We’re looking at the tea plantation industry and how climate change perpetuates a cycle of exploitation. Cultural anthropologist Sarah Besky, an Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Labor Relations at Cornell University, discusses pressing issues of labor inequality, changing consumer patterns, misleading advertising, settlement laws, and what it means to orient one’s life around sick landscapes.
You can learn more about Sarah Besky’s research and publications at https://sites.google.com/cornell.edu/sarah-besky
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.com/about-us
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