I've been catching up this morning and devouring as much of your writing as possible before a call I have this afternoon. It's all so incredibly inspiring and getting me to come out of my shell.
I don't even know where to begin, but I'll say that I see myself as a diviner. Ha! One of my committee members, when presenting on my readings, research, and writing suggested that I might be a futurist, I had a huge problem with that because that's actually not what I want to do. I'm slowly but surely realizing I'm far too much of a historian and media archaeologist to be a futurist unless it means thinking and writing about old media to predict/forecast when it will cycle back through into our collective consciousness. Then, maybe, I might be futurist leaning. I mean, I've been feeling this way about radio/podcasts and anything to do with the voice FOR years now!
In any case, some thoughts...I found myself nodding all the way through reading your CJR piece, "To report on tech, journalists must also learn to report on China." Yes, yes, and yes to all of it. 100% As a matter of fact, one of my mentors specifically suggested that I focus on tech, race, and ethics (one of my areas) in Asian and/or the Philippines. I'm still figuring it all out because some of the issues that are top of mind for me definitely involve health and trying to use all that biotech experience to inform the way I look at media within that particular landscape and global ecosystem. Timely to be thinking about all of this, for sure.
I wanted to point to a couple of things you shared in the CJR piece. First, I haven't heard of Sarah Jeong's concept of information-nationalism until your piece! I absolutely can see this within the healthcare sphere. I recently read (and wrote about) Miriam Ticktin's book Casualties of Care, which focuses on the "morally legitimate (migrant) suffering body" in France and how the country has tried to position itself as a "moral leader" in healthcare for decades while obscuring their neoliberal humanitarianism that requires a migrant body to remain sick (or Othered) in order to obtain benefits and care. Anyway, Jeong's idea resonated deeply with me as did the layers you mention: proximate, policy, and systemic. I really really want to write a reflection of these layers, BUT within healthcare.
So much more to write! But I'll save it all for when we catch up. Just wanted to share a few thoughts.
I've been catching up this morning and devouring as much of your writing as possible before a call I have this afternoon. It's all so incredibly inspiring and getting me to come out of my shell.
I don't even know where to begin, but I'll say that I see myself as a diviner. Ha! One of my committee members, when presenting on my readings, research, and writing suggested that I might be a futurist, I had a huge problem with that because that's actually not what I want to do. I'm slowly but surely realizing I'm far too much of a historian and media archaeologist to be a futurist unless it means thinking and writing about old media to predict/forecast when it will cycle back through into our collective consciousness. Then, maybe, I might be futurist leaning. I mean, I've been feeling this way about radio/podcasts and anything to do with the voice FOR years now!
In any case, some thoughts...I found myself nodding all the way through reading your CJR piece, "To report on tech, journalists must also learn to report on China." Yes, yes, and yes to all of it. 100% As a matter of fact, one of my mentors specifically suggested that I focus on tech, race, and ethics (one of my areas) in Asian and/or the Philippines. I'm still figuring it all out because some of the issues that are top of mind for me definitely involve health and trying to use all that biotech experience to inform the way I look at media within that particular landscape and global ecosystem. Timely to be thinking about all of this, for sure.
I wanted to point to a couple of things you shared in the CJR piece. First, I haven't heard of Sarah Jeong's concept of information-nationalism until your piece! I absolutely can see this within the healthcare sphere. I recently read (and wrote about) Miriam Ticktin's book Casualties of Care, which focuses on the "morally legitimate (migrant) suffering body" in France and how the country has tried to position itself as a "moral leader" in healthcare for decades while obscuring their neoliberal humanitarianism that requires a migrant body to remain sick (or Othered) in order to obtain benefits and care. Anyway, Jeong's idea resonated deeply with me as did the layers you mention: proximate, policy, and systemic. I really really want to write a reflection of these layers, BUT within healthcare.
So much more to write! But I'll save it all for when we catch up. Just wanted to share a few thoughts.