Media Futures Podcast

Podcast by A podcast about how media and cultural studies can shape more just media futures from the Media Futures Hub at UNSW Sydney and @MediaFuturesHub on Twitter.

Spotlight: Maddie Hichens

In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Maddie Hichens joins Associate Professor Tanja Dreher to discuss her PhD research on social media’s digital anxieties. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. Visit the Hub at www.mediafutureshub.org or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

09-18
28:10

Spotlight: Diana Kreemers

In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Diana Kreemers joins Dr Andrew Brooks to discuss her PhD research on the politics of listening to refugee voices. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. Visit the Hub at www.mediafutureshub.org or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

09-11
21:52

Spotlight: Kevin Witzenberger

In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Kevin Witzenberger joins Associate Professor Michael Richardson to discuss his PhD research on predictive technologies in education. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. Visit the Hub at www.mediafutureshub.org or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

09-04
22:23

Spotlight: Danielle Hynes

In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Daniel Hynes joins Dr Astrid Lorange to discuss her PhD research on smart cities and social housing. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. Visit the Hub at www.mediafutureshub.org or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

08-28
23:03

Spotlight: Simon Taylor

In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Simon Taylor joins Associate Professor Tanja Dreher to discuss his PhD research on histories of artificial intelligence and much more. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. Visit the Hub at www.mediafutureshub.org or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

08-21
27:44

Spotlight: Astrid Lorange

In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Dr Astrid Lorange joins Associate Professor Michael Richardson to discuss her new work on the documentary poetics of witnessing state violence. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. Visit the Hub at www.mediafutureshub.org or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

08-14
31:57

Abolition Futures, presented by Infrastructural Inequalities

‘Abolition Futures’ is a standalone podcast episode made by Andrew Brooks, Liam Grealy, and Astrid Lorange, co-facilitators of the Infrastructural Inequalities research network. Infrastructural Inequalities examines the unjust distribution of resources, amenities, and opportunities that shape our society and asks how we might intervene in the reproduction of inequality. Together, we produce exhibitions, public programs, workshops, and edit the Infrastructural Inequalities journal. In 2021, the journal published a special issue called ‘Policing, Crisis, Abolition’, which sought to investigate how crisis, policing, and infrastructure are bound to one another: the essays and interviews collectively ask how an abolitionist approach to infrastructure might move us toward a world where the needs of all are met. Following the publication of the special issue, Infrastructural Inequalities presented a live, online public program – Resistant Media and Abolitionist Futures – co-hosted by the Media Futures Hub at UNSW in May 2021. This podcast draws from the program’s discussions, and features Tabitha Lean, Renee “Rocket” Bretherton, Debbie Kilroy, Dr Amanda Porter, and Alison Whittaker. It was edited and mixed by Andrew Brooks. Original music by Motion and Té. Writing and other resources on abolition, including by our guests, are available at Infrastructural Inequalities: https://infrastructuralinequalities.net. A transcript of the podcast can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/yckj8h3v Further Resources: Bird’s Eye View Podcast: https://www.birdseyeviewpodcast.net/about Rocket Bretherton, ‘If I Were You’, Australian Poetry Journal, 9:1: pp. 26–27: https://www.australianpoetry.org/australian-poetry-journal/ Tabitha Lean, ‘Why I Am An Abolitionist’, Overland, June 2021: https://overland.org.au/2021/06/why-i-am-an-abolitionist/ Tabitha Lean, ‘More Black Than Blue: A Confession’, Sydney Review of Books, June 2022: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/review/gorrie-black-and-blue/ Debbie Kilroy, ‘Imaging Abolition: Thinking outside the prison bars’, Griffith Review 60, April 2018: https://www.griffithreview.com/articles/imagining-abolition-sisters-inside-debbie-kilroy/ Natalie Ironfield, Tabitha Lean, Alison Whittaker, Latoya Aroha Rule, Amanda Porter, ‘Abolition on Indigenous Land’, 2021 John Barry Memorial Lecture, Melbourne University, March 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peA6_WdIbtE&ab_channel=ArtsUnimelb Amanda Porter, ‘Not criminals or passive victims: media need to reframe their representation of Aboriginal deaths in custody’, The Conversation, April 2021: https://theconversation.com/not-criminals-or-passive-victims-media-need-to-reframe-their-representation-of-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-158561 Paul Gregoire, ‘The Inherent Racism of Australian Police: An Interview With Policing Academic Amanda Porter’, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, June 2020: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-inherent-racism-of-australian-police-an-interview-with-policing-academic-amanda-porter/ Alison Whittaker, ‘No news is no news: COVID-19 and the opacity of Australian prisons’, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 33 (2021): pp. 111-119: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10345329.2020.1859964

