Take That for Data: Decoding Sport’s Technocultural Turn, with Dr. Courtney M. Cox
In this lunchtime "in conversation" event, Dr. Courtney M. Cox, Associate Professor in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies (IRES) at the University of Oregon, presents on her project Take That for Data, with UCLA Professor Julia Powles, DataX Director of Tech Policy and Executive Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy; and Professor Jacqueline Alderson, DataX Director of Tech and Human Performance, and Special Advisor for the Los Angeles Olympics, LA28.
Abstract: Frequent headlines surrounding the surge in app-based gambling, teams’ investments in big data, and the use of robo-officiating bring new questions about the use of emerging technology in sports. In her current project, Take That for Data, Dr. Cox examines sport’s latest technocultural turn and documents this current landscape’s impact on the lives and labor of athletes and fans. In doing so, she considers how these new systems and structures reveal larger shifts in how we conceptualize fairness, access, and even justice through the lens of sport.
Bio: Dr. Courtney M. Cox is an Associate Professor in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies (IRES) at the University of Oregon. Her research examines issues related to identity, technology, and labor through sport and wine. Her book, "Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball," considers how Black women and nonbinary athletes maneuver through the global sports-media complex. She is also co-director (with Dr. Perry B. Johnson) of The Sound of Victory, a multiplatform project located at the intersection of music, sound, and sport. She previously worked for ESPN, Longhorn Network, NPR-affiliate KPCC, and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.