Can we produce theoretical knowledge without embodying it ourselves? This talk reflects on and reconsiders what counts as knowledge-making, how it is practiced, spoken, and embodied, where, and by whom. When our bodies stand by our ideas, we write the world with our bodies. We learn through our bodies when we step into the world, and in the process, we write the world with our bodies. It is one of those spaces of publication that is intangible to metrics and rankings, yet that is unforgettable to the bodies involved. The myth of a science disengaged from the world brushes aside our bodies and our imagination, the things we ultimately rely on as the first places of knowledge-making. Picq discusses her work at the intersection of scholarship, journalism, and activism reflecting on how our bodies can stand with our ideas to bring new worlds into being.
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.