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As part of our “What Is Just Tech?” series, we invited several social researchers—scholars, practitioners, artists, and activists—to respond to a simple yet fundamental question: “What is just technology?” This […]
Dementia content gets billions of views on TikTok. Whose story does it tell? | MIT Technology Review
“That’s a conversation that people with dementia have been having now for a while,” says Kate Swaffer, a cofounder of Dementia Alliance International, an advocacy group whose members all live […]
By Abby OhlibeiserBOSTON (AP) — America’s first newspaper dedicated to ending slavery is being resurrected and reimagined more than two centuries later as the nation continues to grapple with its legacy of […]
By Philip MarceloDr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist, poet of code, and model who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She founded the Algorithmic Justice […]
Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media theorist, poet, and software designer. He is interested in developing intriguing new forms of expression by working on conceptual, critical, creative and technical levels […]
Brandeis Marshall teaches, speaks and writes about the impact of data practices on technology and society. She’s a rebel tech educator, scholar and practitioner who has taught over 1500 people […]
Race and technology are closely intertwined, continuously influencing and reshaping one another. While algorithmic bias has received increased attention in recent years, it is only one of the many ways […]
Roopa Vasudevan is a media artist, computer programmer and researcher, currently based in Philadelphia. Her work examines social and technological defaults; interrogates rules, conventions and protocols that we often ignore […]
Stephanie Dinkins is a transmedia artist who creates platforms for dialog about race, gender, aging, and our future histories. Dinkins’ art practice employs emerging technologies, documentary practices, and social collaboration […]
Jessica Marie Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the Johns Hopkins University and a fellow at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Studies […]
Dan O’Sullivan is the founding associate dean of the Emerging Media Institute, encompassing four departments at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is also TBS Chair at […]