08-07
40:36

Drone Futures BONUS: Caren Kaplan Q&A

This bonus episodes features the live Q&A from the keynote lecture of the Drone Cultures Symposium by Caren Kaplan, Professor Emirata of American Studies at the UC Davis. Caren is in conversation with Michael Richardson, with questions asked via live chat on YouTube. If you haven't already, check out Caren's talk, along with an opening interview, in our previous episode.

01-18
28:13

Drones Futures E7: Caren Kaplan

On this episode, Michael is joined by Caren Kaplan, Professor Emirata of American Studies at UC Davis. She is the author of numerous books, most recently Aerial Aftermath: Wartime from Above. You can follow her at https://twitter.com/cajakap Drone Futures is hosted by Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, whose research examines the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

01-10
01:23:37

Drone Futures E6: Mahwish Chishty

On this episode, Michael is joined by Mahwish Chishty, a multimedia artist who initially trained as a miniature painter in Pakistan. Her work combines traditional artistic practice with her interest in contemporary politics, particularly the relationship between the US and Pakistan and the impact of drones on life and culture. Drone Futures is hosted by Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, whose research examines the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

12-14
46:08

Drone Futures E5: Thomas Stubblefield

On this episode, Michael is joined by Thomas Stubblefield, Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History and Media Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Thomas is the author of the new book Drone Art: The Everywhere War as Medium (2020). More info on the book can be found at https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520339620/drone-art Drone Futures is hosted by Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, whose research examines the nexus of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

12-04
01:03:06

Drone Futures BONUS: Q&A with J.D. Schnepf

This bonus episodes features the live Q&A from a talk given at the Media Futures Hub by Dr J.D. Schnepf, Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Jen is in conversation with Michael Richardson, with questions asked via live chat on YouTube. If you haven't already, check out Jen's talk, along with an opening interview, in our previous episode.

11-11
27:52

Drones Futures E4: J.D. Schnepf

On this episode, Michael is joined by Dr J.D. Schnepf, Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the literature and culture of the US security state, surveillance technologies, extractive infrastructures, and the War on Terror. You can follow her at https://twitter.com/jd_schnepf. Drone Futures is hosted by Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, whose research examines the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

11-06
01:02:14

Drone Futures BONUS: Q&A with Katherine Chandler

This bonus episodes features the live Q&A from a talk given by Dr Katherine Chandler, a media studies scholar and author of Unmanning: How Humans, Machines and Media Perform Drone Warfare, at the Media Futures Hub. Kate is in conversation with Michael Richardson, with questions asked via live chat on YouTube. If you haven't already, check out Kate's talk, along with an opening interview, in our previous episode. This is the third in a six-part series called Drone Futures, based on a virtual public seminar series at the Media Futures Hub. Drone Futures brings together leading artists, humanities and social science scholars whose research intersects with the emerging field of drone studies. From the neo-colonial violence of contemporary wars in the Middle East and Africa to the strange histories of unmanned aerial vehicles to activist uses in struggles for justice, this seminar series looks to the past and present to think into the future. Visit https://www.dronewitnessing.com/drone-futures for more info. Katherine Chandler studies the intersection of technology, media and politics through a range of scales and forms. She is an assistant professor in the Culture and Politics Program in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Her first monograph, Unmanning: How Humans, Machines and Media Perform Drone Warfare, examines unmanned aircraft from 1936 - 1992. She asks how life and death are adjudicated through conditions organized as if control were ''unmanned'' and outlines how politics is disavowed as a result. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley with a Designated Emphasis in New Media. You can learn more about her work at http://katherinechandler.net/. Michael Richardson is Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, examining the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

