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The Good Robot

By: Dr Kerry McInerney and Dr Eleanor Drage
  • Summary

  • Join Dr Eleanor Drage and Dr Kerry McInerney as they ask the experts: what is good technology? Is ‘good’ technology even possible? And how can feminism help us work towards it? Each week, they invite scholars, industry practitioners, activists, and more to provide their unique perspective on what feminism can bring to the tech industry and the way that we think about technology. With each conversation, The Good Robot asks how feminism can provide new perspectives on technology’s biggest problems.

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Episodes
  • Isabella Rosner on Needlework and History's Hidden Technologies
    Apr 30 2024

    In this episode, we talk to Dr. Isabella Rosner, a curator at the Royal School of Needlework and a research consultant at Witney Antiques. Isabella tells us about the evolution of embroidery as a technology, and the complex relationship between needlework and feminism. We use this history to shed light on technology and feminism today.

    This episode includes an ad for the What Next|TBD podcast.

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    34 mins
  • Darren Byler on how China surveils Uyghur Muslims
    Mar 26 2024

    In this episode, we talked to Darren Byler, author of Terror Capitalism and In the Camps, Life in China's High Tech Penal Colony. We discussed his in depth research on Uyghur Muslims in China and the role played by technology in their persecution. If you're just listening to this on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, you can now watch us on YouTube at The Good Robot Podcast.

    This episode includes an ad for the What Next|TBD podcast.

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    27 mins
  • Thuy Linh Tu on the Racial History of Dermatology
    Mar 12 2024

    In this episode we talk to Thuy Linh Thu, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. We talk about how good technology disperses power, while bad technology concentrates power, the racial history of dermatology, including the connections between the Vietnam War, medical experimentation on incarcerated men in the U. S., and retinol creams,. Please note that this episode contains references to medical experimentation and racial violence.

    This episode includes an ad for the What Next|TBD podcast.

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    28 mins

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