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Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast

Platypod is the official podcast of the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing. We talk about anthropology, STS, and all things tech. Tune in for conversations with researchers and experts on how technology is shaping our world. (Jingle by chimerical. CC BY-NC 4.0)

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Premediations of Carcerality: Notes on Targeted...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/06/04

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Mehak Sawhney can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/06/premediations-of-carcerality-notes-on-targeted-surveillance-in-postcolonial-india/. About the post: I refer to the various surveillance media practices that underpin the technological and legal procedures of targeted political imprisonment—from recording and observing to hacking and planting “evidence”—as premediations of carcerality. Such premediations

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On Observing: Reflections on UN Climate Policy...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/05/30

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Katie Foster can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/05/on-observing-reflections-on-un-climate-policy-negotiations-from-paris-to-the-present/. About the post: What has changed from COP 21 to COP 28? How do evolving global conditions influence the process? And what does the act of observing allow within multilateral spaces and the policy-making process?

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Cultures of Trust in Computing and Beyond

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/05/28

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Samantha Breslin can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/05/cultures-of-trust-in-computing-and-beyond/. About the post: What does it mean to trust? In this post I explore how there are specific ways of producing trust in computer science education. I draw on ethnographic fieldwork conducted for my PhD in an undergraduate computer science program in Singapore, where I examined the "making" of computer

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Gazing into the Eyes of Elephants: Unsettling...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/05/23

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Rebecca Winkler can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/05/gazing-into-the-elephants-eyes-unsettling-recognition-in-multispecies-relations/. About the post: In my fieldwork, I bring together my background in conservation biology, ethology, and ongoing doctoral research in cultural anthropology to attend to concerns of environmental justice and multispecies relations. In this essay, I explore concepts of

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Waves of Well-being: Surfing at the Shaka Surf Club...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/05/21

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Laura Werle can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/05/waves-of-well-being-surfing-at-the-shaka-surf-club-in-kodi-bengre-india/. About the post: The research described in this post aimed to provide insights to improve low-cost mental health support and interventions in coastal areas and fisher communities in India. (This episode is available in additional languages on Platypus, The CASTAC Blog.)

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“We had to rethink many, many things”: Reflexivity...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/04/25

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Thais Valim can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/04/we-had-to-rethink-many-many-things-reflexivity-in-scientific-practices-during-the-zika-epidemic-in-recife-brazil/. About the post: This piece explores how local experiences with the Zika epidemic in Recife, Brazil, have impacted Brazilian scientists' research practices more broadly, namely, how it made them more reflexive about knowledge production and

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Tear Gas as Punishment

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/04/18

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Jack Leff can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/04/tear-gas-as-punishment/. About the post: By examining the interplay between state use of tear gas to punish activists and the protestors fighting against it, we catch a glimpse into the racial capitalist operations of the United States and where it is vulnerable to resistance. This essay examines the police tactic of kettling, how it is wielded to punish

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Spatial Approaches to Livestreaming: A Methodological...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/04/16

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Soojin Kim can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/04/spatial-approaches-to-livestreaming-a-methodological-exploration-in-digital-ethnography/. About the post: This is my reflection on the frustrations that I encountered during the initial phases of my fieldwork within AfreecaTV. Between late 2016 and early 2018, I conducted "online" and "offline" ethnographic fieldwork for my master’s thesis on the

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Two Insomniacs Discuss Routine and Restlessness...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/04/04

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Alexandra Dantzer can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/04/two-insomniacs-discuss-routine-and-restlessness-through-google-tracking/. About the post: This piece approaches questions about life, time-waste, routine, and restlessness through a different lens. Namely, Google tracking data serve as an elicitation device and a conversation starter to help me think about the everyday routines and rhythms of the lives

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Recipes of Resistance: Global Digital...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/03/26

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Ashley Thuthao Keng Dam can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/03/recipes-of-resistance-global-digital-gastrosolidarity-for-palestine/. About the post: In this essay, the author weaves together insights on Palestinian foodways with their past ruminations on digital food, its related activism, and how these flourish and interact on digital food spaces (DFS). The author expands upon past considerations of how

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Bed-Time Storytelling

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/03/12

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Fei Yuan can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/03/bed-time-storytelling/. About the post: Memories, hallucinations, and unfulfilled dreams are narrated from the bed during the final chapters of life. I seek to highlight the experiences of those in the hospice ward who, despite being confined to their beds, are actively living through their final moments, rather than just waiting out their last days. (This

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Who Knows About Ethical Research?: Reflections on...

Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast ·

2024/03/05

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Lea Happ can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/03/who-knows-about-ethical-research-reflections-on-research-ethics-and-vulnerability-in-abortion-research/. About the post: As a feminist researcher, I have found it at times difficult to navigate the complex nexus of agency and vulnerability. Ultimately, for me, doing feminist research means centring the particular circumstances of my research site and

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