10-28
33:08

Drone Futures E3: Katherine Chandler

On this episode, Michael Richardson is joined by Dr Katherine Chandler, a media studies scholar and author of Unmanning: How Humans, Machines and Media Perform Drone Warfare. First Michael interviews Kate about her work, then you’ll hear Kate deliver a talk based on her book. This is the third in a six-part series called Drone Futures, based on a virtual public seminar series at the Media Futures Hub. Drone Futures brings together leading artists, humanities and social science scholars whose research intersects with the emerging field of drone studies. From the neo-colonial violence of contemporary wars in the Middle East and Africa to the strange histories of unmanned aerial vehicles to activist uses in struggles for justice, this seminar series looks to the past and present to think into the future. Visit https://www.dronewitnessing.com/drone-futures for more info. Katherine Chandler studies the intersection of technology, media and politics through a range of scales and forms. She is an assistant professor in the Culture and Politics Program in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Her first monograph, Unmanning: How Humans, Machines and Media Perform Drone Warfare, examines unmanned aircraft from 1936 - 1992. She asks how life and death are adjudicated through conditions organized as if control were ''unmanned'' and outlines how politics is disavowed as a result. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley with a Designated Emphasis in New Media. You can learn more about her work at http://katherinechandler.net/. Michael Richardson is Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, examining the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

10-19
01:05:18

Drone Futurers BONUS: Live Q&A with Antoine Bousquet + Jairus Grove

This bonus episodes features the live Q&A from a talk given by Dr Ronak K. Kapadia, a cultural theorist and author of Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War, at the Media Futures Hub. Ronak is in conversation with Michael Richardson, with questions asked via live chat on YouTube. If you haven't already, check out Ronak's talk, along with an opening interview, in our previous episode. Drone Futures brings together leading artists, humanities and social science scholars whose research intersects with the emerging field of drone studies. From the neo-colonial violence of contemporary wars in the Middle East and Africa to the strange histories of unmanned aerial vehicles to activist uses in struggles for justice, this seminar series looks to the past and present to think into the future. Visit https://www.dronewitnessing.com/drone-futures for more info. Antoine Bousquet is Reader in International Relations at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of The Eye of War: Military Perception from the Telescope to the Drone, which is a deeply researched and carefully argued exploration of what Antoine calls ‘the martial gaze’. https://twitter.com/ajbousquet Jairus Grove is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Hawai‘i Research Center for Future Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. He is the author of Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World, one of the most startling and unsettling works of political theory of recent times and a book that has helped me think through how to understand where we’re at in geopolitics and the life of war. https://twitter.com/savageecology Michael Richardson is Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, examining the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

09-24
33:18

Drone Futures E2: Antoine Bousquet + Jairus Grove

On this episode, Michael Richardson is joined by Antoine Bousquet and Jairus Grove, two of the most fascinating thinkers in international relations and critical security studies today. First, Michael interviews Antoine and Jairus about their work, then you'll hear our two guests in dialogue on "Martial Autonomies: Rise of the War Machines". This is the second in a six-part series called Drone Futures, based on a virtual public seminar series at the Media Futures Hub. Drone Futures brings together leading artists, humanities and social science scholars whose research intersects with the emerging field of drone studies. From the neo-colonial violence of contemporary wars in the Middle East and Africa to the strange histories of unmanned aerial vehicles to activist uses in struggles for justice, this seminar series looks to the past and present to think into the future. Visit https://www.dronewitnessing.com/drone-futures for more info. Antoine Bousquet is Reader in International Relations at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of The Eye of War: Military Perception from the Telescope to the Drone, which is a deeply researched and carefully argued exploration of what Antoine calls ‘the martial gaze’. https://twitter.com/ajbousquet Jairus Grove is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Hawai‘i Research Center for Future Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. He is the author of Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World, one of the most startling and unsettling works of political theory of recent times and a book that has helped me think through how to understand where we’re at in geopolitics and the life of war. https://twitter.com/savageecology Michael Richardson is Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, examining the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

