Beyond the Jargon: Recent Episodes
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Eli is part of the Chair in Transgender Studies and their supervisors are Dr. Aaron Devor from Sociology and Dr. Nancy Clark from the Social Justice Studies Program. Eli is an international graduate student and they share part of their academic journey and some resources for other international students. Eli has a social psychology background and they share their research work with community-based approaches in Canada and Mexico. Recently, Eli was awarded a fellowship through the Chair in Transgender Studies for their research work related to Trans+ topics.
In this episode, Eli shares key terminology regarding LGBTQ2+ themes. Also, we discussed important topics around gender identity. In a very casual and organic way Eli and Matty had a rich conversation and came up with questions and answers to elucidate more regarding key concepts ---Beyond the Jargon--- such as What is the story of the word Transgender? What does it mean to be non-binary? Why is it important to use pronouns? What does it mean to be a “Joto” or “Marica” in Latin America?
https://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/research/scholarship/index.php
https://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/index.php
Find out more about the upcoming Moving Trans History Forward hosted at UVic in 2023
https://www.uvic.ca/mthf2023/
In this episode, theatre grad student, Lindsay Delaronde shares her journey in academia and how her trajectories of personal growth influenced her desires of being in the healing field. From fine arts, to counselling; from art therapy to theatre; from land-based to academia settings. Lindsay shares her processes of working with and in community while working in academia and how she keeps the balance between the civic engagement and the expectations of the scholarly world. Her work adds to the decolonizing efforts of many others Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, students, and community members at the University of Victoria. Lindsay has been genuine, brave and honest to her own values and pathways while processing real struggles in the life journey. Currently, she is ready to embark in an exciting new future endeavours as the recently awarded Audain Professorship from the Department of Visual Arts. With this episode, we celebrate diversity, beauty and the different ways of being and doing at the University of Victoria.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-delaronde-544b7865
https://www.yammagazine.com/creative-lindsay-katsitsakatste-delaronde/
https://dancewest.net/lindsay-katsitsakatste-delaronde-kanienkehaka-mohawknation
Indigenous Theatre Festival
September 16 - 18 (Phoenix Theatre, UVic)
The festival includes workshops, panel discussions, and performances and supports artists and Indigenous communities working to invigorate their languages through the medium of theatre with a goal of strengthen the exchange of research-based knowledge and best practices. Reawakening Language on Stage is hosted in collaboration with the Hul’q’umi’num’ Language and Culture Society, Hul’q’umi’num’ Language Academy, Simon Fraser University Indigenous Language Program, and Royal Roads University.
All events are FREE and open to everyone with advance registration. More information or register at indigenoustheatrefestival.com.
Luke Kernan is an anthropology graduate student at the University of Victoria currently researching psychosis narratives for his PhD. His research focuses on studying the sensory states of madness within people’s psychosis narratives. He is interested in imaginative ethnography and how comics-poetry can be incorporated in anthropological writing. How can depth and expression break and remold plateaus of communication?
For more information about Luke and his research visit https://luke-kernan.com/ and https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/psychosis/
Find Luke on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lukekernan -- or @lukekernan
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Luke.Kernan.Writer - or @Luke.Kernan.Writer
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leo_mactighearnaigh/ - or @leo_mactighearnaigh
Two Mental Health groups that Luke Manages:
Unquiet Minds Project - https://www.facebook.com/unquietmindsproject.
“UNQUIET MINDS” is a recurring poetry-and-music, open-mic event, which seeks to openly generate mental health awareness for the Foundry BC network and its communities. We support youth performance via workshops as well as a chapbook publication series.
Graduate Student Health Awareness Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/244849375927364.
This group focuses on social support for graduate students--dealing with the stressors of life and mental health issues. Open to current graduate students and alumni wishing to impart their wisdom. The idea here is to organize social outings to engage each other, share advice, and most importantly, motivate each other and have as much fun as possible living well within the community! Feel free to add others!
Talya Jesperson is an MA student in Sociology concentrating in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (CSPT) at the University of Victoria. She holds a BA Honours in Sociology with a minor in Technology and Society from the University of Victoria. Her research interests are the democratization of digital media and digital technologies, knowledge commons, internet decentralization, digital platforms, surveillance capitalism, and techno-social relationships.
As AI becomes more prevalent in daily life, Talya's qualitative research project aims to examine human relationships with popular AI technologies in the context of AI capitalism. Using conversation agents as the focal point, this study will demonstrate how AI is reshaping techno-social life and explore the potential for AI as a tool for capitalist exploitation.
For more information about Talya and her work, visit https://talya.is/ or find her on twitter @tortalynii (https://twitter.com/tortalynii)
The music featured in this episode includes Tomorrow by Space Monkey Death Sequence, and Camelia byUV protection.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode
Caitie Frenkel is a first year master's student in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria studying why and where commercial fishing gear gets lost in the Salish Sea. Caitie’s previous career experience includes an internship with Ocean Networks Canada, a naturalist in Victoria’s whale watching industry, coordinating commercial fishing data at Archipelago, and collaborating with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative.
For more information about Caitie and her research: https://natalieban.wordpress.com/
For more information about ghost gear: https://www.ghostgear.org/
This interview features guests Shannon Cherry and Wolfgang Vachon.
Shannon is a school based CYCP (from care) who has been working in Child and Youth Care for nearly two decades. She has recently completed her masters at Ryerson University, where her primary focus has been youth leadership in child welfare.
