Category Archives: science

Two-Eyed Seeing

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Inviting Natives to the Table One of the world’s leading scientific journals devotes space to Native Science this week. The article in Science begins with the cry, “Don’t shoot the leaders.” The entreaty comes from aboriginal hunters of North America … Continue reading →

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Muggles for Science

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Why we need politicians who are vigilant We took to the streets Saturday (April 21, 2017) to join the March for Science. Thousands met in downtown Portland at the waterfront to hear speakers try to raise our emotions about science … Continue reading →

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How Science makes us Smarter

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Feeling Rotten, Part 3 I mourn the loss of integrity when shenanigans from high-ranking folks we elected make headlines. What happened to grace and goodness? I’m embarrassed to learn that Republicans voted to gut ethics standards from our nation’s core … Continue reading →

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Native science & rhetoric

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

An elder once told me, “Traditional knowledge is thousands of years of applied science.” Those words came from one of the speakers at the Indigenous Environments conference I was fortunate to attend this week in Norwich, England. She points out … Continue reading →

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Irony Attack

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

A full-throttle example of irony begins with a drive to visit relatives south of Portland on a beautiful spring day. We sit and chat inside, so it is odd indeed that by twilight I discover my arms and hands have … Continue reading →

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Playing the Woman Card

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Don’t look now: media are priming us. Priming in the same sense that you prime a pump by activating the flow of water. When you want to extract water from a well, you first need to “prime the pump” by … Continue reading →

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A gathering of minds: Indian style

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Our conference in Albuquerque focused on narratives and how they shape meaning. Students and scholars from across the United States and Canada—most of them tribal members—delivered thoughtful presentations about how meanings are created in photographs, cartoons, internet games, news media, … Continue reading →

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Creating Doubt

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

The Dark Side of Politics The new documentary Merchants of Doubt knocks down the lies one by one. And then the film knocks down the assumptions, one by one. But it’s hard to know what’s worse: the lies we tell … Continue reading →

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Science as Politics

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

And Politics as Science You gotta love Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Jamieson is the doyenne of political communication. In addition to her impressive career as a public affairs and media scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, Jamieson is one of Bill … Continue reading →

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When the market meets science

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Got a rare disease? Step to the back of the line if you’re poor Most of us understand a thread in the tapestry of how capitalism works: when folks demand something—such as cell phones—investors jump into the fray, markets open, … Continue reading →

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