Arun Jacob

Arun Jacob

glumpenproletariat (noun): The melancholic stratum of the proletariat.

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publications

Transforming DH Pedagogy

Published in Digital Studies/le champ numérique (DSCN) Open Issue 2020, 2021

This paper is describing the ways in which new forms of pedagogical practices are expanding and changing the field of Digital Humanities.

Recommended citation: Boulay, N., Morford, A. C., Jacob, A., Patel, K., O'Donnell, K. (2021). "Transforming DH Pedagogy." Digital Studies/le Champ Numérique. 11(1). https://www.digitalstudies.org/articles/10.16995/dscn.379/

Making the most of the ‘crisortunity’: Techno-fixes and precarity in a global pandemic

Published in Interdisciplinary Digital Engagement in Arts & Humanities (IDEAH), 2022

What does a robust and useful technological response to a crisis, aware and attentive to the biases and messages of digital media, look like?

Recommended citation: Bryant, Haley, Nelanthi Hewa, Camille Inston and Arun Jacob (2022).“Making the most of the ‘crisortunity’: Techno-fixes and precarity in a global pandemic” Interdisciplinary Digital Engagement in Arts & Humanities (IDEAH), vol. 3, no. 2, Dec 02, 2022. https://doi.org/10.21428/f1f23564.db5a6abe. https://ideah.pubpub.org/pub/vpuit7w4/release/2

Bad Boundaries: Geofences and the Intimacies of Location Data

Published in TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, 2024

Geofencing is a practice that exploits the intimacy of locational data not simply by accessing private data but also by using intimate data to index the body in relation to risk and safety and property and trespass.

Recommended citation: Noone, Rebecca, and Arun Jacob. (2024). “Bad Boundaries: Geofences and the Intimacies of Location Data,” TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Issue 48, Special Issue: Platform Intimacies. https://doi.org/10.3138/topia-2023-0035 https://doi.org/10.3138/topia-2023-0035

AKA WWJD?: Interrogating Gendered Ideologies and Urban Revanchism

Published in Diverging the Popular, Gender and Trauma AKA The Jessica Jones Anthology, 2024

Kilgrave’s psychological abuse of his victims, his absolute and total control, his manipulation, and his dominance over their agency are all part of what makes him utterly terrifying: his powers are subtle exaggerations of very real human abilities.

Recommended citation: Jacob, Arun and Elizabeth Di Emanuele. (2024). “AKA WWJD?: Interrogating Gendered Ideologies and Urban Revanchism”, Diverging the Popular, Gender and Trauma AKA The Jessica Jones Anthology edited by Mary Grace Lao, Jessica Bay and Pree Rehal, University of Calgary Press. pp. 243-252. https://ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/9781773855752. https://ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/9781773855752/resource/chapter-15-aka-wwjd-interrogating-gendered-ideologies-and-urban-revanchism

talks

What is the Worst That Could Happen? (Research Data Management Panel)

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As a way to illustrate Research Data Management (RDM) in practice, I was invited to speak at on this panel consisting of both researchers and those working in research support, discussing their experiences with data management, with a focus on unforeseen events that can lead to a disruption, near disruption, or horror story in a research project!

teaching

Sessional Instructor teaching experience

Community College Courses, Department of Liberal Studies, School of Community, Justice and Liberal Studies, Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, 2018

I have been a Sessional Instructor at Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton, Ontario.

Teaching Assistant experience

Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, Faculty of Information, 2019

I have been a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto, Scarborough, the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto, Mississauga and the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, St. George.