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Ruha Benjamin

Professor of African American Studies | Princeton University Princeton, United States of America

Biography

Ruha Benjamin is the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab, and author of the award-winning book Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, among many other publications. Her work investigates the social dimensions of science, medicine, and technology with a focus on the relationship between innovation and inequity, health and

Sessions

13:50h

Keynote Session | SMART CITY EXPO

Utopias, Dystopias, or UStopias: Whose Imagination are we Living in?

Femi Oke Moderate the Panel Co-Founder Master of Ceremonies

Ruha Benjamin Princeton University Professor of African American Studies Speaker

06-11-2024 13:50 06-11-2024 14:20 Europe/Madrid Utopias, Dystopias, or UStopias: Whose Imagination are we Living in?

In this talk, Ruha Benjamin takes us into the liberating power of the imagination. Deadly systems all emerged from the human imagination, and have real-world, often deadly impacts. To fight harmful systems and create a world in which everyone can thrive, we will have to imagine things differently. Drawing on work that critically examines “smart” technologies that perpetuate inequities and engaging with grassroots approaches to community building, she offers a pragmatic and poetic approach to worldbuilding that invites each of us to consider the role we play in maintaining or transforming the oppressive status quo.

Hall 3 | Congress: Auditorium

Wed 6 13:50h - 14:20h Hall 3 | Congress: Auditorium Full Congress Pass