Technoscience

In this tenth episode - also the last episode of Technoscience: Season 1 - Michelle Murphy speaks to Konstantin Georgiev. Dr Murphy is Professor in the History Department and Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the director of University of Toronto’s Technoscience Research Unit, which focuses on critical and social justice approaches to the study of science and technology. Murphy is also part of the editorial board of the journal Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience and their most recent book, The Economization of Life (Duke University Press, 2017), won the Fleck Prize awarded by the Society for Social Studies of Science to an outstanding book in science and technology studies (STS). In that book, Murphy analyses the histories of Western ways of measuring and controlling human populations. More information on Dr Murphy’s work can be found at their website: https://michellemurphy.net.

This podcast is made with the support of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) and produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with assistance from Alison Kenner, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Juan Francisco Salazar and Duygu Kasdogan. Editing by Timothy Neale and Konstantin Georgiev. Transcription by Konstantin Georgiev and Teresa Hoard-Jackson. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/node/5357

In this episode, Teresa Hoard-Jackson speaks with Michael MJ Fischer. Dr Fischer is Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of several books including 'Anthropological Futures' (Duke University Press, 2009) and, most recently, 'Anthropology in the Meantime' (Duke University Press, 2018). He conducts fieldwork in the Caribbean, Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and writes on an extensive range of topics including anthropological methods and the anthropology of biosciences, media circuits, and emergent forms of life.

This podcast is made with the support of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) and produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with assistance from Alison Kenner, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Juan Francisco Salazar and Duygu Kasdogan. Editing by Timothy Neale and Konstantin Georgiev. Transcription by Konstantin Georgiev and Teresa Hoard-Jackson. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/episode-9-michael-mj-fischer

In this episode, Konstantin Georgiev speaks to J. R. Latham. Dr Latham is Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University and Honorary Fellow in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. He is a feminist theorist who specializes in the study of health and illness, combining critical concepts of ‘drugs’, ageing and narrative with bioethics, queer theory, and science and technology studies. His first book, Making Maleness: Trans Men and the Politics of Medicine, is forthcoming with the University of Minnesota Press. He is on Twitter at @drjrlatham

This podcast is made with the support of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) and produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with assistance from Alison Kenner, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Juan Francisco Salazar and Duygu Kasdogan. Editing by Timothy Neale and Konstantin Georgiev. Transcription by Konstantin Georgiev and Teresa Hoard-Jackson. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/node/5356

In this episode, Duygu Kasdogan speaks to Lesley Green. Dr Green is Professor of Anthropology in the School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Cape Town and deputy director of Environmental Humanities South. Dr Green’s research explores a wide variety of topics including environmental knowledges, the production of scientific authority, the challenges of decoloniality, climate disorder, and the Anthropocene. She is the author of Rock | Water | Life: Ecology and Humanities for a Decolonial South Africa and coauthor of Knowing the Day, Knowing the World: Engaging Amerindian Thought in Public Archaeology. Find out more about here work at the University of Cape Town website.

This podcast is made with the support of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) and produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with assistance from Alison Kenner, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Juan Francisco Salazar and Duygu Kasdogan. Editing by Timothy Neale and Konstantin Georgiev. Transcription by Konstantin Georgiev and Teresa Hoard-Jackson. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/episode-7-lesley-green

In this episode, Teresa Hoard-Jackson speaks to Deboleena Roy. Dr Roy is Professor of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology (NBB) and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at Emory University. Roy received her PhD in reproductive neuroendocrinology and molecular biology at the University of Toronto and her areas of research and teaching include neuroscience, molecular biology, feminist science and technology studies, feminist theory, postcolonial studies, and reproductive justice movements. Her book Molecular Feminisms: Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab was published by the University of Washington Press in 2018, and her research has been published in several anthologies including Handbook for Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis (2011) and Gendered Neurocultures: Feminist and Queer Perspectives on Current Brain Discourses (2014), and numerous academic journals. You can find her on Twitter at @deboleena_roy

This podcast is made with the support of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) and produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with assistance from Alison Kenner, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Juan Francisco Salazar and Duygu Kasdogan. Editing by Timothy Neale and Konstantin Georgiev. Transcription by Konstantin Georgiev and Teresa Hoard-Jackson. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/episode-6-deboleena-roy

In this episode, Teresa Hoard-Jackson speaks to Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo. Dr Lumumba-Kasongo is a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Humanities with the Department of Music at Brown University. Her PhD thesis, completed in Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University, was based on ethnographic work between 2013 and 2019 at community-studios in Upstate New York, Pittsburgh, PA, Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a hip hop education program in Brooklyn, NY. More broadly, her academic work explores the politics of community-studios, music production, recording services and education, and her creative work as an Afrofuturist rapper and producer - under the moniker Sammus - focuses primarily on black feminist politics and Afrodiasporic identities as they are negotiated from behind and in front of the screens that govern modern life.

