Zoë Wool

VIEW to the U: An eye on UTM academic community

A sweeping scholarly smorgasbord On this episode of VIEW to the U, the guest is Zoë Wool, an assistant professor from UTM’s Department of Anthropology. Very few researchers cover as much ground in a research program as Zoë does, and over the course of this interview, Zoë talks about this range of work, which spans medical and sociocultural anthropology, and examines the harms of war and toxic burn pits that the US military use around the world, as well as her focus on disability and technology studies, queer theory, and feminist science studies. Zoë also talks about how she got into this area of research in the first place, she imparts some words of advice for other people who are also just starting out at UTM, particularly students, what her strategies are for mitigating stress, and also some interesting little-known facts about her days prior to becoming an academic. Zoë is also the Director of a newly launched feminist research space focused on experimental approaches to studying toxicity, waste and infrastructure across the social sciences and humanities. The TWIG Research Kitchen is based with Zoë in the Anthropology department at UTM, with additional support from UTM’s Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS) and also the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI). Zoë joined the faculty at UTM in 2020. Resources - Zoë Wool's website for more information about her research https://www.zoewool.com/ - TWIG Research Kitchen https://www.twigresearchkitchen.org/ - For a full transcript, go to https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/vp-research/sites/files/vp-research/shared/pdfs/ZW-transcribed%2CJan-2021.pdf