Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18Anthropology of Science and Technology: Final ProjectPart 1: Discourses on G.I.F.T., Racism, and the InternetMay 12, 2018May 12, 2018
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18An Opinion on Violent Gaming ResearchA brief criticism of how biased researchers do not consider viable data and enforce their own preconception when discussing violence in…Apr 21, 2018Apr 21, 2018
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18“Moving the Future”: Technological Futurism PanelSummaryApr 13, 2018Apr 13, 2018
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18The Problem with Cyber-NeoliberalismFor the sake of this article, I’m going to use “Cyber-Neoliberalism” as a shorthand for the concept of neoliberal/libertarian freedom on…Apr 7, 2018Apr 7, 2018
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18Why We Lose Time: The Myth of MultitaskingI’ve recently begun reading a book by author Judy Wajcman, titled Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism. The…Apr 6, 2018Apr 6, 2018
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18The Politics of HumansI recently read an article by a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by the name of Langdon Winner, titled “Do Artifacts…Mar 17, 2018Mar 17, 2018
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18Women in Science and Technology: A Brief Look at Ada LovelaceFor those who have not heard of this Victorian mathematician, Ada King-Noel, known today as Ada Lovelace, is one of the most influential…Mar 14, 2018Mar 14, 2018
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18Franz Boas: The First Modern AnthropologistThis year, on July 9th, will be the 160th anniversary of the birth of Franz Boas, one of the greatest pioneers of anthropology. While the…Feb 25, 2018Feb 25, 2018
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18“Cheddar Man” and Bad ScienceThere was a recent discovery announced two weeks ago in Great Britain that made by analyzing the mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) from the…Feb 16, 20181Feb 16, 20181
Benjamin DavisoninANTH374S18Why History of Science is Taught as a Western PhenomenonI was never one totally on board with the conception (in many respects, misconception) that the history of science is, in essence, a…Feb 9, 2018Feb 9, 2018
