Staff Profile
Dr Tina Sikka
Reader in Technoscience and Intersectional Justice
- Email: tina.sikka@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 01912084500 ext. 82491
- Address: Department of Media, Culture and Heritage
School of Arts and Cultures
Rm 2.84 Armstrong Building
NE17RU
Background
Dr. Tina Sikka is currently Reader in Technoscience and Intersectional Justice at the University of Newcastle in the UK. Her current research interests include the ways in which gender and culture intersects with science and technology using health and environmental science as case studies. She also has expertise in sexuality studies in the areas of consent, gender based violence, and restorative justice. Her most recent book is Sex, Consent and Justice: A New Feminist Framework published by Edinburgh University Press.
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EDUCATION
School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2012)
Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Feenberg (Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Technology)
Faculty of Communication and Culture, York University, Toronto, Ontario
PhD. Faculty of Arts, in the Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture (2004-2008)
Dissertation title: ‘Recuperating Politics from Derrida: A Pragmatist Critique.’
Advisor: Dr. Myles Ruggles
Department of Mass Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
MA, Journalism and Mass Communication (2003-2004)
Thesis title: ‘The Relationship between Technology and the Future in Modern and Postmodern Thought.’
Advisor: Dr. Sheryl Hamilton
School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Communications (2002-2003)
School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
BA in Communications (1997-2002)
Teaching
Lecturer in Media, Culture, Heritage, January 2017-present, Newcastle University
Race and Identity
Research Methodologies (UG & PG)
Representations: Identity, Culture and Society
Food and Gender
Politics, Power and Communication
Lecturer, 2010-2017, Fraser International College at Simon Fraser University
Introduction to Communication
Communication and Social Change
Lecturer, Simon Fraser University
Technology and Gender (2013-2015)
Introduction to Communication Studies (2010-2012)
Introducing to Mass Communication (2012)
Social Dimensions of Advertising (2012)
Lecturer, Simon Fraser University, Fraser International College
Social Dimensions of Advertising (2010)
Introduction to Mass Communication (2010)
Lecturer, Simon Fraser University, Fraser International College, University of the Fraser Valley
Introduction to Mass Communication (2010)
Media and Audiences (2010)
Political Economy (2010)
Lecturer, Simon Fraser University and Fraser International College
International Communication (2009)
Introduction to Communication (2009)
TA, Simon Fraser University
Social Production of Popular Music (2009)
Media and Audiences (2009)
Introduction to Communication (2007, 2008)
Social Design (2007, 2008)
Course Director, York University
Communication Theory; 3rd year (2006-2007)
TA, York University
Introduction to Communication (2006)
Technology and Culture/New Media (2004-2007)
RA, York University
Supervisor: Dr. Myles Ruggles.
Intellectual property rights, philosophy of bioinformatics, genetic modification of foodcrops (corn) in Mexico (2004-2007).
RA, York University
Supervisor: Dr. Rosemary Coombe
Restructured Dr. Coombe’s doctoral course in cultural studies and her graduate course on transnationalism (2006-2007).
TA, Carleton University
Introduction to Mass Communication (2003-2004)
TA, Simon Fraser University
Introduction to Communication (2002)
Readings in Marshall McLuhan (2003)
Qualitative Methodologies (2003)
Publications
- Sikka T. Covid-19 and Race: News Coverage of Structural Racism and the Role of John Henryism and Racial Weathering in BAME Covid-19 Deaths. Javnost 2022, (ePub ahead of Print).
- Sikka Tina. Sex, Consent, and Justice: A New Feminist Framework. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
- Sikka T. The Social Construction of 'Good Health'. In: Charlene Elliott and Josh Greenberg, ed. Communication and Health: Media, Marketing and Risk. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp.231-249.
- Sikka T. Food, Comfort, and Community: Media Coverage of Last Meals for the Dying. European Journal of Food, Drink and Society 2021, 1(2), 4.
- Sikka T. The Neoliberalization of Sleep: A Discursive and Materialist Analysis of Sleep Technologies. TSANTSA – Journal of the Swiss Anthropological Association 2021, 26(June), 105-121.