09-16
01:02:32

Drone Futures BONUS: Live Q&A with Ronak K. Kapadia

This bonus episodes features the live Q&A from a talk given by Dr Ronak K. Kapadia, a cultural theorist and author of Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War, at the Media Futures Hub. Ronak is in conversation with Michael Richardson, with questions asked via live chat on YouTube. If you haven't already, check out Ronak's talk, along with an opening interview, in our previous episode. Drone Futures brings together leading artists, humanities and social science scholars whose research intersects with the emerging field of drone studies. From the neo-colonial violence of contemporary wars in the Middle East and Africa to the strange histories of unmanned aerial vehicles to activist uses in struggles for justice, this seminar series looks to the past and present to think into the future. Visit https://www.dronewitnessing.com/drone-futures for more info. Ronak K. Kapadia is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His first book, Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War (Duke University Press, 2019), theorizes the queer world-making power of contemporary art responses to US militarism in the Greater Middle East. His new project, “Breathing in the Brown Queer Commons,” examines race-radical queer and trans migrant futurisms to develop a critical theory of healing justice and pleasure across transnational sites of security, terror, and war in the wilds of ecological chaos and US imperial decline. https://twitter.com/ProfKapadia Michael Richardson is Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, examining the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

08-30
31:07

Drone Futures E1: Ronak K. Kapadia

On this episode, Michael Richardson is joined by Dr Ronak K. Kapadia, a cultural theorist and author of Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War, to talk about art and the human terrain of drone warfare. First Michael interviews Ronak about his work, then you’ll hear Ronak deliver a talk based on his book. This is the first in a six-part series called Drone Futures, based on a virtual public seminar series at the Media Futures Hub. Drone Futures brings together leading artists, humanities and social science scholars whose research intersects with the emerging field of drone studies. From the neo-colonial violence of contemporary wars in the Middle East and Africa to the strange histories of unmanned aerial vehicles to activist uses in struggles for justice, this seminar series looks to the past and present to think into the future. Visit https://www.dronewitnessing.com/drone-futures for more info. Ronak K. Kapadia is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His first book, Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War (Duke University Press, 2019), theorizes the queer world-making power of contemporary art responses to US militarism in the Greater Middle East. His new project, “Breathing in the Brown Queer Commons,” examines race-radical queer and trans migrant futurisms to develop a critical theory of healing justice and pleasure across transnational sites of security, terror, and war in the wilds of ecological chaos and US imperial decline. https://twitter.com/ProfKapadia Michael Richardson is Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, examining the intersection of war, culture and technology. https://twitter.com/richardson_m_a Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and cultural studies to shape the theories, methods and practices needed for more just media futures. https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub

08-21
01:03:51

Politics of Listening E4: Listening Interventions with Justine Lloyd, Cate Thill, Tanja Dreher

This episode features Justine Lloyd (Macquarie), Cate Thill (Notre Dame) and Tanja Dreher (UNSW) on the key achievements and future directions for research on the ethics, practices and politics of listening, and marks 10 years since The Listening Project (2008 – 2010), funded by the Australian Research Council’s Cultural Research Network and co-convened by Tanja Dreher, Justine Lloyd, Penny O’Donnell and Cate Thill. Speakers reflect on the turn to listening as making important contributions to political equality in the face of established hierarches of attention. It has generated new insights about how to foster democratic participation across a wide range of fields, including media and cultural studies, disability studies, political theory, sociology, science and technology studies – highlighting interests in listening and settler colonialism, critical theories of listening, technologies of listening and listening and the politics of difference. The panel will also points to future directions, or the challenges and opportunities for listening-oriented research in Australia and emerging international networks. The Politics of Listening is a series of four podcasts from the Media Futures Hub inspired by the recent ‘turn to listening’ in media studies, cultural studies and political theory. The series was recorded at The Politics of Listening 2018 conference at the University of New South Wales. This interdisciplinary conference brought together scholars, artist-researchers and cultural practitioners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, South Africa and beyond whose work engages with listening in various ways: as a political practice; as a critical frame; as an alternative politics; as a contribution to justice and/or as an ethics of relation. It was the first international academic conference on critical studies of listening. This podcasts mini-series is produced by Dr Poppy de Souza and A/Prof Tanja Dreher www.politicsoflistening2018.com/

06-23
37:27

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