Digital Alchemy

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.Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Bailey Alice WongSponsorsNorthwestern University School of Communication More from our guests:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityDigital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy NetworkBoard President, Allied Media ProjectsTwitter: @moyazbIG: @transformisogynoirAlice WongFounder and Director of Disability Visibility ProjectTwitter: @SFdirewolf @DisVisibilityInstagram: @disability_visibilityEmail: [email protected]: https://disability-visibility-newsletter.ghost.ioCopy and Audio Editor:  Dominic Bonelli Executive Producer:DeVante Brown

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.Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Bailey Alex HannaSponsor:Northwestern University School of Communication More from our guests:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityDigital Alchemist | Octavia E. Butler Legacy NetworkBoard President | Allied Media ProjectsTwitter: @moyazbIG: @transformisogynoirAlex HannaDirector of Research | Distributed AI Research Institute Twitter: @alexhannaWorks 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

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. Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Bailey Beth Richie Dána-Ain Davis Sponsor:Northwestern University School of Communication More from our guests:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityDigital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy NetworkBoard President, Allied Media ProjectsTwitter: @moyazbIG: @transformisogynoirBeth Richie Head of the Department of Criminology, Law & Justice | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesLAS Distinguished Professor & Professor of Black Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Illinois-ChicagoDána-Ain DavisProfessor of Anthropology, Professor of Psychology & Director and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies | Graduate CenterDirector | 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

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. Click here for the episode transcript  FeaturingMoya BaileySarah J. Jackson Sponsor:Northwestern University School of CommunicationMore from the host & speakers:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityTwitter - @MoyazbInstagram - @TransforMysogynoirSarah J. JacksonPresidential Associate Professor; Co-Director | Annenberg School for Communication; Media, Inequality & Change CenterUniversity of PennsylvaniaTwitter - @sjjphdWorks 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 ChristainJo LampertBennett PackExecutive Producer:DeVante Brown

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.Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Bailey Timnit GebruSponsor:Northwestern University School of Communication More from our guests:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityDigital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy NetworkBoard President, Allied Media ProjectsTwitter: @moyazbIG: @transformisogynoirTimnit GebruFounder & Executive Director | The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)Cofounder, Black In AITwitter: @TimnitGebruWorks 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

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.Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Bailey Miya OsakiSponsor:Northwestern University School of Communication More from our guests:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityDigital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy NetworkBoard President, Allied Media ProjectsTwitter: @moyazbIG: @transformisogynoirMiya OsakiChair | Design For Social Innovation MFA programSchool of Visual ArtsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miya-osaki-1a319430Twitter: @MiyaOsakiCopy and Audio Editor:  Dominic BonelliExecutive Producer:DeVante Brown

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. Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya BaileyWendy Hui Kyong Chun Sponsor:Northwestern University School of CommunicationMore from the host & speakers:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityTwitter - @MoyazbInstagram - @TransforMysogynoirWendy Hui Kyong ChunCanada 150 Research Chair in New Media | School of CommunicationDirector | Digital Democracies InstituteSimon Fraser UniversityTwitter - @whkchunTwitter - @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 InExecutive Producer:DeVante Brown

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.Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Z BaileyAimi Hamraie Sponsor:Northwestern University School of CommunicationMore from the host & speakers:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityTwitter - @MoyazbInstagram - @TransforMysogynoir Aimi HamraieAssociate professor of Medicine, Health, & Society and American StudiesDirector, Critical Design LabVanderbilt UniversityTwitter - @AimiHamraieRelevant or related works:Hamraie, A. (2017). Building access: Universal design and the politics of disability. U of Minnesota Press.

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.  Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Z BaileyDr. Deirdre Cooper OwensSponsor:Northwestern University School of CommunicationMore from the host & speakers:  Moya BaileyAssociate Professor | Department of Communication StudiesNorthwestern UniversityTwitter - @MoyazbInstagram - @TransforMysogynoir Dr. Deirdre Cooper OwensThe Charles and Linda Wilson Professor History of Medicine | University of Nebraska - LincolnDirector of the Humanities and Medicine program | University of Nebraska - LincolnDirector of the Program in African American History | Library Company of PhiladelphiaFacebook - Diedre Cooper Owens Twitter - @drcooperowensLinkedIn - Diedre Cooper OwensInstagram - @deirdrecooperowensRelevant or related works:Owens, D. C. (2017). Medical bondage: Race, gender, and the origins of American gynecology. University of Georgia Press.

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