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 Featuring Moya Bailey Alice Won...
Jun 30, 2023•11 min•Ep. 12
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 Featuring Mo...
May 27, 2023•13 min•Ep. 11
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 D...
May 27, 2023•23 min•Ep. 10
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 Featuring Moya Bailey Sarah J. Jackson Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication More from the host & s...
May 26, 2023•14 min•Ep. 9
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 F...
May 25, 2023•16 min•Ep. 8
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,...
May 04, 2023•20 min•Ep. 7
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 discusse...
Jan 31, 2023•20 min•Ep. 6
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 Featuring Moya Z Bailey Aimi Hamraie Sponsor: Northwestern University Scho...
Jan 25, 2023•14 min•Ep. 5
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 Featuring Moya Z Bailey D...
Aug 31, 2022•18 min•Ep. 4
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 Glob...
May 25, 2022•8 min
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. Click here for episode transcript Featuring Moya Z Bailey Sasha Costanza-Chock Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication More from t...
Apr 08, 2022•23 min•Ep. 3
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 Featuring Moya Z Bailey Jeanette Lee Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey Associate Pr...
Feb 25, 2022•18 min•Ep. 2
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 Featuring Moya Bailey Bailey Flynn Yena Lee Annika Pinch Sponsor: Northwestern University School of Communication More from the host & speakers: Moya Bailey Associate Professor ...
Jan 05, 2022•18 min•Ep. 1
