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Diversity & Tech #23

Announcements Citation Justice (related to this recent NYU Libraries course). Reviewing this research guide will help with the “balance of voices” Cultural Competence line item in the final grade sheet. Class on Wednesday (11/29) will be on Zoom. I’ll put the Zoom link on Brightspace after class. You don’t have to report to the classroom […]

Diversity & Tech #22 (November 20)

Announcements New items in Reading/Watching/Listening: Updated Policy on Unexcused Absences (UA) – also added to the D&T menu Additional notes: Agenda Assignment

Updated Policy on Unexcused Absences (UA)

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Diversity & Tech #21 (November 14)

Announcements New resource in Reading/Listening/Watching: Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present Agenda Assignment

Diversity & Tech #20 (November 13)

Agenda Assignment

Diversity & Tech #19 (November 8)

Announcements Alluded to in the Introduction to Dominance by Design: the poem “White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling. Unless you prefer otherwise, Session #22 will be the final in-class Timed Exercise. They will be optional homework for Sessions #23-27. PLEASE NOTE: you must complete at least 22 exercises! Agenda Assignment

Diversity & Tech #18 (November 6)

Announcements Agenda Assignment

Diversity & Tech #17 (November 1)

Announcements New items in the “Bodily Autonomy” and “Spatial Sovereignty” sections of Reading/Watching/Listening. Midterm grades should be up by Friday. Not getting the grade you want? Don’t leave points on the table!… Agenda. Note the revised time allocations: Assignments

Diversity & Tech #16 (October 30)

Announcements Field trip TODAY! We will meet nearby at 370 Jay Street, Room 220. Midterm Updates: After reading all your midterms this weekend, I was generally impressed with the level of cultural competence demonstrated by the articles! (I’m still in the process of calculating grades.)For the second half of the semester, we will focus more on research […]

Diversity & Tech #15 (October 25)

Announcements Following on Monday’s discussion of Dawn and CRISPR: a resource page on issues of informed consent and “human subjects” in research and medical experiments, particularly as it pertains to racism in the United States. If you plan to use Dawn for your final paper, and/or if you want to learn more about how informed […]