Innovating, Interrupting & Regenerating the Human-Technology Frontier - I

Abstract

This first session welcomes interdisciplinary research from an STS lens that critically evaluates and/or is actively involved in developing projects where integrated technologies (sensors, communication, computation, virtual intelligence) are embedded around, on, and in human subjects and the environments they inhabit. Thematic questions this session will explore: How are emerging integrated technologies shaping human behavior and health in relation to natural and built environments? How are they shaping social organizations in relation to natural and built environments? What are the ethical/legal implications of integrated technologies on privacy and security?

Individual Presentations

• Boundary Work of Risk: A Comparative Study on Molecular Robotics and Synthetic Biology - Ken Kawamura, Seijo Univerisity; Daisuke Yoshinaga, Waseda University; Go Yoshizawa, Oslo Metropolitan University; Mikihito Tanaka, Waseda University; Ryuma Shineha, Seijo Univerisity

• Cyborg Maintenance: The Invisible Work of the Technological Bodymind - Joshua Earle, Virginia Tech

• Designing Stigma: Information, Shame, and the Politics of Electronic Ankle Monitors - Lauren Kilgour, Cornell University

• On the Production of Subjectivity and Surveillance: The Case of Amazon “Machine” - Bahar Nasirzadeh, York University

Session Organizer

• Richard B Duque, Utica College