Dr. Leo Douglas, Bird Ties that Connect Jamaica and West Africa - a podcast by Washington Square Park Eco Projects
from 2023-05-11T15:00:34
How do you disrupt the "great forgetting machine" that is colonialism? Biologist and zoologist Dr. Leo Douglas offers this observation among many: "The more we can encourage people to think about this history, it's the more we can bring a broader cross section of society into the conservation fold, and give them a wider variety of reasons why they should be concerned or interested or value the natural world." Dr. Douglas drops many insights in our conversation about the history of the bird-people connection in Jamaica and its roots in the West Africa via the transatlantic slave trade. Please listen and contribute to the discussion in the comments.
Leo Douglas is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Liberal Studies. He received his Ph.D., a Masters of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, and an Advanced Environmental Policy Certificate from Columbia University. He also holds a Masters of Philosophy degree in Zoology from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica (source). You can follow him on Twitter @ leo_r_douglas.
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Season 3 of Your Bird Story aka CHIRP is made possible with a Voice for Nature Foundation grant.
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Production
Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans
Producer and Editor: Pod to the People
Bird vocalizations were accessed from the Macaulay Library.
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