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