This very first Brain Break Room episode explores the living thing(s) that is lichen and its many contributions to the way we think about science!
Sources of inspiration and content for this episode:
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
"Lichens and People: Uses, Benefits, and Potential Dangers" by Linda Crampton at https://owlcation.com/stem/Lichens-and-People-Surprising-Interesting-and-Helpful-Uses
"Lichen Biology" by United States Department of Agriculture at https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/lichens/biology.shtml
"A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never Been Individuals" by Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp and Alfred I. Tauber (2012) in The Quarterly Review of Biology Vol. 87, No. 4 pg. 325-341
"Queer Theory for Lichens" by David Griffiths (2015) in UnderCurrents, Vol.19, No. 1 pg.36-45
Credits:
Cover art by Abby Armato
Intro and Outro music "In My Dreams" by Freebeats.io
Contact with questions, comments, and topic ideas at: brainbreakroompod@gmail.com
This very first Brain Break Room episode explores the living thing(s) that is lichen and its many contributions to the way we think about science!
Sources of inspiration and content for this episode:
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
"Lichens and People: Uses, Benefits, and Potential Dangers" by Linda Crampton at https://owlcation.com/stem/Lichens-and-People-Surprising-Interesting-and-Helpful-Uses
"Lichen Biology" by United States Department of Agriculture at https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/lichens/biology.shtml
"A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never Been Individuals" by Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp and Alfred I. Tauber (2012) in The Quarterly Review of Biology Vol. 87, No. 4 pg. 325-341
"Queer Theory for Lichens" by David Griffiths (2015) in UnderCurrents, Vol.19, No. 1 pg.36-45
Credits:
Cover art by Abby Armato
Intro and Outro music "In My Dreams" by Freebeats.io
Contact with questions, comments, and topic ideas at: brainbreakroompod@gmail.com