In this episode, we are joined by compa Targol Mesbah, current Anthropology and Social Change professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies and activist-organizer. Targol reflects on the influences and experiences that guided her interest in photography, Third World Cinema, Post-Colonial Theory, and Critical Inquiry. We learn about Targol’s intellectual trajectory and its critical intervention in theories of representation and visual culture. As a collective, we explore our relationships to learning and academia and discuss the possibilities of spaces of learning for transformation and the meaning of creating community collectives and nourishing spaces.