Shreya RaoinANTH374S18Final Project: Key Concepts in STSThe false duality of “hard” and “soft” scienceMay 12, 2018May 12, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18Technology and ActivismIn this week’s class, we watched a documentary about how activists are using technology to their advantage to incite a Syrian revolution…Apr 27, 2018Apr 27, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18Smart Speakers: The New Evolution of Home TechnologyDuring this week’s classes, we discussed how technology has become integrated into not just our work lives, but our home lives as well. The…Apr 20, 2018Apr 20, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18Keynote Address ReflectionDuring this week’s Technocultural Futurisms conference, I attended Dr. Alondra Nelson’s Keynote Speech. She focused specifically on DNA…Apr 13, 2018Apr 13, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18Mr. Robot and the Subjectivity of HackersIn this week’s class, we discussed the intricacies of hacker and “geek” culture. Many times, hackers are perceived by society to fall into…Apr 7, 2018Apr 7, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18Organizations as Boundary ObjectsIn this week’s class, we discussed the concept of “boundary objects”, as detailed by Star’s “This is Not a Boundary Object”. Boundary…Apr 6, 2018Apr 6, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18The Inherently Political Design of Social MediaIn this week’s readings, we learned how different social structures can be seen within the design of technological objects themselves…Mar 17, 2018Mar 17, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18Rosalind Franklin and Scientific AuthorityIn this weeks readings, various authors spoke about how the culture of science determines who has the authority to both make and take…Mar 16, 2018Mar 16, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18Unspoken RulesThis week, we read about the culture of the community of high-achieving scientists in this country. In multiple disciplines, including…Mar 15, 2018Mar 15, 2018
Shreya RaoinANTH374S18The False “Purity” of the United StatesThis week, we discussed the socially constructed concept of invasion biology. As Subramaniam writes in Ghost Stories for Darwin, we…Feb 25, 2018Feb 25, 2018