race – Looks Like New https://lookslikenew.net The show that asks old questions about new technology, produced by the Media Economies Design Lab at CU Boulder. Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:18:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lookslikenew.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LooksLikeNew-5-150x150.png race – Looks Like New https://lookslikenew.net 32 32 Can technology help us obtain a brighter future? https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/can-technology-help-us-obtain-a-brighter-future/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://lookslikenew.net/?post_type=podcast&p=67152 ]]>
This month we interviewed Dr. Shamika Klassen, a User Interface Scientist and recent graduate of C.U. Boulder’s Department of Information Science. Dr. Klassen is interested in creating technologies that put humans first, particularly those who are traditionally marginalized.

On this episode, Dr. Klassen discusses with us her how she arrived at her dissertation research topic and process of conducting the research. Tune in to listen as we discuss Afro Futurism, Ethical Speculative Projects, and Black Mirror.

]]> What is Black Twitter? https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/looks-like-new-what-is-black-twitter/ Fri, 24 Dec 2021 01:00:55 +0000 https://news.kgnu.org/?p=52373 ]]> Twitter is a social media platform that has played a significant role in everything from politics, news, to social justice organizing. How do marginalized communities use this platform? What drives people to use the platform to find and build community through Black Twitter.

What is Black Twitter?

This month, we had a conversation with Shamika Klassen, a Ph.D. candidate and researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder, whose recently published research reveals some powerful findings.

]]> What Is a Black Media Philosophy? https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/looks-like-new-what-is-a-black-media-philosophy/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:00:17 +0000 https://news.kgnu.org/?p=46590 ]]> A lot of us are thinking about the legacies of racism these days, and about a media ecosystem that seems to hinder any hope of progress. But too rarely do we think about race and media together. Who gets to be the heroes of the digital age? Whose bodies become a kind of media?

Our guest this month, Armond Towns, has been developing a “Black media philosophy” that confronts media cultures saturated in whiteness. He is a professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Richmond. With host Bailey Troutman.

]]> What Makes Tech Inclusive? https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/looks-like-new-what-makes-tech-inclusive/ Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:58 +0000 https://news.kgnu.org/?p=41500 ]]> Often, discussions about diversity in the tech industry focus on mere representation. But in this discussion from Boulder Startup Week, we take inspiration from the Zebras Unite network, which seeks not just to change representation superficially but to change models of business and culture. We hear from information scientist Shamika Goddard, startup co-founder Corey Kohn, and neuro-engineer Shaz Zamore—each of whom is working on strategies to create a more radically inclusive relationship with technology.

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