:41 Relationship-building and establishing trust with survivor interviewees.
00:21:54 'The Story of Ari' - Creative artistic rendition of Korean migrant women's DFV survivor testimonies.
00:26:45 Human trafficking of female North Korean refugees in China.
00:31:29 Are there North Korean refugees in Australia?
00:32:25 Initial challenges of university study as an interantional student.
00:34:58 Overcoming self-doubt and the extra effort required to study in a second language.
00:37:46 PhD study as an international student during the COVID pandemic.
00:39:42 Importance of a support network of good academic mentors.
00:44:05 The Australasian Korean Studies Higher Degree Researcher (HDR) and Early Career Researcher (EDR) Support Group.
00:49:58 Building Korea-Australia relations beyond superficial instrumental dealings.
00:52:00 Cross-cultural competency and the politics of Australia's place in Asia.
00:55:45 Impact of Hallyu (Korean Wave) in Australia.
00:57:11 The dual identities of 'Hyein' and 'Ellen'.
00:59:40 Working at the ROK Consulate-General in Melbourne.
01:02:18 Conclusion.
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About Hyein Ellen Cho
Hyein Ellen Cho is a PhD candidate at Monash University in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics. She received both her BA in International Studies (International Relations, Middle Eastern Studies and History) and MA in International Relations. Prior to commencement of her PhD journey here at Monash, she worked as a project manager (Cultural and Economic Affairs Section) at the Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea in Melbourne. Hyein’s current research project is entitled ‘An intersectional approach to the lived experience of DFV in South Korean Australian diasporic communities’. Her research interests include the Korean diaspora in Australia, domestic and family violence (DFV), and North Korean migration.
Twitter | LinkedIn | Monash University profile
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In this episode, Ben Habib is joined by Dr Terry Leahy, Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Newcastle. Terry’s research explores food security and rural development, environmental politics and global environmental crisis, and the philosophy of the humanist realist perspective in sociological analysis. Terry’s research and consultancy work has taken him from the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, to Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. Terry is the author of the recently-released book The Politics of Permaculture, published by Pluto Press.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:36 The flower of permaculture practice can't take root in the barren soil of the market system.
00:07:49 Ambiguous definitions of permaculture and what distinguishes it from the broader environment movement.
00:13:20 Permaculture's contribution to the quest for sustainable urban environments.
00:16:57 Sustainability transition: Post-capitalism or re-feudalisation?
00:19:05 The different political visions within the permaculture movement.
00:25:37 Different political visions are distributed globally across members of the permaculture movement.
00:27:22 Grappling constructively with class stratifications within the permaculture movement.
00:35:03 Patriarchy inside the permaculture movement.
00:38:26 Generational transition in the permaculture movement and new directions in permaculture thinking.
00:41:19 Permaculture as an embodiment of Paolo Freire's 'Pedagogy of the oppressed'.
00:44:45 Permaculture as a case study in Gramscian counter-hegemony.
00:47:52 Terry's work on food systems in Africa and Indonesia.
00:50:31 Permaculture as a methodology for international aid and development in the Global South.
00:53:08 COVID and vax vs anti-vax debates in the permaculture movement: Will this become a non-issue in twelve months time?
00:58:42 COVID policy responses complicated by systemic inequaltiy, insecurity, precarity and frustration with bureaucratic hierarchy.
01:01:23 Do some permies misunderstand the role of the state during the COVID pandemic?
01:04:58 What's the lesser of two evils: The late-capitalist state or its collapse?
01:08:47 Problematising the faith in exclusively low-tech responses to COVID and sustainability transitions.
01:14:09 Yearning for low-tech utopias and disdain for elites.
01:15:10 Resentment, fear, masculinity and the rhetoric of absolute freedom.
01:19:06 Energy descent and collapse narratives and the danger of co-optation by the far right.
01:21:36 Conclusion.
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About Terry Leahy
Dr Terry Leahy has undertaken research and consultancy work on environmental attitudes, landcare and sustainability in the Hunter Valley, Australia, as well as in Indonesia and Southern Africa. At present his research covers three broad topics. The first is food security in the context of rural development. The second is the global environmental crisis and the response of the public to environmental politics. The third is social theory, the philosophy of the social sciences and the place of a humanist realist perspective in sociological analysis.
University of Newcastle academic profile | Website: The Gift Economy: Anarchism and Strategies for Change | YouTube: What’s Wrong with the World and How to Fix it.
About Ben Habib, host of Edge Dwellers Cafe
Ben@Earth | LTU staff profile | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | ORCiD
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This podcast is broadcast from Naarm/Melbourne on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people. Edge Dwellers Cafe pays respect to their elders past, present and emerging.
The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.