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Epstein: “I urge you to rush right out to buy (Wajcman's book) but to slow down to read it.” #timepuns #nice #asa16 #s204
Epstein suggets to look at hookup apps (i.e., grindr) to examine how ICTs change time and space in ways that augment sociality. #asa16 #s204
Last but not least, Steven Epsein’s take on Wajcman’s book about tech and constructed time. #asa16 #s204
Aguera-Arcas gives a shout out to Google researchers/UX (w00t!) to “design first” with mind to users as a kind of activism. #asa16 #s204
Aguera-Arcas finally talks about race — how tech companies sometimes don’t sample by race as a misguided way to not stereotype. #asa16 #s204
Aguera-Arcas shows that machine learning is incredibly complex, with multiple feedback loops, showing system-level bias. #asa16 #s204
Aguera-Arcas argues to focus less on individual actors (like a “bad" designer) and think more about systems that drive biases. #sea16 #s204
(Fun watching Aguera-Arcas’s slide style, which is very “Googley,” and see it juxtaposed with how sociologists usually do it.) #asa16 #s204
Aguera-Arcas is now talking about bias in technology, using google searches and finding, say, one woman “physicist” in images. #asa16 #s204
Curious as to why race hasn’t really been floated yet in terms of analysis/policies for tech and time. #asa16 #s204
Murphree would have liked Wajcman’s book to push for policies — think how employers use algorithms to schedule their employees. #asa16 #s204
Murphree: there’s a need for sociologists to study not just the tech industry but the end-user, the well-being of people. #asa16 #s204
Murphree: [points to audience] “You all have a job to do! There’s lots of work to be done on ICT (tech) use.” #asa16 #s204
Murphree connects Wajcman's book to a long tradition constructed time in history (“idle hands are the devil’s workshop”). #asa16 #s204
Schor encourages Wajcman to think about Bourdieuian distinctions in tech+time, like the “digital detoxes” bougie folks now do. #asa16 #s204
Schor: Wajcman approaches tech critically, and avoids determinist arguments that say technology creates experiences of time. #asa16 #s204
First panelist is @JulietSchor, who argues Wajcman's book takes a qualitative look at the way tech shapes how we interact. #asa16 #s204