![]() Professor Wajcman is a Fellow of the British Academy and she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute in 2018. She was previously Professor of Sociology in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Judy Wajcman is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. How do we explain this conundrum? And why is it that machines designed for today’s service economy often resemble gender stereotypes? This lecture will argue that a technofeminist analysis is needed to challenge the future on offer from the evangelists of Silicon Valley. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet we have never felt more pressed for time. The fourth industrial revolution promises to make our lives easier from organizing our calendars to providing companions for our elderly parents. Rather, their design and use both reflect and shape gender power relations. But what does it mean for women? Feminists have long recognized that technologies are not neutral tools that emerge independently of society. The contemporary fascination with artificial intelligence, big data and robotics tells us a great deal about how our culture envisages the relationship between humans and machines. ![]() Presenter: Professor Judy Wajcman (London School of Economics) ABS Case Study Lecture Theatre 2140, Level 2Īutomation, Robotics and the Promise of an Easier Life ![]()
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