Digital Alchemy

About Digital Alchemy

With Moya Bailey

Publisher

ICA Productions

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jan 2022

Latest episode

30 Jun 2023

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jun 2023

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

   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 (https://otter.ai/u/wsTzZH2ZnK79lVKh099DHGCcoGk?tab=summary) Featuring Moya Bailey Alice Wong Sponsors Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from our guests: Moya Bailey (https://www.moyabailey.com/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network (http://octaviabutlerlegacy.com/) Board President, Allied Media Projects (https://alliedmedia.org/) Twitter: @moyazb (https://twitter.com/moyazb?lang=en) IG: @transformisogynoir (https://www.instagram.com/transformisogynoir/?hl=en) Alice Wong (https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/) Founder and Director of Disability Visibility Project (https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/) Twitter: @SFdirewolf (https://twitter.com/SFdirewolf) @DisVisibility (https://twitter.com/DisVisibility) Instagram: @disability_visibility (https://www.instagram.com/disability_visibility/) Email: DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com (mailto:DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com) Newsletter: https://disability-visibility-newsletter.ghost.io (https://disability-visibility-newsletter.ghost.io/) Copy and Audio Editor: Dominic Bonelli Executive Producer: DeVante Brown

2. 

   27 May 2023

   Digital Alchemy - Alex Hanna on Combating AI Injustice

   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 (https://otter.ai/u/_9Q7tvf73Ouz_aqIphf0NjeqCs4?utm_source=copy_url) Featuring Moya Bailey Alex Hanna Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from our guests: Moya Bailey (https://www.moyabailey.com/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University Digital Alchemist | Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network (http://octaviabutlerlegacy.com/) Board President | Allied Media Projects (https://alliedmedia.org/) Twitter: @moyazb (https://twitter.com/moyazb?lang=en) IG: @transformisogynoir (https://www.instagram.com/transformisogynoir/?hl=en) Alex Hanna (https://alex-hanna.com/) Director of Research | Distributed AI Research Institute  (https://www.dair-institute.org/) Twitter: @alexhanna (https://twitter.com/alexhanna?lang=en) 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). (https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3442188.3445922) Spade, D. (2015). Normal life: Administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law. Duke University Press. (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=GYgwCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT13&dq=Normal+Life+Administrative+Violence,+Critical+Trans+Politics,+and+the+Limits+of+Law&ots=0dxuWtrGEw&sig=FJ1pd1oTMmA6rMJrWkA2NfgVISE#v=onepage&q=Normal%20Life%20Administrative%20Violence%2C%20Critical%20Trans%20Politics%2C%20and%20the%20Limits%20of%20Law&f=false) Copy and Audio Editor: Sharlene Burgos Executive Producer: DeVante Brown

3. 

   27 May 2023

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

   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 (https://otter.ai/u/mNQdIe4ViWmdpVMtyzSGKaXY-t8?utm_source=copy_url) Featuring Moya Bailey Beth Richie Dána-Ain Davis Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from our guests: Moya Bailey (https://www.moyabailey.com/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network (http://octaviabutlerlegacy.com/) Board President, Allied Media Projects (https://alliedmedia.org/) Twitter: @moyazb (https://twitter.com/moyazb?lang=en) IG: @transformisogynoir (https://www.instagram.com/transformisogynoir/?hl=en) Beth Richie  (https://clj.uic.edu/profiles/beth-e-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 (https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/dana-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  (https://www.gc.cuny.edu/center-study-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]. (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-homecoming-podcast-with-dr-thema/id1471604689) Lindley, T. (2022). Black Women's Dept. of Labor with Taja Lindley [Audio Podcast]. (https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/) Copy and Audio Editors: Bennett Pack Sharlene Burgos Executive Producer: DeVante Brown

4. 

   26 May 2023

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

   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  (https://otter.ai/u/bkbYVaGMj_BBe1Znp8y54OzDCpw?utm_source=copy_url) Featuring Moya Bailey Sarah J. Jackson Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey (https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/moya-bailey/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University (https://www.northwestern.edu/) Twitter - @Moyazb Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir Sarah J. Jackson (https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/sarah-j-jackson-phd) Presidential Associate Professor; Co-Director | Annenberg School for Communication; Media, Inequality & Change Center University of Pennsylvania (https://www.upenn.edu/) Twitter - @sjjphd (https://twitter.com/sjjphd) Works referenced in episode: Jackson, S. J., Bailey, M., & Welles, B. F. (2020). # HashtagActivism: Networks of race and gender justice. Mit Press. (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=zoHRDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=+%23HashtagActivism+Networks+of+Race+and+Gender+Justice&ots=JHQmmuneyk&sig=P_rSHipkEqCvYPpoXd-Emz2s-3o#v=onepage&q=%23HashtagActivism%20Networks%20of%20Race%20and%20Gender%20Justice&f=false) Jackson, S. J., Bailey, M., & Foucault Welles, B. (2018). # GirlsLikeUs: Trans advocacy and community building online. New Media & Society, 20(5), 1868-1888.  (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444817709276?journalCode=nmsa) Copy and Audio Editors: Daniel Christain Jo Lampert Bennett Pack Executive Producer: DeVante Brown

5. 

