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Jacob, A. (2020). Punching Holes in the International Busa Machine Narrative. IDEAH. https://doi.org/10.21428/f1f23564.d7d097c2.
CV
Education
- Dipl.T. Ontario College Advanced Diploma in Electronics Engineering Technology - Telecommunication, Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, 2007
- B.A. Combined Honours in Communication Studies, Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, McMaster University, 2010
- M.P.C. Master of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2011
- M.A. in Work and Society, McMaster University, 2017
- M.A. in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, McMaster University, 2019
- Ph.D. in Information Studies, Media, Technology and Culture Concentration, University of Toronto, (In-Progress)
Work experience
- Summer 2021: Research Assistant
- University of Toronto
- Duties included: Social Media Research on Academic Tiktok
- Supervisor: Dr. Sara Grimes
- Summer 2021: Research Assistant
- University of Toronto
- Duties included: Community Liasion at the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative
- Supervisor: Dr. Elspeth Brown
- Winter 2021: Research Assistant
- McMaster University
- Duties included: Literature Review on Migrant Indians and Foreign Remittance
- Supervisor: Dr. Chandrima Chakraborty
- Fall 2020: Research Assistant
- University of Victoria
- Duties included: Conference and Colloquium Organizing at the Electronics Textual Cultures Lab
- Supervisor: Dr. Ray Siemens
- Summer 2020: Research Assistant
- University of Toronto
- Duties included: Literature Review on the media genealogy of menticide
- Supervisor: Dr. Jeremy Packer
- Winter 2019: Research Assistant
- McMaster University
- Duties included: Literature Review on Data, Democracy and Dirty tricks
- Supervisor: Dr. Henry Giroux
Skills
- Library Carpentries
- Creative Commons Open Licensing
Publications
Transforming DH Pedagogy
Boulay, N., Morford, A. C., Jacob, A., Patel, K., O'Donnell, K. (2021). "Transforming DH Pedagogy." Digital Studies/le Champ Numérique. 11(1).
Follow The Ho Chi Minh Trail: Analyzing the Media History of the Electronic Battlefield
Jacob, A. (2021). "Follow The Ho Chi Minh Trail: Analyzing the Media History of the Electronic Battlefield." IDEAH. 2(1).
Making the most of the ‘crisortunity’: Techno-fixes and precarity in a global pandemic
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.
Bad Boundaries: Geofences and the Intimacies of Location Data
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
AKA WWJD?: Interrogating Gendered Ideologies and Urban Revanchism
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.
Forced reproduction: abortion access in a landscape of data violence
Noone, Rebecca, and Arun Jacob. (2025). Forced reproduction: abortion access in a landscape of data violence. Journal of Gender Studies, 00(00), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2025.2505573
Bloody frontier politics: Menstrual equity, military inclusion, and the Canadian workplace
Facca, Danica, and Arun Jacob. (2025). Bloody frontier politics: Menstrual equity, military inclusion, and the Canadian workplace. Diversity & Inclusion Research, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70029
Skimming off the top: associative searches, visual results and the end of reading
Ouellette, Marc A., and Arun Jacob. (2026). Skimming off the top: associative searches, visual results and the end of reading. Iowa Journal of Communication, 58(2), 53-72. https://doi.org/10.17613/fap0g-71n82
Mil-Tech Oligarchy and the Security State
Richardson, Michael and Arun Jacob. (2026). Mil-Tech Oligarchy and the Security State. Science as Culture. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2026.2648051
“HealthcAIre Healthcare” The Need to Rename Tech
Jacob, Arun, Christina Boyles. (2026). "HealthcAIre Healthcare" The Need to Rename Tech. Edited by Robin Mansell and Crystal Chokshi, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05155-4_4
Resisting BYOI (Bring Your Own Infrastructure) in Digital Humanities Learning Spaces
Patel, Kush, Ashley Caranto Morford, Arun Jacob. (2026). "Resisting BYOI (Bring Your Own Infrastructure) in Digital Humanities Learning Spaces." Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities. Edited by Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, and James Smithies, University of Minnesota Press.
Talks
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA
What is the Worst That Could Happen? (Research Data Management Panel)
Invited Talk at Compute Canada Federation Humanities and Social Sciences Series Winter 2022, Online
BiblioTech Sbagliato: Perusing Paywalls, Publishers, & Platforms in Research Information Management Systems
Invited Talk at DH@Guelph Presents... Media Archaeology, THINC Lab, McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Paper Rings: Interrogating The Cultural Techniques Of Transformative Agreements (Tas) Via Research Information Management Systems
Conference Paper at AoIR2025 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Canadian Society for Digital Humanities / Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH/SCHN) Executive Council Graduate Student Representative (2020-2021)
- Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Conference and Colloquium Co-Chair (2020-present)