Cam Hunters: the podcast

In this episode, Cam Hunters Stéfy and Julia pick another two cards from the pleasure deck. Julia's cards prompt her to discuss care, individualism and the general lack of care in the global north, and all the systems that support this carelessness. The discussion continues to explore meditation, being present in the moment, the importance of mindfulness, and the challenge of integrating mindfulne...

In this episode of Cam Hunters, we pull cards from our Pleasure and Surveillance deck, inspired by Trisha Hersey and Paula Champagne's Rest Deck. Stéfy discusses what pleasure and joy mean to them and how they can create a regime of delight in their art practice. Julia discusses what self-care means to her and how her definition has changed over the years as she has explored its necessity. She dis...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Cam Hunters: the podcast! We’re pleased to be recording this season, while travelling cross country in our very own "cam-mobile." In this episode we walk listeners through our exciting project SURVEILLANT PLEASURES. We explain our proposal of using surveillance technologies in a pleasurable way as a method of resistance for BIPOC, 2SLGBTQAI+, Disabled, and anyone margin...

This week we are fortunate to chat with one of the biggest names in surveillance studies, Dr. David Murakami Wood. We have known David for years, as our supervisor, committee member, and mentor. One of David's not so hidden interests is sci-fi. David talks to us about sci-fi and its connection to surveillance. Dr. David Murakami Wood is a Faculty member at the Centre for Law, Technology and Societ...

This week we are pleased to talk to our colleague Torin Monahan on the release of his new book "Crisis Vision". You can purchase it at Duke University Press for 30% off with promo code "E22MONHN". Torin Monahan is a Professor of Communication at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-Editor-in-Chief of Surveillance & Society, the leading academic journal on surveillance. He primari...

Happy new year dear listeners. To welcome all of you to 2023, we are kicking off this year talking about care and healing with collaborators Drs. Susan Cahill and Mél Hogan from the University of Calgary. Dr. Susan Cahill (she/her) is a white settler scholar who lives and works in Moh’kinsstis | Calgary on the traditional territories of the peoples of the Treaty 7 region. She is an independent fil...

This week we are pleased to share our mics with the brilliant Azadeh Akbari. In this episode she talks about her desire for a free global internet, especially in relation to Iran's morality police, and their policing of women. About Azadeh: My name is Azadeh Akbari, and I am Assistant Professor in Public Administration & Digital Transformation at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. I studie...

Welcome back! This week we have a brand new episode featuring our wonderful Cruising Cam Specialist Myles Kenyon! He's with us to talk about cruising, surveillance, and his MA research that took a deep dive into the world of "Squirt". Miles has a MA in Communications and Media Studies from Carleton University, where he studied how queer communities discuss surveillance in the context of casual sex...

This week we are grateful to host our lovely friend and colleague Dr. Fareed Ben-Youssef. Fareed gives a brief introduction to his new bookNo Jurisdiction: Legal, Political, and Aesthetic Disorder in Post-9/11 Genre Cinema (SUNY Press, July 2022). If you are a fan of DC, Batman, and surveillance politics, this is the episode for you! More information can be found at our website camhunters.org. Dr....

We're back with a second season! This season we are inviting a series of surveillance expert guests to chat about their research, art, culture, technology, and politics. This week we are fortunate to chat with the lovely Heather Roberts, who tells us a bit more about found footage horror films. If you like "Paranormal Activity", "The Blair Witch Project" and horror flicks, this episode is right fo...

For the season finale of Cam Hunters: the podcast Julia and STÉFY share a series of creepy stories with their listeners.

This week the Cam Hunters are joined by Queen's University PhD student Rohit Revi. Rohit discusses the history of paranoia and delves into the political and cultural implications of paranoia on conspiracies and social control.

Can surveillance confirm the existence of the ghostly or the alien? STÉFY and Julia investigate.

In this episode the Cam Hunters talk about societies obsession with watching and photographing animals. Julia speaks about her experiences playing Kitty Collector and our interest in photographing cute and cuddly animals; while STÉFY blinds Julia with science, and explains the ways that animals have inspired contemporary surveillance technologies and drones.

Julia and STÉFY reveal some of the ways that consumers use surveillance tools for their own self-pleasure and indulgence. Julia explores the sexy/scary world of internet-connected sex toys, while STÉFY gives you some beauty tips after testing a new face-cleansing tool.

STÉFY and Julia go back to where the idea of Cam Hunters started - hidden cameras in Airbnbs. STÉFY shares a couple stories of guests finding hidden cameras in their Airbnb. Julia gets super creepy when she talks about a crowdfunded surveillance lamp that will no doubt find its way into rental properties.

STÉFY and Julia do what all great surveillance scholars do: talk about sex, nudity, and surveillance on reality television. STÉFY speaks passionately about how “Naked Attraction” has changed her life, and the critique the show has faced because of its sexual content and nudity. For Julia, surveillance gets “Too Hot to Handle” when she explains the pervasive use of surveillance technologies in this...

Julia and STÉFY dive into the world of camming and consent during COVID-19. Julia looks at the ways survivors of digital abuse cope while being required to be on camera for employment and social purposes. STÉFY speaks about the connections between sex work and the economy, especially “camming” and cam girls during the pandemic.

Julia and STÉFY introduce themselves, and give a brief introduction into the performative world of Cam Hunters. They define surveillance and introduce their new unsettling theory “disruptive exhibitionism”.