Reaper Research
By Nia Dokes, Lilia Memarzadeh, and Percie Thompson
Reaper ResearchSep 22, 2021
The Corpse and the Metaphysics of Empire
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Intro music by An Jone/ Outro music by Carmen Maria and Edu Espinal
The Limits of the State
Content warning: Mentions of suicide, assisted suicide, and mass graves.
Episode cover art by Hannah Busing on Unsplash
Intro music by An Jone/ Outro music by Carmen Maria and Edu Espinal
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Exploring Biopower
In the debut episode of Reaper Research, your three host Nia Dokes, Lilia Memarzadeh, and Percie Thompson breakdown the term Biopower created by French philosopher Michel Foucault. Utilizing the the literary works of other philosophers like Giorgio Agamben and Judith Butler, three college students attempt explain biopower to the public. Nia talks about bio power within schools, Lilia explains why we shouldn’t take demographics at face value, and Percie reveals how some lives are move protected by the state than others.
Content warning: Mentions of violence against black and brown bodies, mention of violence against women and people with uteruses
Episode cover art by Katie Moum on Unsplash
Intro music by An Jone/ Outro music by Carmen Maria and Edu Espinal
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- Agamben, orgio, & Heller-Roazen, niel. (1998). Homo sacer: Sovereign power and Bare Life. Stanford University Press.
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- American Civil Liberties Union. https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/immigration-detention-and-coerced-sterilization-history-tragically-repeats-itself/
- Anderson, M. (2020, April 10). Burials on New York Island are not new, but are increasing during pandemic. NPR. Retrieved September 22, 2021, from https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/10/831875297/burials-on-new-york-island-are-not-new-but-are-increasing-during-pandemic.
- Bertani, M., Ewald, F., & Fontana ,A.(2003). Michel Foucault “Society Must Be Defended” Lectures At The College De France, 1975-76. Picador New York, 240-263.
- Butler, Judith. 2009. “Performativity, Precarity and Sexual Politics.” AIBR. Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana 4 (3): i-xiii.
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