Events
Engineering 2, Room 599
Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures
Engineering 2, Room 599 Engineering 2, 1156 High St University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCo-authors Neda Atanasoski (UCSC Feminist Studies, CRES) and Kalindi Vora (UC Davis Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies) will present on their new book Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures (Duke University Press, March 2019), with responses by CRES Director Christine Hong and SJRC Director Jenny Reardon. A dessert reception will follow. […]
Jessica Enevold: “Mama Ludens vs Fanboi – What is wrong with the Gaming Revolution?”
Engineering 2, Room 599 Engineering 2, 1156 High St University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesIt has been hailed for a while, in articles, book introductions and sales reports: the gaming revolution. Fun for all is finally here and if we put our minds to it, games may even save the world! Then, what is wrong with the gaming revolution? The question can be read both as a complaint and […]
Banu Subramaniam: “Tracking Ghosts: Hauntings from a Eugenic Past”
Engineering 2, Room 599 Engineering 2, 1156 High St University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWhat do morning glory flowers or exotic plant and animal species have to do with the history of race or eugenics? In this talk, I trace the genealogies of ecology and evolutionary biology to explore how histories of gender and race shape contemporary biological theories and what lessons we can learn about the relationships between […]