Papers by Leslie Quintanilla
Ethnic Studies Review, 2020
A discussion facilitated by Jason Magabo Perez, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at Californ... more A discussion facilitated by Jason Magabo Perez, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University (CSU), San Marcos. Featuring commentary and analysis of the statements of solidarity curated by Natchee Blu Barnd included in this issue.
Feminist Formations, 2022
Can science be feminist? Can feminist science emerge from and take hold within the neoliberal uni... more Can science be feminist? Can feminist science emerge from and take hold within the neoliberal university? As a collaboratory of researchers and educators under the name Star Fem Co*Lab, the previous questions have shaped our in-progress book, The Science We are For: A Feminist Pocket Guide. The aim of the guide is to take readers, with a focus on undergraduate and popular audiences, away from routinized ways of thinking about and doing science– such as science in the service of profit over people– towards a feminist science practice that is focused on always asking “who is science for?” In this article, we discuss how feminist collaboration might take shape within the neoliberal university as a challenge to the Eurocentric models of scientific knowledge production and valuation on which the institution rests. Our six-member collaboratory reflects on the experiences and motivations that shaped our co-labor of thinking, writing, and care to shed light on roots and routes toward a feminist pedagogy invested in equipping students with practical tools for social justice science engagement. As such, this article makes the case for a vision of feminist science that brings together feminist theory with scientific research and social studies of science to retool and reclaim scientific knowledge production by and for social justice imperatives to redirect power, resources, and knowledge to benefit communities most impacted by imperialistic science and its histories.
Water Justice and Technology: The COVID-19 Crisis, Computational Resource Control, and Water Relief Policy, 2022
We Need to Reject "Sustainable" Technologies
That Reproduce Colonial Gold Rush Devastation
on Ind... more We Need to Reject "Sustainable" Technologies
That Reproduce Colonial Gold Rush Devastation
on Indigenous Peoples.
Critical Ethnic Studies, 2021
Ethnic Studies Review, 2020
A discussion facilitated by Jason Magabo Perez, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at Californ... more A discussion facilitated by Jason Magabo Perez, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University (CSU), San Marcos. This historical conjuncture demands deep reflection, critical imagination, and continued action. In the midst of popular protest against continued state-sanctioned anti-Black violence; in the midst of an ongoing pandemic that is disproportionately devasting Black communities, Native communities, and poor communities of color; and in the midst of drastic shifts in the landscape of higher education, the California State Senate passed AB 1460, a bill that would make Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement at California State University. As CSU faculty, we feel it urgent to build solidarity across campuses and with local communities. Using the topic of recent solidarity statements as our point of departure, we gathered to discuss solidarity statements, activism, and the limitations and possibilities of ethnic studies at the university. What follows are excerpts from a casual conversation among five colleagues. By no means is this intended to be representative of our programs, departments , or campuses. We understand this humble effort as a beginning of a conversation, a move toward genuine solidarity.
Science for the People, 2019
This ground-breaking new article, "No Comemos Baterías: Solidarity Science Against False Climate ... more This ground-breaking new article, "No Comemos Baterías: Solidarity Science Against False Climate Change Solutions", by the Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice (CIEJ) explains why lithium batteries and electric cars exploit Indigenous peoples and threaten sacred waters in South America, how they actually create more carbon emissions that gas vehicles, and why they are not justice-centered solutions for climate change. We also define a decolonial feminist science practice and present a call to action for scientists and researchers who want to challenge capitalism and support repatriating land and life to Indigenous peoples.
Science for the People Magazine, 2019
https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol22-1/agua-es-vida-solidarity-science-against-false-cl... more https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol22-1/agua-es-vida-solidarity-science-against-false-climate-change-solutions/
This ground-breaking new article, "No Comemos Baterías: Solidarity Science Against False Climate Change Solutions", by the Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice (CIEJ) explains why lithium batteries and electric cars exploit Indigenous peoples and threaten sacred waters in South America, how they actually create more carbon emissions that gas vehicles, and why they are not justice-centered solutions for climate change. We also define a decolonial feminist science practice and present a call to action for scientists and researchers who want to challenge capitalism and support repatriating land and life to Indigenous peoples.
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Papers by Leslie Quintanilla
That Reproduce Colonial Gold Rush Devastation
on Indigenous Peoples.
This ground-breaking new article, "No Comemos Baterías: Solidarity Science Against False Climate Change Solutions", by the Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice (CIEJ) explains why lithium batteries and electric cars exploit Indigenous peoples and threaten sacred waters in South America, how they actually create more carbon emissions that gas vehicles, and why they are not justice-centered solutions for climate change. We also define a decolonial feminist science practice and present a call to action for scientists and researchers who want to challenge capitalism and support repatriating land and life to Indigenous peoples.
That Reproduce Colonial Gold Rush Devastation
on Indigenous Peoples.
This ground-breaking new article, "No Comemos Baterías: Solidarity Science Against False Climate Change Solutions", by the Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice (CIEJ) explains why lithium batteries and electric cars exploit Indigenous peoples and threaten sacred waters in South America, how they actually create more carbon emissions that gas vehicles, and why they are not justice-centered solutions for climate change. We also define a decolonial feminist science practice and present a call to action for scientists and researchers who want to challenge capitalism and support repatriating land and life to Indigenous peoples.