In this episode, I talk to Indian born transdisciplinary feminist scholar Monica Mody, Ph.D., MF.A., B.A. LL.B. (Hons.). Monica’s research interests include borderlands, transnational feminisms, decolonization, embodied relational paradigms, and genre. Her academic writing has been published in numerous journals and anthologies. Monica has been the recipient of the Kore Award for Best Dissertation in Women and Mythology, as well as the Nicholas Sparks Postgraduate Writing Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame. Monica holds a Ph.D. in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame. Monica’s dissertation is entitled, “Claiming Voice, Vitality, And Authority In Post-Secular South Asian Borderlands: A Critical Hermeneutics And Autohistoria/Teoría For Decolonial Feminist Consciousness”.

Topics Include: the aish tamid and the continuous fire, ridding our lives of negativity to help the suffering of all living creatures, and the thanksgiving-offering

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Topics Include: The universal nature of sacrifice, humility and the small aleph in Vayikra, and sacrifice as a moral principle

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Topics Include: Ecology and the sanctuary of time, artisanship and modern industry, Shabbat as an ecological commandment

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Topics Include: How to use materiality appropriately, the environmental lesson of the golden calf, and reinstating the sacred in the material

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Topics Include: the Mishkan as an earthly residence for G-d, the human heart and our inner sanctuary, those who belong to the altar of copper or the altar of gold, and being like the earth

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Topics Include: motivations of the heart, symbolism of the Tabernacle, the Ark of acacia wood and the etymology of the word “folly”

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In the second episode of the Old Way, we are joined by Dr. Melinda Micco of the Seminole (tribal member), Creek and Choctaw tribes. Dr. Micco is Associate Professor Emerita of Mills College. Her research has focused on multiracial identity in American Indian and African American communities, primarily in the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Dr. Micco is the author of numerous articles and books, as well as a filmmaker and community activist. She is a member of the Idle No More SF Bay Solidarity Group that is dedicated to affirming treaty rights for First Nations peoples in Canada and American Indian peoples in the US. She is also a signer to the Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty to honor and protect the planet.

For those looking to contribute to the completion of Melinda's latest film visit. https://www.gofundme.com/f/inspiring-film-every-step-is-a-prayer

To hear more from Melinda join us in SF on the 19th of March

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Topics Include: What it means to be a ‘paid guardian’ of the earth, four prototypes of damages as they relate to the earth’s property, beri’ah and yetzirah

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