Archive - Sociotechs Podcast

VAR and the Illusion of Objectivity: Technology’s Struggle with Equivocal Realities

The recent Olympic Games and European Football Championship have highlighted once again the importance, and controversiality, of technologies associated…

Aug 16

July 2024

Cyber Conflict and Data Violence in Gaza

Sorry for the long wait but we are here back and energized to present some very interesting episodes for the year!

Jul 31

April 2024

Techno-Borderland: How Security Technologies Shape Border Management

The foundational elements of EU migration policies and security technologies started to take a turn in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in…

Apr 25

Health Data Governance: Between Handling and Handing Data

Health data governance should ensure the protection of individuals' health data against violations while enabling the smooth functioning of healthcare…

Apr 2

March 2024

Beyond Digital Deception: Bots, Social Media and Generative AI

The narrative of digital deception pervades the discourse on generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), opening important questions on the validity and…

Mar 1

November 2023

Humanitarian Tech Unveiled: From Principles to Corporate Capture

Humanitarian aid has undergone significant transformations in recent years, driven in part by the increasing integration of technology and the growing…

Nov 15, 2023

October 2023

Unraveling Corporate Capture in SDGs; AI for Social Good in Africa

The notion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social good is being actively pushed as a route to involve private tech vendors in the pursuit of targets…

Oct 20, 2023

In the Grip of Automation: Navigating the Skill Erosion Dilemma

At a time when machines undertake practices previously delegated to human expertise, questions of skill erosion become prominent.

Oct 2, 2023

September 2023

Data Curation: Charting a Path to Reusable Data

Data reuse is crucial to making existing datasets accessible across users, systems, and organizations.

Sep 1, 2023

August 2023

Behind the Label: Data Labeling Labours for AI

In this episode, we discuss data labeling, and the intensive work behind the scenes of AI, with Srravya Chandhiramowuli. Through Srravya's expertise, we…

Aug 15, 2023

Decoding Data's Essence: An Ontological View

In this episode, we sit down with Aleksi Aaltonen to discuss his focus on data as semantic material and its implications for understanding technology in…

Aug 4, 2023

Border Externalization and Surveillance: Unraveling EU's Techno Borders

In this episode, we delve into the world of border securitization and specifically, the involvement of AI in the EU's border externalization strategy.

Aug 1, 2023

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