   25 May 2023

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

   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 (https://otter.ai/u/a_HIrxD7jLKfh37FZLGQiO0UnVI?utm_source=copy_url) Featuring Moya Bailey Timnit Gebru Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from our guests: Moya Bailey (https://www.moyabailey.com/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network (http://octaviabutlerlegacy.com/) Board President, Allied Media Projects (https://alliedmedia.org/) Twitter: @moyazb (https://twitter.com/moyazb?lang=en) IG: @transformisogynoir (https://www.instagram.com/transformisogynoir/?hl=en) Timnit Gebru Founder & Executive Director | The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) (https://www.dair-institute.org/) Cofounder, Black In AI (https://blackinai.github.io/#/) Twitter: @TimnitGebru (https://twitter.com/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. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/technology/google-researcher-timnit-gebru.html) 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). (https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3375627.3375820) Copy and Audio Editor: Dominic Bonelli Executive Producer: DeVante Brown

6. 

   4 May 2023

   Digital Alchemy - Miya Osaki, Centering Care in Design

   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 (https://otter.ai/u/pQFNhDzY2AGGQbgQrkkDlU9UxFI?tab=summary&q=in%3AThis+Conversation+agency&i=0) Featuring Moya Bailey Miya Osaki Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from our guests: Moya Bailey (https://www.moyabailey.com/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network (http://octaviabutlerlegacy.com/) Board President, Allied Media Projects (https://alliedmedia.org/) Twitter: @moyazb (https://twitter.com/moyazb?lang=en) IG: @transformisogynoir (https://www.instagram.com/transformisogynoir/?hl=en) Miya Osaki (https://dsi.sva.edu/people/faculty/miya-osaki/) Chair | Design For Social Innovation MFA program School of Visual Arts LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miya-osaki-1a319430 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/miya-osaki-1a319430) Twitter: @MiyaOsaki (https://twitter.com/MiyaOsaki?t=2l3o-XSD0L_ht6V4VQUEmw&s=09) Copy and Audio Editor: Dominic Bonelli Executive Producer: DeVante Brown

7. 

   31 Jan 2023

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

   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 (https://otter.ai/u/8NSJ6FEWvBwFzUsbeV5UYv69tWY) Featuring Moya Bailey Wendy Hui Kyong Chun Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey (https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/moya-bailey/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University (https://www.northwestern.edu/) Twitter - @Moyazb (https://twitter.com/moyazb) Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir (https://www.instagram.com/transformisogynoir/) Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (https://www.sfu.ca/communication/people/faculty/wendy-chun.html) Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media | School of Communication Director | Digital Democracies Institute Simon Fraser University (https://www.sfu.ca/) Twitter - @whkchun (https://twitter.com/whkchun?lang=en) Twitter - @SFU_DDI (https://twitter.com/SFU_DDI) Works referenced in episode: Chun, W. H. K. (2021). Discriminating data: Correlation, neighborhoods, and the new politics of recognition. MIT Press. (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=sCMZEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=Discriminating+Data+Correlation,+Neighborhoods,+and+the+New+Politics+of+Recognition&ots=LWlw1yduTF&sig=OrNT9AmuNn2n4JuxQTpjJzWp7w0#v=onepage&q=Discriminating%20Data%20Correlation%2C%20Neighborhoods%2C%20and%20the%20New%20Politics%20of%20Recognition&f=false) Chun, W. H. K. (2016). Updating to remain the same: Habitual new media. MIT Press. (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=9bFIDAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=Updating+to+Remain+the+Same+Habitual+New+Media&ots=ezEGnPwP91&sig=qrnIdi_cWsYvLbACg07P7CQwQDE#v=onepage&q=Updating%20to%20Remain%20the%20Same%20Habitual%20New%20Media&f=false) Chun, W. H. K. (2011). Programmed visions: Software and memory. MIT Press. (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=n15KIako-s4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=+Programmed+Visions++Software+and+Memory&ots=RXqLt0rt8h&sig=DDqkcWYe0v6i6bXoVk70U7Uh5pA#v=onepage&q=Programmed%20Visions%20%20Software%20and%20Memory&f=false) Chun, W. H. K. (2008). Control and freedom: Power and paranoia in the age of fiber optics. MIT Press. (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=yOaNXCxt1vgC&oi=fnd&pg=PP6&dq=+Control+and+Freedom++Power+and+Paranoia+in+the+Age+of+Fiber+Optics&ots=A0PejW6maE&sig=_2-bzg86Mu6xdoZmGfEjC7qEC_Y#v=onepage&q=Control%20and%20Freedom%20%20Power%20and%20Paranoia%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20Fiber%20Optics&f=false) Copy and Audio Editors: Kate In Executive Producer: DeVante Brown

8. 

