Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Anthropological Study of Science and Technology: Key Concepts In Three ImagesScience and Technology are rich black boxes that, when opened, illuminate how and why scientific knowledge and technological devices are…May 10, 2018May 10, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Social Media and Internet: New Weapon or New Tool?On Wednesday, we watched the film called #ChicagoGirl which shows the critical roles of Facebook in the revolution against the current…Apr 27, 2018Apr 27, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Rethinking of Morphed Cyborgian ExistenceIn the last chapter of Pressed for Time, the author mentioned the future advocated and promoted by scientists and entrepreneurs where human…Apr 20, 2018Apr 20, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Hacking The FutureThe term “hacking” has been attached with bad and evil connotations for a long time by the public. However, we see a turn in the situation…Apr 13, 2018Apr 13, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Hackers and Recursive PublicsThis week, we talked about the history and genres of hacking practice and hackers. It’s quite interesting that how earlier public…Apr 6, 2018Apr 6, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Technology Fluidity in Broader ApplicationIn this week’s reading, we read about the fluidity property of the Zimbabwean Bush pump. In the reading, the authors attribute such…Mar 30, 2018Mar 30, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Sexism in female dominated scientific fieldWe’ve spent a great amount of time over the last week to talk over how sexism exists in male-dominant fields in science and technology…Mar 2, 2018Mar 2, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Persisting Bias Towards Women in Science and TechnologyThis Wednesday, we spent a great amount of time discussing obstacles and bias within social norms towards women who are willing to enter…Feb 23, 2018Feb 23, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Interdisciplinary Study For Future Artificial Intelligence DevelopmentThere has been a recent resurgence in the area of explainable artificial. Researchers and practitioners seek to explicitly explaining…Feb 16, 2018Feb 16, 2018
Yingdong WanginANTH374S18Traditional Knowledge, A Complement of Modern ScienceThis week, we talked about how traditional knowledge can be of use when conducting researches on a certain area. Knowledge tested and…Feb 9, 2018Feb 9, 2018