Publications
Journal articles, book chapters, theses, and online resources.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
2025
AI-Driven Textual Analysis to Decode Canadian Immigration Social Media Discourse
Farinola, A., Abu-Laban, Y., & Rockwell, G.
Digital Studies / Le champ numérique
Abstract
This paper applies large language model–assisted corpus analysis to a large-scale dataset of YouTube comments and Reddit threads concerning Canadian immigration policy (2019–2024). Combining topic modelling, sentiment classification, and close reading of high-frequency lexical patterns, we identify dominant discourse frames—including securitisation, economic utility, and humanitarian obligation—and track their temporal evolution relative to major policy announcements.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
2023
Hermeneutical Postphenomenology: Computational Tools and the Lure of Objectivity
Augustine Akintunde Farinola
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 38, Issue 3, pp. 1078–1087 — Oxford University Press / ADHO
Abstract
Argues that computational tools embed developer subjectivity and cannot guarantee objective literary interpretation. Proposes 'Hermeneutical Postphenomenology' — drawing on Don Ihde — as the appropriate critical framework for digital humanities methodologies.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
2022
Towards a Yoruba Indigenous Model of Communication for Software Development in Digital Humanities
Augustine Akintunde Farinola; Paul Akinmayowa Akin-Otiko
International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 153–165 — Edinburgh University Press
Abstract
Argues that DH tools for African language studies must be redesigned to properly process African language data, and proposes a Yoruba-derived indigenous communication model for software development.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
2017
Advances and Anomalies of Virtual Reality Technologies in Medicine
Augustine Akintunde Farinola; J.J. Unah
African Journal of Philosophy
Abstract
A philosophical analysis of the promises and limitations of virtual reality technologies in medical practice, examining epistemic and ethical dimensions of VR-assisted surgery, therapy, and training.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
2017
Proposing 'Anima Factoris' Criterion: A Critique of Pulmonary and Brain Death Criteria
Augustine Akintunde Farinola; J.J. Unah
Abstract
Introduces the 'Anima Factoris' criterion as an alternative philosophical framework for determining death, critiquing the prevailing pulmonary and brain death criteria in bioethics.