Episode 5: What Have We Learned with DS4SJ?
Information Ecosystems
Welcome to the fifth and final episode of the third season of the Information Ecosystem podcast, hosted by Grace DeLallo and created in affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh. This episode, “What Have We Learned,” looks at the projects the cohort undertook in this project structure and some of the takeaways, including lessons learned. We look at building ethical relationships, leaving room for transparency, integrating community projects into student work and look at what we can gain through collaboration — all culminating into an outlook for this project and begin to imagine what...
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Episode 4: Data Ethics with Dr. Katie Shilton
Information Ecosystems
Welcome to the fourth episode of the third season of the Information Ecosystems podcast, hosted by Grace DeLallo and created in affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh. This episode, “Data Ethics with Dr. Katie Shilton,” looks at the implications of data collection and research, and how that process can be more ethical, inspired by a talk Dr. Shilton delivered at the University in December of 2022. The DS4SJ project prioritizes faculty, student, and community relationships, so matching the impact with the intent of projects involving data and research is crucial for...
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Episode 3: Outside of the Silo
Information Ecosystems
Welcome to the third episode of the third season of the Information Ecosystems podcast, hosted by Grace DeLallo and created in affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh. This episode, “Outside of the Silo,” looks at the interdisciplinary mentoring that can lead to student and community-facing project success. The new Spring 2023 cohort was informally introduced, since the DS4SJ project is expanding to meet the demands of implementing an institutionalized framework and continuing ethical community work. . This episode was hosted and produced by Grace DeLallo, a senior undergraduate...
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Episode 2: Imagining and Creating Pathways
Information Ecosystems
Welcome to the second episode of the third season of the Information Ecosystems podcast, created in affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh. This episode, “Imagining and Creating Pathways,” looks at the individual projects that make up the DS4SJ (Data Science 4 Social Justice) ecosystem at Pitt. Members of this community clue us in as to what their participation entails and how it serves the broader seed goals. Thank you to the cohort members and their teams for their diligent work, and thank you to AlisonLangmead for her support of this podcast. PLEASE NOTE: There were significant...
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Episode 1: Filling the Gaps, Disrupting the Norms: An Introduction to DS4SJ
Information Ecosystems
Welcome to the first episode of the third season of the Information Ecosystem podcast, entitled “Filling the Gaps, Disrupting the Norms: An Introduction to DS4SJ.” This series of the podcast will feature seven episodes that detail the Data Science for Social Justice year-long project at the University of Pittsburgh. It aims to inform people of the relationship between communities, academic institutions and the technological resources available to them. This episode was hosted and produced by Grace DeLallo, a senior undergraduate student pursuing a Writing major and Political Science...
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Episode 8: HYPE Media
Information Ecosystems
Today's episode follows a project undertaken by Homewood Youth-Powered and Engaged (HYPE) Media to research and write a comprehensive Wikipedia page for Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh. Stops along the way include discussions about information, power and the Internet; interdisciplinarity in community-engaged work; and the experience of the students involved in the project. The interviewer, Briana Wipf, speaks to Dr. Khirsten L. Scott, Elise Silva, Dr. Jaime Booth and students at the Westinghouse Highschool in Pittsburgh about their work on this important initiative. To learn more...
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Episode 7: Voices of the Steering Committee for the Year of Data and Society
Information Ecosystems
A digital humanities librarian, project manager and researcher, philosopher, and law professor walk into a podcast... Hear what happens in today’s episode, which features four members of the Year of Data and Society Steering Committee: Tyrica Terry-Kapral, Liz Monk, Lisa Parker, and Mike Madison. The interviewer is Briana Wipf. This season of the Information Ecosystems podcast is being produced in affiliation with the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh. The website for the Information Ecosystems project is , and the website for the Year of Data and Society at the...
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Episode 6: Sustaining the Impact of the Year of Data and Society
Information Ecosystems
Sustaining digital projects can be challenging. In today’s episode, four Pitt researchers discuss why, and why it’s so important to try. The interviewees in this episode are Judy L. Cameron, Abhishek Viswanathan, Bridget Keown and Sera Linardi. The interviewer is Briana Wipf. This season of the Information Ecosystems podcast is being produced in affiliation with the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh. The website for the Information Ecosystems project is , and the website for the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh is . To learn...
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Episode 5: Marcia Rapchak
Information Ecosystems
The interviewee in this episode is Marcia Rapchak. The interviewer is Briana Wipf. The conversation for this episode focuses on the ethics surrounding the collection of student data by learning management systems. This season of the Information Ecosystems podcast is being produced in affiliation with the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh. The website for the Information Ecosystems project is , and the website for the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh is . For more about Rapchak’s work, visit . This episode was recorded on Tuesday,...
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Episode 4: Sharon Leon
Information Ecosystems
The interviewee in this episode is Sharon Leon. The interviewer is Briana Wipf. This season of the Information Ecosystems podcast is being produced in affiliation with the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh. The website for the Information Ecosystems project is , and the website for the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh is . For more about Leon’s work, visit . For more about the Jesuit Plantation Project II, visit . This episode was recorded on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. The Information Ecosystems project seeks to advance a deeply...
info_outlineThe interviewee in this episode is Dr. Matthew Edney. The interviewer is Briana Wipf. The website for the seminar can be found at https://infoecosystems.pitt.edu, where listeners can find a calendar of public events from September 2019 to May 2020. Our blog can be found at https://medium.com/information-ecosystems, and our Twitter account is @Info_Ecosystems. Dr. Edney's website is https://www.mappingasprocess.net/. This episode was recorded on March 9, 2020.
The podcast team includes Sarah Reiff Conell, Shack Hackney, Jane Rohrer, Erin O'Rourke, and Briana Wipf, along with support from the organizers and leadership team of this Mellon Sawyer Seminar.
This episode was recorded at the University Center for Teaching and Learning, with special assistance from Max Glider.
This podcast is produced from the community surrounding a 2019-2020 Sawyer Seminar funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at the University of Pittsburgh. Our group seeks to advance critical understanding of where data comes from and how it is used, setting the present moment within a century-long history of information supply and its power-laden consequences.