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HUMN 45 - 01   Race and Technology

2023 Summer Quarter

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Career
Undergraduate
Grading
Student Option
Class Number
70046
Type
Seminar
Instruction Mode
In Person
Credits
5 units
General Education
ER
Status
Open
Available Seats
24
Enrollment Capacity
35
Enrolled
11
Wait List Capacity
0
Wait List Total
0

Description

Considers how racial and gendered systems interact with technological innovations (such as facial recognition, codes and algorithms, data networks, surveillance technologies, and drones) and how inequalities find their way into the code driving techno-intelligence. Foregrounds the question of who benefits and who loses through these ''innovations.'' Assesses the holistic picture of technological development: the historical context of several technologies, how they affect the environment, who works to build the components, and who becomes the experts of how we address social problems. Students debate these issues and consider how we might propose alternative solutions or interact differently with technologies and the worlds they offer.

Meeting Information

Days & Times Room Instructor Meeting Dates
MW 06:00PM-09:30PM N. Sci Annex 103 Boykin,M.T. 07/31/23 - 09/01/23
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