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Laura Foster
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Laura Foster
@DrLauraAFoster
Associate Professor Gender Studies, Law, and African Studies | Co-lead Editor @catalyst_sts | gender, race, indigeneity, plants, IP, law, AI, South Africa
Indiana University - Bloomington Katılım Mayıs 2013
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An absolute honour and privilege to have been nominated, shortlisted and awarded the Distinguished Women Researchers Award. Standing alongside all the phenomenal finalists was awesome. Thanks to the @dsigovza for the recognition and a superb evening at #SAWISA2024.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION@dstigovza
The DSI is proud to announce the finalists for the 2024 South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA), the country's annual celebration of women excelling in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) #SAWiSA2024 #WomeninScience #ScienceSavingLives #WomensMonth2024
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@FemAfrica @IFJPglobal Insightful keynote by @Nanjala1 at the Digitalisation, AI and Feminist Futures conference, noting how African Feminisms disrupts the myth that wealth equals intellect equals morality.
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Looking forward to sharing my work, and learning from an incredible group of researchers @PLAASuwc. #algorithmicplantjustice @GenderStudiesIU @AfricanIP
PLAAS@PLAASuwc
Happening tomorrow: Join PLAAS and @DrLauraAFoster for the academic seminar: "Algorithmic Plant Justice: Vegetal Beings, Gendered Relations, and the Governing of Precision Agriculture." Date: 9 May 2023 Time: 13:00 SAST Register here: loom.ly/Mt7HqNM
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Looking forward to sharing insights from my latest book project on #AlgorithmicPlantJustice with @FilmandMediaUCT. I learn so much from this group of colleagues and students!
Film and Media (UCT)@FilmandMediaUCT
As AI becomes increasingly embedded into our daily lives, it's imperative that we unravel its hidden biases. Join our seminar with Laura Foster this Tuesday to dive into the cutting-edge field of AI research and its implications for the African context.
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Current book project #algorithmicplantjustice. How to grow an ethical AI that addresses justice for plants and people simultaneously? How to model a decolonial approach to AI with care and responsibility for more-than-human worlds? Find a story on plants and AI, send it my way!
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Check out the new @catalyst_sts issue! Thanks to my incredible colleagues for editing and producing another thought provoking issue. Sandra Carpenter, Janelle Li, Pam Perrimon, Cristina Visperas, Ren Zheng, @NassimParvin @bahngerama @adi_anupam
Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience@catalyst_sts
We are pleased to announce the publication of our Spring 2023 issue w/ a Special Section on “Domestication of War,” edited by Diana Pardo Pedraza, Xan Chacko, Jennifer Terry, and Astrida Neimanis. 1/3 catalystjournal.org/index.php/cata… #STS #feministSTS
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Honored to be on this panel in a packed room for a fascinating discussion on Decolonizing the Governance of Technoscience with Anne Pollock, Xan Sarah Chacko, Sonja van Wichelen, Cori Hayden, and Warwick Anderson! #ESOCITE4S22
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Thanks to everyone who made the 4S pre-conference writing workshop a wonderful success! #ESOCITE4S22 @4sWeb @catalyst_sts @TapuyaLASTS @Soc_Stud_Sci @STHV_journal @EastsJournal @eSTSjournal
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Presented my work for the STS seminar series at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México today! Thank you for a thought-provoking conversation to shape my new research – a feminist, decolonial, vegetal, technoscience approach to law and AI-based smart farming in South Africa.
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Transnational research via electronic platforms (e.g. zoom) means researchers must consult ethics requirements in each country participants are located. The HHS has a list of country guidelines bit.ly/3NpNrtU but also check Indigenous peoples' research ethics guidelines.
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Looking forward to this conversation with @FilmandMediaUCT !
Film and Media (UCT)@FilmandMediaUCT
This is our lunchtime #UCT CFMS seminar for Tuesday 26 April at 12:30 PM (lecture starts 1 PM). Prof. Laura Foster will be speaking on a botanical approach to artificial intelligence. Snacks will be served. AC Jordan 4B.
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The Spring 2022 issue of @catalyst_sts is out! I am proud to work with such an amazing editorial team of Anne Pollock, @NassimParvin @Lauren_Savit and @adi_anupam #feministSTS #STS @GenderStudiesIU
Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience@catalyst_sts
We are pleased to announce our Spring 2022 issue w/ a Special Section on Global Fertility Chains & the Colonial Present of Assistant Reproductive Technologies, guest-edited by Sigrid Vertommen, @ParryBronwyn, & @MichalNahman. 01/04 catalystjournal.org #STS #feministSTS
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@raceip Sounds fantastic! I would love to join the next one. Please send link/info to email. Hope the conversation went well!
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I am honored to be part of @catalyst_sts and excited for this fantastic Fall 2021 issue! Thanks to all the contributors, and my amazing editorial collective team @NassimParvin, Anne Pollock, @adi_anupam, @Lauren_Savit, and @mp_pfeifer! #feministSTS @GenderStudiesIU
Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience@catalyst_sts
We are pleased to announce the publication of our Fall 2021 issue with a Special Section on Probing the System, guest-edited by Paula Gardner and Sarah Kember. Our evocatively beautiful cover is by Shu Lea Cheang. 1/4 #STS #feministSTS bit.ly/3nyWHkf
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Human exceptionalism is baked into patent law. #vegetalfeminisms
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Presented this morning on human exceptionalism in the law and the need for a critical #vegetalfeminisms. Thanks to the attendees and my panelists Xan Chacko, Banu Subramaniam, and Sushmita Chatterjee for an engaging conversation on human-vegetal flows of energy! #slsa21
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I am honored to be joining this innovative STS journal, and thankful to all those past and present who have worked so tirelessly to promote @catalyst_sts
Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience@catalyst_sts
We are pleased to have @DrLauraAFoster joining our lead editorial team alongside Anne Pollock and @NassimParvin! A big thank you to our outgoing co-lead editor & founding member of the editorial board @deboleena_roy for her incredible contributions to Catalyst from 2018–2021. 2/4
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Excited to be in conversation with this fabulous group!
Hannah Zeavin@HZeavin
Coming up in a few hours: How to publish your article in an interdisciplinary journal, hosted by @STSfutures, with editors from @catalyst_sts, @hssonline's Isis, @4sWeb's EST&S, and @HistHum. Can't make it but have questions? Feel free to DM!
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Today at noon CST - Join me for a conversation on Hoodia plants, succulent sex, and patent law @TTUWGS @GenderStudiesIU @IUCLSC @AfricanIP @raceip depts.ttu.edu/wstudies/AWHE_…
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Excited to be part of this incredible editorial team, and this amazing anniversary celebration! @catalyst_sts #feministSTS #catalyst5th @GenderStudiesIU
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