Digital Alchemy

Digital Alchemy - Alice Wong, Digital Spaces as Freedom for Disabled Folks

ICA Productions — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:18:57 -0700

This episode features Alice Wong in conversation with Moya Bailey. Alice shares her experience with disabled activism in the digital era and how the advent of the internet enabled Alice to find community and the tools to create her platform. She elaborates one of her digital campaigns #HighRiskCA, which emerged during the COVID vaccine rollout in 2021. Alice also suggests how academics can be accomplices to disabled activists.

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Featuring

Moya Bailey

Alice Wong

Sponsors

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from our guests:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network

Board President, Allied Media Projects

Twitter: @moyazb

IG: @transformisogynoir

Alice Wong

Founder and Director of Disability Visibility Project

Twitter: @SFdirewolf @DisVisibility

Instagram: @disability_visibility

Email: DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com

Newsletter: https://disability-visibility-newsletter.ghost.io

Copy and Audio Editor:

Dominic Bonelli

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

Digital Alchemy - Alex Hanna on Combating AI Injustice

ICA Productions — Fri, 26 May 2023 20:08:07 -0700

This episode features Dr. Alex Hanna in conversation with Professor Moya Bailey. Dr. Hanna discusses how the work of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) has activist applications in seeking to mitigate sociotechnical harms and algorithmic injustice. Dr. Hanna further elaborates on how young professionals interested in AI and machine learning can consciously navigate the industry and work to reconstruct harmful sociotechnical frameworks.

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Featuring

Moya Bailey

Alex Hanna

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from our guests:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Digital Alchemist | Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network

Board President | Allied Media Projects

Twitter: @moyazb

IG: @transformisogynoir

Alex Hanna

Director of Research | Distributed AI Research Institute

Twitter: @alexhanna

Works Referenced in Episode:

Bender, E. M., Gebru, T., McMillan-Major, A., & Shmitchell, S. (2021, March). On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?🦜. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM conference on fairness, accountability, and transparency (pp. 610-623).
Spade, D. (2015). Normal life: Administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law. Duke University Press.

Copy and Audio Editor:

Sharlene Burgos

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

Digital Alchemy- Beth Richie and Dána-Ain Davis on Being Academics and Black Feminist Activists

ICA Productions — Fri, 26 May 2023 20:03:33 -0700

In this episode of Digital Alchemy, academic sisters and political allies, Dr. Beth Richie and Dr. Dána-Ain Davis join Professor Moya Bailey for a conversation about their academic production and social justice work as it pertains to Black feminism, gender-based violence, reproductive injustice, abolition, and medical racism. In the spirit of digital alchemy, which Professor Bailey defines as “black women transform[ing] everyday digital media into valuable social justice magic”, Dr. Richie and Dr. Davis discuss how new technologies can serve as a tool to foster international community and function as an alternate space to continue learning and producing social justice work outside of the confines of academia.

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Featuring

Moya Bailey

Beth Richie

Dána-Ain Davis

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from our guests:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network

Board President, Allied Media Projects

Twitter: @moyazb

IG: @transformisogynoir

Beth Richie

Head of the Department of Criminology, Law & Justice | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

LAS Distinguished Professor & Professor of Black Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

University of Illinois-Chicago

Dána-Ain Davis

Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Psychology & Director and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies | Graduate Center

Director | Center for the Study of Women and Society

City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center

Works Referenced in Episode:

Bryant-Davis, T. (2019). The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema [Audio Podcast].

Lindley, T. (2022). Black Women's Dept. of Labor with Taja Lindley [Audio Podcast].

Copy and Audio Editors:

Bennett Pack

Sharlene Burgos

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

The Intricate Depths of Friendship in Collaboration: Sarah J. Jackson

ICA Productions — Fri, 26 May 2023 13:22:08 -0700

Colleagues Moya Bailey and Sarah J. Jackson discuss their past, present, and future collaborations and the importance of working together in interdisciplinary studies. Sharing some stories of past endeavors and progress on future goals, Moya and Sarah share their thoughts on professional collaborations while maintaining their friendship.

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Featuring

Moya Bailey

Sarah J. Jackson

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from the host & speakers:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Twitter - @Moyazb

Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir

Sarah J. Jackson

Presidential Associate Professor; Co-Director | Annenberg School for Communication; Media, Inequality & Change Center

University of Pennsylvania

Twitter - @sjjphd

Works referenced in episode:

Jackson, S. J., Bailey, M., & Welles, B. F. (2020). # HashtagActivism: Networks of race and gender justice. Mit Press.

