Visiting Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Editor-at-Large, Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
Research Interests
Computers | Data | Infrastructure | Neuroscience |
About Ian
I'm a visiting assistant professor of urban social science at Portland State University, and study data work, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
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Contributions to Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
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Call for Editors – 2019
Platypus, the CASTAC Blog, is seeking a new Editor and several new Contributing Editors for our team in 2019! The blog is a weekly, collaborative publication of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing at the American Anthropological Association. (more…) (read more...)
Call for 2018 Contributing Editors!
Editor’s note: If you’re interested in learning more about the position, and will be in DC for the anthropology meetings, be sure to come to the CASTAC business meeting! It runs from 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM on Saturday the 2nd. I’ll be talking about the past year at blog, and would be happy to hang around afterwards and answer any questions folks may have about the contributing editor role. Contributing Editors are responsible for curating 4-5 posts from scholars and researchers in the field each year, and frequently also contribute to the blog themselves. We are especially interested in contributors eager to continue our podcast series, Down to a Science, and assist the editor with compiling biweekly roundups of interesting and relevant content from around the web. This is a great opportunity to get involved in CASTAC, and in the anthropology of science and technology more generally. We are open to (read more...)
Conspiracies, Fake Social Networks, and Young Blood | Weekly Round-Up, June 23, 2017
This latest installment of our intermittently-weekly round-up brings you posts on machines that do conspiracies, transhumanism and capitalism, algorithms (beginning to be a staple), and biomedical vampirism. What more could you ask for? If you see anything around the web that you think we ought to include, please drop us a line. (more…) (read more...)