100% agree. Neda and I discuss this fantasy in our book Surrogate Humanity, in convo with Kelly Dobson critique of companion robots in the Machine Therapy project.

This is a crucial point. It's a design choice. Not an accident. And I want to thank Alondra Nelson for first articulating this so clearly that it stuck in my brain.

This is from the brilliant geographer Dr Max Liboiron who pursues what all scientist should: values-based research 👉🏼“feminist, anti-colonial approach to science, one that has accountability, humility and good land relations at its core” 👏🏼✊🏼 nature.com/articles/d4158…

Job opportunity at the incredible UMSI:

Finally, all of my pubs on transnational surrogacy in India are between two covers! Reimagining Reproduction (South Asia Edition - paperback out in June 2024) Cover art by the inimitable Bhasha Chakrabarti (“Meditations on Mending," 2019). Instagram @bhashaalways

"these systems function as panopticon-like technologies, creating privacy harms"

How do ethnic, racial, and colonial histories inform historical and contemporary practices of AI? Join us for an online talk and masterclass on "Ethnicity and AI" with Kalindi Vora @[email protected] @ejonesimhotep Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan on 30 April 2024: eventbrite.com/e/master-class…

Postdoc (feminist intersectional STS) opportunity in one of following areas: critical data studies, artificial intelligence and/or automation technologies; or social science of medicine and medical technologies. Closes 7/10/24 postdocs.yale.edu/postdoctoral-f…

A timely tool as many of us re-enter our classrooms

We are excited to announce another Global Asias Cyber Chat event. The theme of this chat is Computational Environments. If you are interested in attending the event, please email [email protected] to register. For more information, please see the attached flyer.

Thanks to Sabrina Cofer for the care with which she researched and conducted this interview!

Looking forward to this exciting conversation!

Yale ER&M is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor for next year with particular interest in education, environmental studies, Latinx studies, and/or comparative settler colonialisms. apply.interfolio.com/163932?fbclid=…