Coding and Politics

I am personally majoring in Computer Science + Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and I never…

Design and technology in bridges.

This week in class, we mainly focused on the history of design and technology. As discussed in the reading, there was a purpose of technology in the west. The purpose was to separate humans from nature. From the old times, humans were thought to be a weak entity in…

Is Technology Bringing Us Together?

This week in class, the reading that stuck out to me the most was “Do Artifacts have politics” by Langdon Winner. Artifacts were defined as any form of technology, and after reading this article the answer to Winner’s title was an obvious yes. I never realized how…

Science or Family?

Banu Subramaniam, a brilliant woman in science who has voiced her opinion that women should not have to choose between the options of having a family and their career. Women everyday in science, have to think about what is coming, choosing a path between the these two predicaments have been…

Constructing the Bridge

Banu Subramaniam is a woman of science. As a woman of science it is known to be a discouraged and difficult feat for…

The Year of Diversity and Inclusion

In the assigned reading on McPherson this week, the author talks of U.S operating systems and how they must be altered in order to accommodate for hybrid practices. McPherson calls for a broader definition and understanding of “code studies”. Currently “code studies”…

Living with an Amateur Physicist

A few days ago I sat with my older brother and remarked on how lucky we both are.

“How so?” he asks.

“Well look at where we are, how well we’ve done, and-”

Rosalind Franklin and Scientific Authority

In this weeks readings, various authors spoke about how the culture of science determines who has the authority to both make and take credit for scientific achievements. More often than not, the culture disadvantages women. Female scientists are seen as…

Resources Reign Supreme

This weeks reading circled around technologies impact on a society. Ingold spoke on the potential a society can…

Farewell to Ghost Stories

I’ve never been one to tell a ghost story, and I’ve never been one to listen either. Unfortunately, Subramaniam’s Ghost Stories for Darwin will fall to the same predicament. This is partly out of spite (as I am always spiteful of in-class readings. Nothing personal. PDF’s on a…