- Sikka T. What to do about #MeToo? Consent, autonomy, and restorative justice: A case study. Sexuality, Gender and Policy 2021, 4(1), 24-37.
- Sikka T. Covid-19, Fatness, and Risk: Medico-Media Discourses and Stigma. Platypus: The Castac Blog: Platypus: The Castac Blog, 2021. Available at: http://blog.castac.org/author/tinasikka/.
- Sikka T. Feminist Materialism and Covid-19: The Agential Activation of Everyday Objects. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research 2021, 29(1), 4-16.
- Sikka T. An Intersectional Analysis of Geoengineering: Overlapping Oppressions and the Demand for Ecological Citizenship. In: Sapinski JP; Buck HJ; Malm A, ed. Has It Come to This? The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering on the Brink. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2021, pp.99-118.
- Sikka T. Personalised Nutrition: Studies in the Biogenetics of Race and Food. Social Identities 2021, 27(3), 359-376.
- Sikka T. The Foodways of the Intellectual Dark Web: To “Meat” or not to “Meat”. Social Politics 2021, 28(3), 730-754.
- Sikka T. What is Cancel Culture? Interview. Huffpost https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-is-cancel-culture_uk_5f08a1ddc5b63a72c341535b: Huffington Post, 2021.
- Sikka T. 'What to do about #MeToo? Consent, Autonomy, and Restorative Justice a Case Study. Bowes Museum: The Power and The Virtue. https://www.blimeycollective.co.uk/onlineseries, 2020.
- Sikka T. Media, Ideology and Social Justice. Apple podcast: Murmurations, 2020.
- Sikka T. The “Embodied Multi-Material Layering” of In Vitro Meat. Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 2020, 24(1/2), 158-177.
- Sikka T. The Meaning(s) of Medical Masks: Hygiene, Fashion, Solidarity — and care. Public Seminar, 2020. Available at: https://publicseminar.org/2020/04/the-meanings-of-medicalmasks/? utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-meanings-of-medical-masks.
- Sikka T. Fugitivity: How Black Studies Can Help Us Rethink The Refugee. Portland, OR: Dismantle Magazine, 2020. Available at: https://www.dismantlemag.com/2020/07/13/fugitivity-black-studies-rethink-refugee/.
- Sikka Tina. BMI, Race, and Bodies: How Race Science Reemerges in the Unlikeliest of Places. Nursing Clio, 2020. Available at: https://nursingclio.org/2020/05/27/bmi-race-and-bodies-how-race-science-reemerges-in-the-unlikeliest-of-places/. In Preparation.
- Sikka T. Racialisation, COVID-19 and Bioessentialism. Transforming Society: Bristol University Press and Policy Press, 2020. Available at: http://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/05/29/racialisation-covid-19-and-bioessentialism/.
- Sikka T. Race Science, Ancestry Tests, and Capitalism. London: Surviving Society Podcast, 2020.
- Sikka T. Health and Justice: Neoliberalism, Apps and the Limits of Individual Choic. Areo, 2020. Available at: https://areomagazine.com/2019/12/11/health-and-justice-neoliberalism-apps-and-the-limits-of-individual-choice/.
- Sikka T, Zollmann F, Broudy D, Klaehn J. Social Media Penetrates Every Aspect of Our Online Lives for Profit. Truthout, 2020. Available at: https://truthout.org/articles/social-media-penetrates-every-aspect-of-our-online-lives-for-profit/.
- Sikka T. Food and Femininity. In: Ross K; Bachmann I; Cardo V; Moorti S; Scarcelli CM, ed. The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication. Chichester: Wiley, 2020.
- Sikka T. Two Arguments to Help Decide Whether to ‘Cancel’ Someone and Their Work. The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited, 2019. Available at: https://theconversation.com/two-arguments-to-help-decide-whether-to-cancel-someone-and-their-work-128411.
- Sikka T. Neoliberal capitalism and the limits of individual choice. AlterNet, 2019. Available at: https://www.alternet.org/2019/08/neoliberal-capitalism-and-the-limits-of-individual-choice/.
- Sikka T. Barriers to Access: A Feminist Analysis of Medically Assisted Dying and the Experience of Marginalized Groups. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 2019, 84(1), 4-27.
