BHUM 17A31 - Race and Technology

Digital technology permeates many people's lives. Most of us are surrounded by digital technology, which impacts what information we consume and how we interact with each other. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that technology does not affect everyone in the same manner. Mounting newspaper headlines of faulty facial recognition or discrimination in algorithmic welfare systems expose harms along the lines of gender, race, class and many other variables. While much of digital technology seems like a new development, there is a reckoning that in its perpetuation of pre-existing, “analogue” injustices, it forms part of a historical continuity. With this in mind, this course takes a closer look at how the intersection between technology and race as a social construct influences our interactions with each other as well as the structures we live in.
Aisha KADIRI
Séminaire
English
Autumn and Spring 2024-2025
Class participation (15%) First group presentation (10%) Second group presentation (20%) Individual essay (20%) Group essay (35%)
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