View from Venus

4.2 Creating Space in Academia with Shana MacDonald

Episode Summary

In this week's episode, guest expert, Shana MacDonald, Vice President, Associate Professor in Communication Arts at University of Waterloo and President of the Film Studies Association of Canada, joins us to talk about the importance of creating space for work in academia and her work related to pandemic memes and #MeToo. . We wrap up with our takeaways from the conversation. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG and @UVenus on Twitter or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share, retweet, and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus , Twitter @UVenus , and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

Episode Notes

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

• Intentionally creating spaces for flourishing in the academy
• Creating a feminist design lab across higher ed institutions
• Pandemic memes, gender, and digital activism
• The limits and possibilities of the #MeToo movement

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Shana MacDonald at University of Waterloo
• qLab Collaborative Feminist Design Lab
• Feminist futures: #MeToo’s possibilities as poiesis, techné, and pharmakon
• What Do You (Really) Meme? Pandemic Memes as Social Political Repositories

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia