HRC Speaker Series | How the Humanities and STEM Can Find Common Ground in the History of Computing 

Sometimes a bug is a feature, both historically and technologically. In other words, sometimes perceived problems have actually been designed into the systems and infrastructures that we use and live within. Using lesser-known histories of computing, labor, gender and social change, this talk shows how the history of technology can unite STEM and humanities scholars alike. It explains how many histories of technology that aren't as readily apparent to us hold enormous power for helping us understand our current technological context and our potential collective technological future-as well as how we can shape those technological future(s) to repeat fewer of the mistakes of the past.​
With Introductions, and moderated by Dr. Jennifer Rhee, Associate Professor of English and Director, HRC AI Futures Lab, and Dr. Karen Rader, Professor of History at VCU.
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