{"id":7332,"date":"2026-10-26T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=7332"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:57:13","slug":"diversity-and-technology-2026-session-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=7332","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDiversity and Technology\u201d 2026 Session 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Good midterms!\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I&#8217;ve read and left suggestions in (copies of) all midterm papers submitted on Friday. If your midterm was submitted later, I&#8217;ll read it later. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most common issues: citations, inclusive language, removal of section headers, thin analysis of BELOVED<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reminder about AI platforms: for privacy purposes, use Gemini (or no AI) for analyzing any recordings. Don&#8217;t use Claude, ChatGPT, etc, unless you want to pay for the platform and get reimbursed by NYU. Up-to-date AI tool status at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/life\/information-technology\/artificial-intelligence-at-nyu\/generative-ai-services.html\">NYU AI tools page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archival visit: shorter video requirement, e.g. 14 minutes + 16 images?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Archival <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1IR_sd6xJ_gI17y0NJAHxpaMDyYXZTyjJ?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video and images examples here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AGENDA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Device time\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/12OPE0gGJlty6ImsmrhQ1ebVRCwsL2dZICaKV-9OXjCk\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News item<\/a>s will return on Wednesday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Announcements&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1P-FTWI_2NOeiArXWY7qLPghN7XAhRL7FDxWD06x4GIc\/edit?gid=1124165214#gid=1124165214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Primary research<\/a>&nbsp;check-in +&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/11ch7E5DBdvIAoi7Hb1AXnhlHX_IUKp8ipZGXGUA9S5g\/edit?tab=t.0\">tips<\/a>&nbsp;updates.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reminders: Informed Consent form, backup plan, using AI, continue to copy me on correspondence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coming soon: checklists for interviews and archival visits\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Archival <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1IR_sd6xJ_gI17y0NJAHxpaMDyYXZTyjJ?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video and images examples here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abolition walking tour orientation: the shoulders of giants! \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.nyu.edu\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma99101925237607871&amp;context=L&amp;vid=01NYU_INST:NYU&amp;lang=en&amp;search_scope=CI_NYU_CONSORTIA&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=Unified_Slot&amp;query=any%2Ccontains%2Cebony%20and%20ivy%20craig%20wilder\">Ebony &amp; ivy : race, slavery, and the troubled history of America&#8217;s universities<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Among the founding trustees of <strong>Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute<\/strong> (1855) were&#8230; James Stranahan, a civil engineer who had planned the manufacturing town of Florence, NY, for the abolitionist Gerrit Smith. Charles Pratt&#8217;s oil refiner and the Havemeyer sugar works were driving a production revolution that transformed Brooklyn from a small town to an industrial city.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wunsch Hall\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.nyu.edu\/170-years-of-engineering\/wunsch-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wunsch Hall: A building steeped in history &#8211; NYU Tandon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/polyarchives.hosting.nyu.edu\/exhibits\/show\/wunsch-building\/timeline\">NYU Student site on Wunsch Hall<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Historic markers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=242964\">Wunsch Hall<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=242927\">Old Bridge Street Church<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marketing site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtownbrooklyn.com\/news\/2025\/abolitionist-history\/\">Remembering the Abolitionist History of DTBK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abolitionist Place\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abolitionistplace.org\/\">Friends of Abolitionist Place<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hdc.org\/buildings\/harriet-and-thomas-truesdell-house-227-duffield-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harriet and Thomas Truesdell House<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/a860-gpp.nyc.gov\/concern\/nyc_government_publications\/hq37vq70k\">Landmark preservation document<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtownbrooklyn.com\/listing\/abolitionist-place\/\">Abolitionist Place &#8211; Downtown Brooklyn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edc.nyc\/project\/abolitionist-place\">Abolitionist Place | NYCEDC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/product\/my-brooklyn?vp=mmm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Brooklyn<\/a> documentary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hdc.org\/buildings\/duffield-street-houses\/\">Duffield Street Houses<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/s-media.nyc.gov\/agencies\/lpc\/lp\/2089.pdf\">Duffield Street Houses<\/a> landmark preservation document<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/real-estate-market\/duffield-street-houses-landmark-downtown-brooklyn-vacant\/\">Duffield Street Houses today(ish)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/lpc\/downloads\/pdf\/presentation-materials\/20260609\/182-188-Duffield-Street.pdf\">A skyscraper on top of the Duffield Street Houses<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=242968\">Ida B. Wells historical marker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Device-free time\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Outdoor walking tour of local abolition &amp; 1800s landmarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ASSIGNMENT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You can use AI, but you must verify any information you find.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>I may ask you about it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NEWS<\/strong>: Please share a relevant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/12OPE0gGJlty6ImsmrhQ1ebVRCwsL2dZICaKV-9OXjCk\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news item<\/a>&nbsp;and be prepared to explain it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>READ<\/strong>&nbsp;and be prepared to discuss:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.nyu.edu\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_hathitrust_hathifiles_gri_ark_13960_t9962wc7z&amp;context=PC&amp;vid=01NYU_INST:NYU&amp;lang=en&amp;search_scope=CI_NYU_CONSORTIA&amp;adaptor=Primo%20Central&amp;tab=Unified_Slot&amp;query=any%2Ccontains%2CSewing%20machine%20history&amp;offset=0\">Sewing machinery : being a practical manual of the sewing machine, comprising its history&nbsp;and details of its construction, with full technical directions for the adjusting of sewing machines<\/a>&nbsp;(Urquhart, 1881). Please read&nbsp;<em>Chapter 1, History and Description of the Sewing Machine<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Dentistry:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dental.nyu.edu\/aboutus\/rare-book-collection\/virtual-museum.html#\">Virtual Museum: History of Dentistry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teachers College @ Columbia U:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tc.columbia.edu\/institutional-review-board\/irb-blog\/2020\/the-history-of-the-belmont-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethics and the IRB: The History of the Belmont Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>REVIEW<\/strong>&nbsp;and be prepared to discuss:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1Jgv5-KrZ2CUWImjwhCy9i4eVLU9OLVg_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Beloved<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;up until \u201cStamp allowed that perch and catfish were jumping into the boat\u2014didn\u2019t even have to drop a line.\u201d (The entirety of Beloved-Part05.mp3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any\/all previous assignments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FOR&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Rm3uq-VoNrhi0TjZZQ9YYhb-W8h9WbQgx4pMZH4xuSg\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DISCUSSION FACILITATORS<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;leading the next session: email me the following by 1:30pm ET before the next class, as part of your discussion grade.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>your 2-3 minute audio excerpt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-3 discussion questions on the&nbsp;<em>Beloved<\/em>&nbsp;and additional technology reading assignments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNOUNCEMENTS AGENDA ASSIGNMENT You can use AI, but you must verify any information you find.&nbsp;I may ask you about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diversity","category-nyu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7332"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7356,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332\/revisions\/7356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}