The Imam Chatbot: A Digital Zeitgeist
Hey Adam! “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Dear brothers and sisters, today I would […]
On Starships and people: Can we rescue the liberatory potentials of technology?
On April 20th, 2023, SpaceX attempted the first integrated flight of its biggest rocket called Starship. SpaceX is a private
How to use health technologies to “kill one little deer in the dark forest”
There is a global push towards making AI more ethical and transparent. As critical contributions on the topic of AI
Technologies of Trust: Introduction
This post is the introduction of our thematic thread on Trust, curated by Anna Weichselbraun (University of Vienna), Shaila Seshia Galvin (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Seeing Is Not Believing
This piece explores how the indexical quality of Facebook livestreams and the particular claims they make to represent or manifest
Trust the food chain, trust the blockchain
Using blockchain as a thread, IBM Food Trust tries to stitch the wounds in the global, decentralised food supply chain.
Trust, truth, and the blockchain
“Less Trust, More Truth” said the black nylon drawstring bag in the cardboard box. I had to have one. No
Making medicines trustworthy: pharmaceutical technologies of trust and regulation
How do globalised health regimes create and shape landscapes of medical regulation and patient safety? This essay asks about the
Trust: A Pragmatics of Social Life?
Trust exposes and discloses the social. But the heterogeneity and even excessiveness of meaning in the concept—its overdetermination, its multifariousness
Demonstrating Trust in Jordan
This essay considers the role of demonstration as a technique of trust at a wild animal sanctuary in Jordan. I