Patrick Keilty


Associate Professor

Patrick Keilty

Associate Professor
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Patrick Keilty is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. In addition, he is Archives Director of the Sexual Representation Collection, administered by the Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. Professor Keilty’s research interests can be divided into two areas. The first is the politics of digital infrastructures in the sex industries. The second is the materiality of media in erotohistoriography. He has published on embodiment and technology, data science, the history of information retrieval, design and experience, graphic design, temporality, and sexual taxonomies. His work spans visual culture, sexual politics, science and technology studies, media studies, information studies, political economy, critical theory, and theories of gender, sexuality, and race. His research projects “Sexy Data,” “Pleasurable Data,” and “Sexual Representation Collection” are generously supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). In addition, he is Co-Investigator on Archive/ Counter-Archive, also funded through SSHRC. His forthcoming edited volumes include Queer Data (University of Washington Press) and Handbook of Adult Film and Media (Intellect Books). He is editor of Feminist & Queer Information Studies Reader (Litwin 2013). He was co-lead editor for Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience from 2017 – 2019 and continues to sit on the Editorial Board. He is currently Co-Chair of the Adult Film History Group in the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) and Treasurer of the Sexuality Studies Association. In addition to his appointments in the Faculty of Information and Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, Professor Keilty is cross-appointed with the Cinema Studies Institute, faculty member of University College, affiliated with the Women and Gender Studies Institute, and member of the Technoscience Research Unit.

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