Researching the Politics of AI, Big Data, & Agribusiness with Dr. Kelly Bronson

Researching Cyberviolence & the Politics of Not Caring with Dr. Lena Hübner

SHOW NOTES Dr. Lena Hübner, [https://lenahubner.net/biographie/] an assistant professor of communication at the University of Ottawa, discusses her research on cyber violence and its impact on women’s digital information practices. The conversation explores Hübner’s work, conducted in collaboration with Co-Savoir, [https://cdeacf.ca/] a Montreal-based community organization, examining how online harassment such as hate speech, and exposure to harmful content affects racialized women’s access to news and activism.… Read More “Researching Cyberviolence & the Politics of Not Caring with Dr. Lena Hübner” [https://doingsocialresearch.com/podcast/lena-hubner/]

Researching the Politics of AI, Big Data, & Agribusiness with Dr. Kelly Bronson

SHOW NOTES In this fascinating episode, Dr. Kelly Bronson [https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/centre-law-technology-society/people/bronson-kelly], reveals how Big Tech companies use AI and big data to gain, maintain, and wield their power, especially within the field of agriculture (pun intended!). The conversation, set during a December 2024 snowstorm in Ottawa, teases out some of the ethical, moral, social, and financial implications of these technologies in order to ask: what are we even doing?!?… Read More “Researching the Politics of AI, Big Data, & Agribusiness with Dr. Kelly Bronson” [https://doingsocialresearch.com/podcast/kelly-bronson/]

AI and Higher Learning with Mish Boutet

Hi friends! I’m sharing a special episode here of me, Phyllis L. F. Rippey, being interviewed for a new podcast called AI and Higher Learning produced by the University of Ottawa radio station 89.1 CHUO and UO librarian Mish Boutet. Hear me spout off about my thoughts on artificial intelligence along with two other UOttawa profs in the episodes that follow.… Read More “AI and Higher Learning with Mish Boutet” [https://doingsocialresearch.com/podcast/chuo-interview/]

Researching Writing & Portmanteau Words with Dr. Maggie Werner

SHOW NOTES  In this episode, we find our host particularly giggly with Dr. Maggie M. Werner [https://maggiewerner.com/], professor of writing and rhetoric at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, as they explore the politics of language and writing. The conversation begins with Dr.… Read More “Researching Writing & Portmanteau Words with Dr. Maggie Werner ” [https://doingsocialresearch.com/podcast/maggie-werner/]

Researching Extractivism in Mining and in Scholarship with Dr. Willow Scobie

SHOW NOTES In this episode, Dr. Willow Scobie, [https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/view/profile/members/1036?lang=en]associate professor of sociology and coordinator of the MA programs in sociology at the University of Ottawa, discusses her multiple research projects illuminating extractivism both by mining companies in Quebec and within introductory sociology textbooks in Canada.… Read More “Researching Extractivism in Mining and in Scholarship with Dr. Willow Scobie” [https://doingsocialresearch.com/podcast/willow-scobie/]