Podcasts by Medea Vox
An Academic Podcast on Media and Design
Further podcasts by Medea, Malmo University
Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur
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From passion for sustainability – to action for sustainability from 2021-06-03T08:54
Today, we meet three people who have gone from passion for sustainability – to action for sustainability. The guests are all alumni from the Leadership for Sustainability master's program at Malmö ...
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"Teaching dance is teaching empathy": On hip-hop, cultural appropriation and being h-u-e-m-a-n from 2019-12-05T10:51
Dance is more than physical exercise. Dance is learning about cultures and getting to know yourself. Dance educator and Afro-diasporic dance expert Moncell Durden says that "Teaching dance is teach...
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We need to talk about data centers from 2019-10-29T09:03
New research shows that data centers are not the jackpot that local politicians and energy companies claim they are: They don't create many jobs, they are a burden to the environment and the electr...
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Scholarly Research Meets Comics from 2019-09-02T10:04
Would you rather starve next week when the economy crashes, or in 50 years when the ecosystem collapses? In this Medea Vox episode, we discuss the graphic novel The Beast: Making a Living on a Dyin...
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The Smell of Digital Zombies from 2019-02-19T12:45
Scholars Simon Niedenthal and Michelle Westerlaken talk about our sense of smell. Can practicing smelling things delay dementia? Why is it so hard to use odors in video games? And what do zombies r...
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Handwork and computing are not as separate as you may think from 2019-01-17T09:22
Scholars Daniela K. Rosner and Per Linde discuss why women’s design contributions are often excluded in the history of engineering and innovation. They then move on to discuss a project where menst...
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Designers Against Animal Oppression from 2018-12-06T13:07
Eating animals is outdated. In this episode, designers and PhD students Michelle Westerlaken and Erik Sandelin discuss how to move towards a society that does not treat other animals as lesser bein...
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Making A Space for Alternative Normal from 2018-11-23T14:17
Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt is professor in media and communication studies, but she is also the mother of a child with CHARGE syndrome. In this episode, we discuss digital parenting and how social...
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The Truth About Fake News? On Disinformation, Censorship and Democracy from 2018-11-05T12:31
Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year 2016 was post-truth. Together with “fake news”, this is one of the most widely discussed digital phenomena in recent years. Why should we care, and can we do an...
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Comics and Politics (with Daria Bogdanska, the author of Wage Slaves) from 2018-09-27T14:14
Comics have been around for more than a hundred years. For a long time, comics were mainly viewed as light entertainment for kids, but today they can also be seen as an aesthetically ambitious art ...
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Degrowth is not utopian, it’s happening from 2018-09-04T12:24
In this episode we discuss degrowth. How can we build societies where economic growth is no longer important? With Miriam Lang, Ruth Kinna and Alicia Smedberg.
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The iPod Orchestra: Music for Universities from 2018-06-14T14:43
In this Medea Vox episode, Hugo Boothby and Erin Cory discuss the project “Music for Universities.” The project is based around generative music, which is music that is produced by a system in whic...
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Thinking About the Future Through Fiction from 2017-09-29T09:42
Fiction holds the ability of imagining alternative futures. Through comics, novels and videogames, we can explore social and technical “What If’s.” In this Medea Vox episode, we discuss how fiction...
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Even self-driving cars will be tinkered with from 2017-06-22T09:39
In recent years, the effects of digitalization are starting to appear. Sensor data and algorithms recognize who you are and then open the apartment door and turn on the lights. Data-driven AI helps...
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Reaching for sustainability: When knowledge and toolkits are not enough from 2017-06-01T10:51
Sustainability is a wicked problem. The wickedness lies in that the problems related to sustainability can't be solved in isolation from one another—and not with toolkits that take little considera...
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Nigeria: The Paradox from 2017-05-03T08:30
Nigeria is a nation of paradoxes. Crime and corruption, Boko Haram and Niger Delta militants. But Nigeria also has one of the largest movie-producing industries in the world, Nollywood, and Nigeria...
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Making Commons Work from 2017-04-25T13:41
The idea of commons describes practices that rely on sharing and collaboration. But how do you make commons work in practice, and not just in theory? A discussion between design researchers Anna Se...
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On Media and Medicine from 2017-03-14T14:00
This Medea Vox episode is about the connections between media and medicine. What do movies, TV dramas, and social media have to do with real-life doctor-patient relationships? And how can new media...
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Restoring Lost Voices of History from 2017-02-20T11:54
The voices that are represented in history are the voices of the elites. How can we restore lost voices and open up new perspectives on history? This Medea Vox episode is a conversation between Car...
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Sustainable Urban Development: What Role Can Culture Play? from 2017-01-30T09:51
Culture can be a tool for change across boundaries. In this Medea Vox episode, we're discussing culture in regard to sustainable urban development. What role can culture play? Can we look at cultur...
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The Future of Learning (Or why school can never be as good as a cool video game) from 2016-12-13T09:04
New technologies have great potential to support education. However, bringing innovation to the school, university, learner, and teacher is a challenging endeavor. In this Medea Vox episode, we dis...
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Why Corporations Cannot Solve Climate Change from 2016-11-24T08:43
Large corporations, capitalism and technological innovation will solve climate change. That is the story we’re being told, but is it true? Professor Daniel Nyberg wants us to stop believing in that...
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Bicycling is About Slowing Down from 2016-11-09T08:00
For a hundred years, we’ve been burning fossil fuels to get from point A to point B. Now, when climate change is accelerating, we need other means than the car for individual transportation. Is bic...
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Being A Researcher-Activist from 2016-07-06T19:54
To combine reflection with action is not as easy as one may think. Research ethics, feminism and activism are some of the topics that Mary Brydon-Miller and Maria Persdotter discuss in this episode...
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The Virtual Reality Hype from 2016-06-22T09:10
Virtual reality is celebrated as the ultimate medium for storytelling. Some even say that virtual reality can make you feel empathy in ways that no other media could. In this episode of Medea Vox, ...
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On Lifelogging and the Quantified Self from 2016-06-08T09:42
Many of us track our everyday activities. But what does the era of digital storage do to our concepts of identity and self-representation?
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On Museums and Nationalism from 2016-05-26T08:15
Modern migration and globalization issues are forcing museums around the world to think about their role in society. Can they balance the pressures of nationalism and multiculturalism?
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Feeling at Home With Internet of Things from 2016-05-18T11:48
In this episode of Medea Vox, we discuss what a "smart" home is—and what new ways of being together the Internet of Things will enable.
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On the Future of Book Design from 2016-05-03T09:01
Author and designer Zach Dodson discusses his book Bats of the Republic in relation to book design, hybrid narratives and the future of enhanced books.
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Eat Your Plastic-Munching Pests (It’s All In Your Head) from 2016-04-19T09:33
In this episode of Medea Vox, we discuss how plastic-eating worms might influence how we will live with plastics, and what it's like to eat worms.
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Why Reading Books is (not) Important from 2016-03-16T12:04
What is reading? Why is it relevant in today's society? And, are Swedish teenagers really as bad at reading as it seems?
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Extremist Communication from 2016-03-01T15:24
A discussion on how political extremists use the internet and social media to promote their cause.
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Extremist Communication from 2016-03-01T15:24
A discussion on how political extremists use the internet and social media to promote their cause.
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Extremist Communication from 2016-03-01T15:24
A discussion on how political extremists use the internet and social media to promote their cause.
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