PlaceKnowing Podcast
Welcome!
Join Dr. Jojola as he explores the essential relationship between land, storytelling and community through various case studies aimed to inspire listeners to learn and lead change in their own spaces through Indigenous design and planning methodologies.
Season 1 features prominent guests discussing the importance of visioning and revitalization around brownfields (abused or neglected land) with topics including the burned site of a historic Navajo trading post at Round Rock community located within the Navajo Nation central agency; a subarctic Indigenous village tackling climate change and relocation in Golovin, Alaska; and the rematriation of a historically contaminated site in Oklahoma City that eventually became the First Americans Museum.
Season 2 builds on the stories about how and why we engage Indigenous design and planning methods by turning to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill disaster that released three million gallons of acidic mine waste into the Animas River, on the northeastern edge of Navajo Nation and the continued impacts on farmland and sacred waters in the San Juan River basin. Hear how Indigenous and non-Indigenous scientists, farmers, and community members are coming together through cultural resiliency to restore and protect their places.
The podcast is co-produced with The Aunties Dandelion media organization, an Indigenous-led company focused on revitalizing communities through stories of the natural world, original languages, Indigenous art and lifeways, and connections with each other.
