The Pandemicene Podcast aims to produce knowledge that can help all of us – scholars and scientists, students and activists – imagine and enact just futures both in our home state of California and in our communities worldwide.
Airing on KZSC Santa Cruz 88.1 FM, on Sunday, November 8th, 6:30 – 7 pm PST.
Link to the live stream, or listen below after the episode airs.
Welcome to the Pandemicene Podcast. Today we share a conversation with Professor Sharon Daniel, whose work has dramatically shifted in response to the pandemic. Sharon Daniel is a professor of Film and Digital Media at UCSC. In addition to teaching at the university, Daniel also does research on various social justice issues in order to create interactive websites and other media projects for the general public. Her current work focuses on the criminal justice system and Indigenous communities in Alaska. She strives to give a platform to those historically marginalized. Daniel talks to us about what incarceration during the pandemic looks like and shares details on her newest project – Exposed – documenting COVID-19 in prisons and jails around the country. Visit the newly launched project site at unjustlyexposed.com!
Interviewer Bio:
Gina Barba is a Community Studies student at UCSC.
Guest Bio:
Sharon Daniel is a Professor of Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz, and a media artist who produces interactive and participatory documentaries focused on issues of social, economic, environmental and criminal justice. She builds online archives and interfaces that make the stories of marginalized and disenfranchised communities available across social, cultural and economic boundaries. Daniel’s most recent project – Exposed – documents the ravaging spread of COVID-19 through jails and prisons in the U.S. Detailed descriptions of Daniel’s works can be found at http://sharondaniel.net.