   25 Jan 2023

   Digital Alchemy - Aimi Hamraie on media design and disability

   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 (https://otter.ai/u/ctmUHf0laHJvN21HXGxtYi7TWGU?f=home&tab=summary) Featuring Moya Z Bailey Aimi Hamraie Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey (https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/moya-bailey/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University (https://www.northwestern.edu/) Twitter - @Moyazb Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir Aimi Hamraie (https://aimihamraie.com/) 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. (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=3Cl0DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT7&dq=Building+Access+Universal+Design+and+the+Politics+of+Disability&ots=86GIe9_RPJ&sig=rRreVb7t8Ai5njckLcBRwgxlonE#v=onepage&q=Building%20Access%20Universal%20Design%20and%20the%20Politics%20of%20Disability&f=false)

9. 

   31 Aug 2022

   Engaging the Past, to Build a Community

   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 (https://otter.ai/u/XVukZP9MIzYapsRzVZUSn8PJNdI) Featuring Moya Z Bailey Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey (https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/moya-bailey/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University (https://www.northwestern.edu/) Twitter - @Moyazb Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens (https://www.deirdrecooperowens.com/bio) The Charles and Linda Wilson Professor History of Medicine | University of Nebraska - Lincoln (https://www.unl.edu/hmed/) Director of the Humanities and Medicine program | University of Nebraska - Lincoln (https://www.unl.edu/hmed/) Director of the Program in African American History | Library Company of Philadelphia Facebook - Diedre Cooper Owens (https://www.facebook.com/MedicalBondage/) Twitter - @drcooperowens LinkedIn - Diedre Cooper Owens (https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-cooper-owens-559574b6/) Instagram - @deirdrecooperowens Relevant or related works: Owens, D. C. (2017). Medical bondage: Race, gender, and the origins of American gynecology. University of Georgia Press. (https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30659)

10. 

    25 May 2022

    Trailer: The International Communication Association Podcast Network

    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.

11. 

    8 Apr 2022

    Algorithm of Justice!

    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 (http://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. Click here for episode transcript (https://otter.ai/u/OpbCSPoH7elYMMGl6L3Bg92wYLI?f=home) Featuring Moya Z Bailey Sasha Costanza-Chock Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey (https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/moya-bailey/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University (https://www.northwestern.edu/) Twitter - @Moyazb Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir Sasha Costanza-Chock (https://www.schock.cc/?page_id=13) 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 (https://designjustice.org/) Algorithmic Justice League (https://www.ajl.org/) 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. (https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43542)

12. 

    25 Feb 2022

    Jeanette Lee - The Progress of Grassroots Alchemy

    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. Click here for the episode transcript (https://otter.ai/u/vbVChMx7khgsLcKPscZleY8YAn4) Featuring Moya Z Bailey Jeanette Lee Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey (https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/moya-bailey/) Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University (https://www.northwestern.edu/) Twitter - @Moyazb Instagram - @TransforMysogynoir Jeanette Lee (https://alliedmedia.org/people/jeanette-lee) Co-Executive Director | Allied Media Projects Allied Media Projects (https://alliedmedia.org/speaker-projects/detroit-community-technology-project) Twitter - @jeanettelx Twitter - @Allied_Media (https://twitter.com/allied_media) Twitter - @AlliedMediaConf (https://twitter.com/AlliedMediaConf)

13. 

    5 Jan 2022

    Trailer Episode

    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. Click here for the episode transcript (https://otter.ai/u/_hQAKrkZB67f7QaEZ3-VJbUN5iU) Featuring Moya Bailey Bailey Flynn Yena Lee Annika Pinch Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication (https://communication.northwestern.edu/) More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University (https://communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/moya-bailey/) Twitter - @Moyazb Instagram - @TransforMisogynoir Bailey Flynn PhD Student | Media, Technology, and Society PhD program Northwestern University (https://mts.northwestern.edu/students/) Twitter - @bflynnlearns Instagram - @natcomm Yena Lee PhD Student | Media, Technology, and Society PhD program Northwestern University (https://mts.northwestern.edu/students/) Twitter - @letterhead234 @datasociety Annika Pinch PhD Student | Media, Technology, and Society PhD program Northwestern University (https://mts.northwestern.edu/students/) Twitter - @annika_pinch @NU_MTS

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