Hi, I am Aurélie.
I’m a social and visual researcher of animation and technology, with a focus on gender and sexuality. I study the narratives that exist in the margins of internet history.
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I’m a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chaire de recherche du Québec sur l'intelligence artificielle et le numérique francophones (IANF) in Montréal, Canada. I’m working on how AI impacts the monetization of art in Quebec, especially in the VFX and animation sectors.
I have a PhD in Film and Moving Image Studies from Concordia University. In my doctoral thesis Of Tentacles and Men: How anime shaped the internet as we know it, I explored the role that Japanese animation fandom played in shaping the alternative web. I am currently looking for a publisher!
In 2024-2025, I was a PhD intern for Ariane Ollier-Malaterre and the Canada Research Chair in Digital Regulation at Work and in Life (UQAM) where I researched the tension between AI adult content creators and creative porn workers on monetization platforms under platform capitalism. In 2023-2024, I was a Doctoral Fellow in AI and Inclusion at the AI + Society Initiative (University of Ottawa) where I worked with Jason Millar on the ethics of moderating AI pornography. In the Summer 2023, I was a PhD intern in Sociotechnical Systems at the Social Media Collective (Microsoft Research), where I worked with Tarleton Gillespie on the limits of automated moderation for pornographic animation involving fictional children.
I work in both English and French. Before my PhD, I graduated with a BA and MA in Film and Media Studies from La Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris.
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