Jackson, S. J., Bailey, M., & Foucault Welles, B. (2018). # GirlsLikeUs: Trans advocacy and community building online. New Media & Society, 20(5), 1868-1888.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Daniel Christain

Jo Lampert

Bennett Pack

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

Digital Alchemy - Timnit Gebru, Interdisciplinary, and Distributed AI Research

ICA Productions — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:07:33 -0700

In this episode, Moya Bailey speaks with Timnit Gebru about how her personal life, being born and raised in Ethiopia, and her professional life, most recently working at Google, has prepared her for her most recent efforts as Founder of the Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute. She describes DAIR’s goals to build a distributed, interdisciplinary and diverse coalition to collectively identity and combat algorithmic bias against marginalized communities.

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Featuring

Moya Bailey

Timnit Gebru

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from our guests:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network

Board President, Allied Media Projects

Twitter: @moyazb

IG: @transformisogynoir

Timnit Gebru

Founder & Executive Director | The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Cofounder, Black In AI

Twitter: @TimnitGebru

Works Referenced in Episode:

Cade Metz and Daisuke Wakabayashi (December 3, 2020). Google researcher says she was fired over paper highlighting bias in A.I. New York Times, December 3, 2020.

Raji, I. D., Gebru, T., Mitchell, M., Buolamwini, J., Lee, J., & Denton, E. (2020, February). Saving face: Investigating the ethical concerns of facial recognition auditing. In Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (pp. 145-151).

Copy and Audio Editor:

Dominic Bonelli

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

Digital Alchemy - Miya Osaki, Centering Care in Design

ICA Productions — Thu, 04 May 2023 10:02:37 -0700

This episode features Miya Osaki in conversation with Professor Moya Bailey. Osaki shares her experiences working in systems of care including healthcare and the DIY music scene. These experiences led her to chair the Design For Social Innovation MFA program at the School of Visual Arts. Here, Osaki motivates her students to investigate the impact of health on people, systems, and environments within their work. Osaki relates Digital Alchemy to her work in that digital spaces create communities, but there aren’t enough spaces to allow for transparency and agency in these systems.

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Featuring

Moya Bailey

Miya Osaki

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from our guests:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network

Board President, Allied Media Projects

Twitter: @moyazb

IG: @transformisogynoir

Miya Osaki

Chair | Design For Social Innovation MFA program

School of Visual Arts

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miya-osaki-1a319430

Twitter: @MiyaOsaki

Copy and Audio Editor:

Dominic Bonelli

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

Wendy Chun - Engineering, Networks, and Social Justice Across Disciplines

ICA Productions — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:58:07 -0800

In this episode of Digital Alchemy, Moya Bailey interviews Wendy Chun, the Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media at Simon Fraser University and leader of the Digital Democracies Institute. Dr. Chun discusses how her personal and academic histories converged, motivating her interdisciplinary leadership in digital network and social justice research. She offers a behind-the-scenes take on her book, Discriminating Data: Correlation, Neighborhoods, and the New Politics of Recognition, and discusses how Digital Alchemy has influenced her work.

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Featuring

Moya Bailey

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from the host & speakers:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Twitter - @Moyazb

Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun

Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media | School of Communication

Director | Digital Democracies Institute

Simon Fraser University

Twitter - @whkchun

Twitter - @SFU_DDI

Works referenced in episode:

Chun, W. H. K. (2021). Discriminating data: Correlation, neighborhoods, and the new politics of recognition. MIT Press.

Chun, W. H. K. (2016). Updating to remain the same: Habitual new media. MIT Press.

Chun, W. H. K. (2011). Programmed visions: Software and memory. MIT Press.

Chun, W. H. K. (2008). Control and freedom: Power and paranoia in the age of fiber optics. MIT Press.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Kate In

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown

Digital Alchemy - Aimi Hamraie on media design and disability

ICA Productions — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:44:25 -0800

In this episode of Digital Alchemy, Moya Bailey interviews Aimi Hamraie who is the Associate Professor of Medicine, Health and Society and American Studies at Vanderbilt University, and director of the Critical Design Lab. Aimi discusses their media design, talking about the importance of medium, form, and design in their work and how the digital helps with disability in their design.

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Featuring

Moya Z Bailey

Aimi Hamraie

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from the host & speakers:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Twitter - @Moyazb

Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir

Aimi Hamraie

Associate professor of Medicine, Health, & Society and American Studies

Director, Critical Design Lab

Vanderbilt University

Twitter - @AimiHamraie

Relevant or related works:

Hamraie, A. (2017). Building access: Universal design and the politics of disability. U of Minnesota Press.

