Before this week’s post prompt, I have never heard of the term “Afrofuturism” before. After a quick search, I discovered that it is a sister to science fiction as we know it, being that it considers the African/Black perspectives that coincide with their connection towards technology. This is different than…

The quote prompt from this week is a meaty digest. In short, it describes the idea that the origin of where thoughts come from are what matters, not just the thoughts itself. Origins of where we get our ideas from are the basis of how we come to the conclusion…

The readings this week remind me of similar situations in the mainland US. This would be similar to NODAPL, or the LINE5 pipelines, that are more local, albeit this is a telescope, not a pipe. Taking the digest of the 5 articles presented, it seems that there is more levy…

After reading the two perspectives on the authors’ pieces, from Kirby and Prescod-Weinstein, it is evident that they both view astronomy in different lenses. Comparing both of these people, they both have inputs on their own articles based off a certain passion that they have attached to themselves. Kirby has…

Over the past eight weeks in this class, three topics stood out to me for the mid semester essay. These topics are -Art as a means of communicating science -The necessity of diversity to develop technology and science -How credit for work is divided Building off of these thoughts, I…

When thinking about the many issues we face today, the most stark issue that I can see is of COVID 19. One of my friends works for a laboratory in Detroit handling specimens of people and testing the results. They are the ones that have gloves on and are the…

From reading Oreske’s work, I did find that they made two major points connecting heroism and objectivity to the male culture of the 20th century science world. Over the course of the thesis, they described the ideals of heroism and objectivity, and how the way that these concepts were conceived…

After reading the ICE articles that were presented online, one of the most staking ideas I felt was that of trying to remove people with student visas. These articles seem to be talking about the base of this new law that would prevent students who have full online classes to…

Many aspects of Okun’s White Supremacy Culture have been reflected in the past readings this week. With the reading of Cole’s Uncle of the Atomic Bomb, the author describes viewpoints of the urgency and politics around the atomic bomb. In Traweek’s work, the author depicts the social dynamics of the…