This podcast is made with the support of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) and produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with assistance from Alison Kenner, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Juan Francisco Salazar and Duygu Kasdogan. Editing by Timothy Neale and Konstantin Georgiev. Transcription by Konstantin Georgiev and Teresa Hoard-Jackson. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/episode-5-enongo-lumumba-kasongo

In this episode, Aadita Chaudhury speaks to Ulrike Felt. Dr. Felt is a Professor and Head of the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Vienna. She also leads the research platform Responsible Research and Innovation in Academic Practice and is the current president of the European Association for the Study of Science & Technology (EASST). In this episode, she speaks about her journey from theoretical physics into the world of STS and shares her thoughts on the future of the field and the possible challenges that lie ahead. She is on Twitter at @Ulrike_Felt.

Technoscience is a new initiative supported by the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) to share the exciting work being done in science and technology studies (or STS) with wider audiences who are curious about the field. In this podcast series you will hear interviews with STS scholars about a range of issues, including what the field means to them, some of its big debates, and what its future might yet be. Technoscience is produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with support from Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Duygu Kasdogan, Alison Kenner, and Juan Francisco Salazar. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/episode-4-ulrike-felt

In this episode, Alison Kenner speaks to Max Liboiron. Dr Liboiron is Assistant Professor in Geography at Memorial University, where she directs Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), a feminist, anti-colonial marine science laboratory that specializes in grassroots environmental monitoring of plastic pollution. Their in-progress manuscript builds on this work to articulate pollution as a form of colonialism. Liboiron also runs Discard Studies, an interdisciplinary hub for research on waste and wasting and is the Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Research) at Memorial University.

Technoscience is a new initiative supported by the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) to share the exciting work being done in science and technology studies (or STS) with wider audiences who are curious about the field. In this podcast series you will hear interviews with STS scholars about a range of issues, including what the field means to them, some of its big debates, and what its future might yet be. Technoscience is produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with support from Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Duygu Kasdogan, Alison Kenner, and Juan Francisco Salazar. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/episode-3-max-liboiron

In this episode, Aadita Chaudhury speaks to Wen-Hua Kuo. Dr. Kuo is a Professor at the National Yang-Ming University in Taipei, Taiwan, specializing in STS and the history and social study of medicine in the 20th century. He is also the editor of East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (EASTS). He has won the Edge Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science for his article “The Voice on the Bridge: Taiwan's Regulatory Engagement with Global Pharmaceuticals”. In this episode, Dr. Kuo talks about his journey from medicine to STS, his current research and the trends in East Asian STS research, its futures and its challenges.

Technoscience is a new initiative supported by the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) to share the exciting work being done in science and technology studies (or STS) with wider audiences who are curious about the field. In this podcast series you will hear interviews with STS scholars about a range of issues, including what the field means to them, some of its big debates, and what its future might yet be. Technoscience is produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with support from Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Duygu Kasdogan, Alison Kenner, and Juan Francisco Salazar. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/episode-2-wen-hua-kuo-transcript

In this episode, Andrea Ballestero speaks to Alison Kenner. Dr Ballestero is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rice University and Director of the Ethnography Studio. Their research looks at the unexpected ethical and technical entanglements through which experts understand water in Latin America. This has included, in recent years, following the paths of water pricing in Costa Rica, bureaucratic care for water in Brazil, and traveling water knowledge throughout Latin America. Their first book, ‘A Future History of Water’ was published by Duke University Press in 2019. For more see: https://andreaballestero.com and https://ethnographystudio.org

This podcast is made with the support of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) and produced by Laura Foster and Timothy Neale, with assistance from Aadita Chaudhury, Konstantin Georgiev, Teresa Hoard-Jackson, Duygu Kasdogan, Alison Kenner, and Juan Francisco Salazar. Editing by Timothy Neale and Konstantin Georgiev. Transcription by Konstantin Georgiev and Teresa Hoard-Jackson. Music by Young Fellaz Brass Band (instagram: @youngfellazbrassband).

Episode transcript available at: https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/episode-1-andrea-ballestero-transcript