- Sikka T. The contradictions of a superfood consumerism in a postfeminist, neoliberal world. Food, Culture and Society 2019, 22(3), 354-375.
- Sikka T. Against Twenty-First-Century Race Science. Jacobin, 2019. Available at: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/racism-science-genetic-testing-racecraft.
- Sikka T. Why we need a feminist climate science and how we might get it. Lady Science, 2019. Available at: https://www.ladyscience.com/features/why-we-need-a-feminist-climate-science-and-how-we-might-get-it.
- Reser A, McNeill L, Ortenberg R, Sikka T. Episode 21: How women built the environmental movement. Lady Science, 2019. Podcast.
- Sikka T. Will the idea of intergenerational justice mobilize us into climate action? An interrogation of the politics of climate change. Public Seminar, 2019. Available at: http://www.publicseminar.org/2019/07/will-the-idea-of-intergenerational-justice-mobilize-us-into-climate-action/.
- Sikka T. Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice: The Standpoint of the Vulnerable. New Books Network, 2019. Podcast.
- Sikka T. Politics of Categorization: Race and Blood. Sociology Lens, 2019. Available at: https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/race-and-ethnicity/politics-categorization-race-blood/24530.
- Sikka T. Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice: The Standpoint of the Vulnerable. Cham: Springer, 2019.
- Sikka T. 035 - Climate Technology, Gender, And Justice, with Tina Sikka. General Intellect Unit, 2019. Podcast.
- Sikka T. Activism and Neoliberalism: Two Sides of Geoengineering Discourse. Capitalism Nature Socialism 2019, 122(5), 509-517.
- Sikka T. Intersectionality in Scientific Spaces. In: A Dialogue on Language and Labels. 2018, Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University.
- Sikka T. Intersectionality in scientific spaces: climate change and medically assisted dying. In: Intersectionality in Scientific Spaces. 2018, Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University Feminist Society.
- Sikka T. Technology, Gender, and Climate Change: A Feminist Examination of Climate Technologies. Societies 2018, 8(4), 109.
- Sikka T. Geoengineering and Climate Change. In: Pitt JC; Shew A, ed. Spaces for the Future: A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, 2018, pp.263-280.
- Sikka T. 016 - An Intersectional Analysis of Geoengineering, with Tina Sikka. General Intellect Unit, 2018. Podcast.
- Sikka T. Post #MeToo: Can We Still Consume the Work of 'Bad Men'?. Feminism in India, 2018. Available at: https://feminisminindia.com/2018/09/06/post-metoo-consume-work-bad-men/.
- Sikka T. An Intersectional Analysis of Geoengineering: Overlapping Oppressions and the Demand for Ecological Citizenship. In: Shift and Signal School. 2018, Newcastle upon Tyne: The NewBridge Project.
- Sikka T. What not to watch: #MeToo and contemporary popular culture. Sociology Lens, 2018. Available at: https://www.sociologylens.net/article-types/opinion/not-watch-metoo-contemporary-popular-culture/21836.
- Sikka T. Contemporary Superfood Cults: Nutritionism, Neoliberalism, and Gender. In: Cargill K, ed. Food Cults: How Fads, Dogma, and Doctrine Influence Diet. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017, pp.87-108.
- Sikka T. Technofeminism and Ecofeminism: An Analysis of Geoengineering Research. In: Vakoch DA; Mickey S, ed. Ecofeminism in Dialogue. Lanham, MD, USA: Lexington Books, 2017.
- Sikka T. Virtuous, vulnerable and burdened: how feminism is undermined by making everything 'a feminist issue'. The F Word: Contemporary UK Feminism 2017.
- Sikka T. How Will Gender Affect the Practice of Medically Assisted Dying. Ottawa Citizen 2016, A8.
- Sikka T. Johanna Oksala: Feminist Experiences: Foucauldian and Phenomenological Investigations [Review]. Phenomenological Reviews 2016.
- Sikka T. Virtuous, vulnerable and burdened: how feminism is undermined by making everything 'a feminist issue'. Sociological Imagination 2016.
