Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | Director Edward Jones-Imhotep @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social
Acting Director Rebeca J H Woods @professorbopeep.bsky.social
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📘 New open access publication by Prof. Adrien Zakar in the American Historical Review: In this article Professor Zakar traces the longer intellectual genealogy of Nakba as a concept of catastrophe and political upheaval prior to 1948.
Read more: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
📘 In a recent NOW Toronto feature, Prof. Marga Vicedo traces how understandings of autism shifted from psychiatric models to modern neurodevelopmental perspectives and how those shifts affect access to services and public policy today. nowtoronto.com/news/kids-ar...
🗺️ In “Coordinated Fabulation: The Thing-Unthought in the History of Modern Mapping,” Prof. Adrien Zakar examines the conceptual foundations and narrative structures of modern cartographic practice. Published in the International Journal of Turkish Studies: karpatcenter.wisc.edu/karpat-cente...
🎙️ The Algorithms of Empire podcast, curated by postdoc Miron Clay‑Gilmore, investigates AI’s military origins and the political fallout of contemporary artificial intelligence 🪡 ⬇️
🌟 Prof. Elise Burton was featured in the University of Toronto Magazine for using escape rooms as a teaching tool in history of science courses, helping students explore scientific practice through collaborative and experiential learning 🌟
magazine.utoronto.ca/campus/profe...
🌍 ICYMI: Our latest alumni spotlight highlights Adrian K. Yee, Zhixiang Cheng, and Jan Hua-Henning, now working at leading institutions across Asia. Their journeys reflect the global reach of IHPST and the value of interdisciplinary scholarship across borders ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/ihpst-a...
Part of the Algorithmic Bias Project and hosted on the Centre for Ethics YouTube channel, the series brings together scholars and practitioners to examine how histories of empire, race, and power continue to shape algorithmic systems today 🎧 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📘 Postdoctoral Fellow Miron Clay-Gilmore and Zane Maddux examine how data-driven surveillance extends counterinsurgency into domestic contexts, reinforcing racialized policing and social control.
Read the article: mironjclaygilmore.substack.com/p/the-threat...
#AI #Surveillance
Prof @karinavold.bsky.social took part in a @masseycollege.bsky.social e panel on AI’s social impact alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Nick Frosst, hosted by IHPST PhD student @reneeasirbu.bsky.social Missed it? Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqKB...
#AI #Ethics
Congratulations to Prof. @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social on the publication of his new book with @mitpress.bsky.social 🎉
Even better: the book is available open access! We invite you all to explore this exciting research. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...
A podcast dedicated to exploring the military roots of artificial intelligence technologies and their consequences for racialized forms of warfare and repres...
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From Hong Kong to Beijing and Kunshan, IHPST alumni are building academic careers across Asia, bringing with them the interdisciplinary training and intellectual flexibility that define the program.…
A podcast dedicated to exploring the military roots of artificial intelligence technologies and their consequences for racialized forms of warfare and repres...