Engaging the Past, to Build a Community

ICA Productions — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:35:37 -0700

In this episode of Digital Alchemy, Moya Bailey interviews Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, who is The Charles and Linda Wilson Professor in History of Medicine. Dr. Cooper Owens goes into detail about her journey of becoming a historian and speaker, and how that journey keeps her grounded, yet committed to teaching community-based history. Her story reminds us of all the challenges and personal costs when building the worlds that we need.

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Featuring

Moya Z Bailey

Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from the host & speakers:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Twitter - @Moyazb

Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir

Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens

The Charles and Linda Wilson Professor History of Medicine | University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Director of the Humanities and Medicine program | University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Director of the Program in African American History | Library Company of Philadelphia

Facebook - Diedre Cooper Owens

Twitter - @drcooperowens

LinkedIn - Diedre Cooper Owens

Instagram - @deirdrecooperowens

Relevant or related works:

Owens, D. C. (2017). Medical bondage: Race, gender, and the origins of American gynecology. University of Georgia Press.

Trailer: The International Communication Association Podcast Network

ICA Productions — Wed, 25 May 2022 15:47:35 -0700

The International Communication Association presents the ICA Podcast Network, where we’re grappling with questions about how to navigate, transform, and make sense of a changing world. Our podcasts will bring together scholars and practitioners from around the world to showcase the most exciting and important work in our field and amplify researchers, educators, and advocates who are underrepresented in our field.

We're so excited to introduce One World, One Network‽, Interventions from the Global South, Architects of Communication Scholarship, Digital Alchemy, Feminist Networks and the Conjuncture, Ask Us Anything, Growing Up Comm, JCMC: The Discussion Section, and Communicating for Impact.

Visit our website to learn more and listen to each podcast.

Algorithm of Justice!

ICA Productions — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0700

In this episode of Digital Alchemy, Moya Bailey interviews Sasha Costanza-Chock, who is the Director of Research & Design at the Algorithmic Justice League ( ajlunited.org ). Sasha goes into detail about the journey of the Algorithmic Justice League thus far, and the influence of social movements when it comes to building the worlds that we need.

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Featuring

Moya Z Bailey

Sasha Costanza-Chock

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from the host & speakers:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Twitter - @Moyazb

Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir

Sasha Costanza-Chock

Director of Research and Design | Algorithm Justice League

Faculty Associate | Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society

Committee Member | Steering Committee of the Design Justice Network

Design Justice Network

Algorithmic Justice League

Twitter - @schock

Papers/Journal referred to in episode:

Costanza-Chock, S. (2020). Design justice: Community-led practices to build the worlds we need. The MIT Press.

Jeanette Lee - The Progress of Grassroots Alchemy

ICA Productions — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:20:07 -0800

In this episode of Digital Alchemy, Moya Bailey interviews Jeanette Lee who is the co-executive director of Allied Media Projects. Jeanette discusses her introduction into media-based organizing, the journey thus far with Allied Media Projects, and what the future holds for herself and the rest of humanity.

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Featuring

Moya Z Bailey

Jeanette Lee

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from the host & speakers:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies

Northwestern University

Twitter - @Moyazb

Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir

Jeanette Lee

Co-Executive Director | Allied Media Projects

Allied Media Projects

Twitter - @jeanettelx

Twitter - @Allied_Media

Twitter - @AlliedMediaConf

Trailer Episode

ICA Productions — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:54:03 -0800

For the inaugural episode, Moya Bailey is interviewed about her plans for the Digital Alchemy podcast by PhD students working in her Digital Apothecary lab: Bailey Flynn, Yena Lee, Annika Pinch. Moya also discusses her vision for the podcast and what to expect in future episodes.

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Featuring

Moya Bailey

Bailey Flynn
Yena Lee
Annika Pinch

Sponsor:

Northwestern University School of Communication

More from the host & speakers:

Moya Bailey

Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies
Northwestern University

Twitter - @Moyazb

Instagram - @TransforMisogynoir

Bailey Flynn

PhD Student | Media, Technology, and Society PhD program

Northwestern University

Twitter - @bflynnlearns
Instagram - @natcomm

Yena Lee

PhD Student | Media, Technology, and Society PhD program
Northwestern University
Twitter - @letterhead234

@datasociety

Annika Pinch
PhD Student | Media, Technology, and Society PhD program
Northwestern University
Twitter - @annika_pinch
@NU_MTS