- Sikka T. Disability, Obesity and Ageing: Popular Media Representations. The Popular Cultural Studies Journal 2016, 4(1-2), 499-503.
- Sikka T. We Need to Address the Gender Biases in the Physician Assisted Dying Debate. The Canadian Progressive 2016.
- Sikka T. Contested Spaces: Geoengineering, Developmentalism and Governance. In: 10th International Conference of the International Developmental Ethics Association. 2015, San Jose, Costa Rica.
- Sikka T. Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP): Canada Country Report. Toronto, ON, Canada: Global Media Monitoring Project, 2015. GMMP: Country Reports.
- Sikka T. Imagining Climate Mitigation: Geoengineering, Sustainability and Justice. In: Science Shaping the World of Tomorrow. 2015, Antwerp.
- Sikka T. Contested Spaces: An Opening to Geoengineer the Planet?. Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, 2014. Available at: http://ceassessment.org/contested-spaces-an-opening-to-geoengineer-the-planet-guest-post-tina-sikka-simon-fraser-university/.
- Sikka T. Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change: Human Virtues of the Future. Edited by Allen Thompson and Jeremy Bendik-Keymer [Book review]. Perspectives on Politics 2013, 11(3), 936-939.
- Sikka T. An Analysis of the Connection Between Climate Change, Technological Solutions and Potential Disaster Management: The Contribution of Geoengineering Research. In: Filho, WL, ed. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management. Berlin: Springer, 2013, pp.535-551.
- Sikka T. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Geoengineering Advocacy. Critical Discourse Studies 2012, 9(2), 163-175.
- Sikka T. A Critical Theory of Technology Applied to the Public Discussion of Geoengineering. Technology in Society 2012, 34, 109-117.
- Sikka T. A Critical Theory of Technology Approach to the Study of Network Neutrality. In: Stiegler, Z, ed. Regulating the Web: Network Neutrality and the Fate of the Open Internet. Lexington Books, 2012, pp.176-184.
- Sikka T. Ethics of Evangelism: A Philosophical Defense of Proselytizing and Persuasion by Elmer John Thiessen [Book review]. Canadian Journal of Communication 2012, 37(4).
- Sikka T. Geoengineering in a World Risk Society. International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 2012, 3(1), 143-154.
- Sikka T. Karl-Otto Apel and the Study of Communication. Journal of Communication Inquiry 2012, 36(1), 6-23.
- Sikka T. Mediated Society: A Critical Sociology of Media by John D. Jackson, Greg M. Nielsen and Yon Hsu [Book review]. Canadian Journal of Communication 2012, 37(3).
- Sikka T. An Analysis of the Connection between Climate Change, Technological Solutions and Potential Disaster Management: the Contribution of Geoengineering Research. In: Klima 2011/Climate 2011: Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management. 2011, Virtual Conference.
- Sikka T. Technology, Communication, and Society: From Heidegger and Habermas to Feenberg. Review of Communication 2011, 11(2), 93-106.
- Sikka T. Geoengineering in a World Risk Society. In: Climate Change Conference: Climate Change and its Global Implications for People, Ethics and Equity. 2011.
- Sikka T. Articulation Theory. In: Ronald L. Jackson II and Michael A. Hogg, ed. Encyclopedia of Identity. Sage, 2010, pp.36-39.
- Sikka T. A Pragmatist Critique of Derridian Politics. Contemporary Pragmatism 2009, 6(1), 87-129.
- Sikka T. Ballistic Missile Defense and Articulation Theory: An Analysis of Technology using a Cultural Studies Approach. Journal of Language and Politics 2008, 7(1), 119-136.
- Sikka T. Pragmatics, Poststructuralism, and Hermeneutics: An Examination of Discursive-Consensus Formation and its Ethical Implications. Journal of Pragmatics 2008, 40(2), 227-243.
- Sikka T. The New Imperialism: Using Critical Discourse Analysis and Articulation Theory to Study George W. Bush's Freedom Doctrine. Global Change, Peace and Security 2006, 18(2), 101-114.
- Sikka T. The Public Sphere, Globalization and Technological Development. Development 2006, 49(3), 87-93.