In this episode, we examine sustainability in the context of academic environments, finishing up the conversation with Alma Diamond, NYC-based legal scholar and PhD student from episode 2, "A Beginner's Mind" before hearing from Tina Piracci, artist, engineer, and educator. The conversation gives us space to examine how we can embed sustainability values in our decision making as makers and educators, and looks at two pathways, one emotional and one systematic, for creating balanced and informed lifestyles. 

We highly recommend you check out some of Tina's projects at https://tinapiracci.com/

Are you interested in participating in an online discussion? Hold the date to gather virtually on 15 February 2023 at 9PT/12ET/17GMT/7IST.

Support for this podcast is generously provided by the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and the Society of Winterthur Fellows. It is hosted on WhatIsConservation.com.

In this episode, we hear feedback on the first episode and explore fundamental ideas of the ethics of care - like interdependency as a fundamental state of being and the value of autonomy not as a way to promote self-interest but as a tool to create more relations. We share part of a conversation between Natalya Swanson, host, and Alma Diamond, a constitutional legal scholar and PhD student currently based in New York City where Alma shares her thoughts on devolving power, working in intimate spaces, and accepting complicity. This episode also includes a clip from Adam Tompkison, Bay Area artist and framer, on how he understands conservation work in the context of preserving craft and tattooing. 

Are you interested in participating in an online discussion? Please reach out on @theethicsofcaringpod on instagram to share you preference of time zone for 15 February 2023!

Support for this podcast is generously provided by the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and the Society of Winterthur Fellows. It is hosted on WhatIsConservation.com. 

The Ethics of Caring is a new podcast that explores ethical decision making in the context of heritage labor. The creator work in museums, archives, private businesses, and academia. They are conservators and preservationists, community organizers, and educators who acknowledge their biases, preferences, and values openly. By interviewing fellow laborers in various fields within the heritage sector, they gather information and perspectives on what it means to care professionally, how to intentionally embed values into their decisions, and how to cultivate community sustainably. Since the hosts are actively having conversations, their perspectives are actively expanding. 

The first season is intended as a pilot project to determine format and understand listenership and the creators feel emboldened by the freedom this open-ended format affords them. It is generously hosted on WhatIsConservation.com and funded by grants awarded through the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and the Society of Winterthur Fellows.