Wolfgang has been working with children and youth for close to three decades including those who are street involved, LGBTQ+, survivors of trauma, minoritized, living in state detention, and other forms of state care. A significant part of his practice uses communtiy-arts. Wolfgang teaches child and youth care at Humber College and is currently completing his PhD in CYC at the University of Victoria.
Link to Wolfgang and Shannon's work: https://tuningintocyc.com
www.refiled.ca
Sources: https://www.iicrd.org/sites/default/files/resources/Asset-based_Development_for_child_and_youthcare_0.pdf
In this episode Taiwo sits down with Dennis Gupa - a PhD Candidate in the Theatre Department. Dennis explores how indigenous performance and human settlements are affected by the onslaught of modernities and colonialism.
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
In this very special episode; Taiwo chats with Leah Tidey, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Theatre, University of Victoria. Leah does research in Qualitative Social Research and Performing Arts. Taiwo - who's research is also in Applied Theatre as a vehicle for social change - and Leah discuss the convergence and intersections their two research themes possess through theatrical arts.
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
In this episode; Taiwo interviews Stephanie Grukhle. Stephanie is a Master's student in the Department of Political Science and her research focuses on the international effort to eradicate sex trafficking, particularly within a European context.
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
Taiwo chats with Smith Oduro-Marfo, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science. Smith's research explores surveillance, privacy, and identification systems in Africa - and how they interact with the concept of development.
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
Taiwo sits down with Nicole Bates-Eamer, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science, whose research explores the intersection between climate change and the movement of people (voluntary migration and involuntary displacement).
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
This time, Taiwo talks to Ambreen Shehzad Hussaini, a PhD cadidate in the department of Art History and Visual Studies, about her research into contemporary artistic expressions of the Qur'an.
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
In this episode, Taiwo explores the work of Lynn Ng Yu Lin, a PhD Candidate in the department of Political Science and her research into the concept of foreign domestic workers working in senior-care in Singapore and the world.
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
In this episode, we join Alby Berticević Nicols, an autistic, agender economics student who is also an activist. Alby discusses their research how economic systems are influenced by gender norms and social hierarchies. The results, such as matriarchal and eglatarian systems when used in practice, offer an interesting set of answers.
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
In this episode of Beyond the Jargon, we meet Elaine Laberge, a PHD student in Sociology. Taiwo Afolabi and Elaine discuss the lived experiences of inter-generational and inter-sectional poverty and how to support students coming from this background.
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
We join Tara Brosschot, who traveled all the way from the Netherlands to study biology here at UVIC. In this episode, she discusses her research on parasitic worms (or helminths) and how they affect your susceptibility to infection as well as how our body works. What inspired her interest in studying something so scary but so fascinating?
Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join Taiwo as he explores the about cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
In this episode: Taiwo meets Tanya Manning-Lewis, 3rd year PHD student in the department of curriculum and instruction with a focus on language and literacy. Taiwo and Tanya discuss the use of Jamaican patois in regards to gender, literacy, and race. Beyond the Jargon is a podcast produced with support from the Uvic Graduate Student Society. Each season sees a Grad Student here at Uvic explore and discuss the research conducted by their peers. Join this season's producer - Taiwo Afolabi as he explores the cutting edge research from the researchers themselves in a way that peels away the jargon.
Stefania recently completed her Master of Science in Environmental Sciences at the University of Victoria. Her thesis is centered around rockfish conservation data deficiency by evaluating the quality of citizen science SCUBA-derived data.
For more information, you can visit https://www.stefaniagorgopa.com/ or follow Stefania on Twitter: @sgorgopa and Instagram: @sgorgopa
Gillian is a Master’s student in Environmental Science conducting research on the “big bad predators” in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and how the energy industry impacts how they interact and where they live. She is also an active photographer and explains how camera traps are utilized in her field of work.
For more information, you can visit https://gillianchowfras.weebly.com/ or follow Gillian on Twitter: @gillianchowfras
In this episode, UVic Community Development Masters student Alex Norfolk explains the importance of deciphering a uniform definition of sex trafficking between the Washington and British Columbia border.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, UVic Neuropsychology PhD student Stacey Ross discusses her research into recovery after brain injury.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, Chelsea Dunning, Medical Physics Masters student, explains the newly discovered tactic of using of gold particles in medical imaging.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, Sara Wickham, Masters student in Science, discusses her work with seawreck in BC's Great Bear Rainforest.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, Phil Henderson, UVic Political Science PhD student, discusses his research into the rise of neoliberalism and its roots in colonialism.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, Kyle Oman, Astronomy PhD student discusses the enigma that is dark matter.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, Political Science PhD student David Miller explains the theory of guilt in politics.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, UVic Science Masters student Kevin Jackman discusses the connect between human thyroid hormone, American bullfrog tadpoles, and endocrine disrupting compounds.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, Tamara Gonçalves, PhD student in Law, discusses her research into sexist advertising in Brasil.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
In this episode, Sociology PhD candidate David Huxtable discusses his research on international union organizations.
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All music in Season 4 of Beyond the Jargon is written and performed by Ketsa.
Ali Macdonald is working on her MA in Art History. She dishes on her research about... gossip!
Easton White talks about his research into animal population movement using mathematical models.
Jeremy Beller talks about his research and work in archaeology for his PhD in Anthropology at UVic.
Agnieszka Doll talks about working on a PhD in law and her previous law practice in Poland.