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Alternatives to Incarceration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Drug laws and the region’s untenable prison crisis are at the center of the drug policy debate in Latin America and the Caribbean. The incarceration of low-level drug offenders for exceptionally long sentences has left the region’s prisons bursting at the seams; the impact is not only felt by those incarcerated, but also by their families and communities. Cutting edge research by the Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho (Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law, CEDD) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) sheds new light on the problem and efforts to address it through alternatives to incarceration. The latest investigation …
A Modern History of the Disinformation Age: Communication, Technology, and Democracy in Transition Workshop
What are the roots of our “epistemic crisis” regarding what counts as facts and as "reality?" Participants focused on actors who benefit from the questioning of truth claims, how institutions that once served as gatekeepers for such claims have been weakened and are now unable to adjust to new media ecosystems, and how new maladapted gatekeeping institutions have taken their place. Participants included: Steven Livingston, Professor of Media and Public Affairs & Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor of Communication Studies, American University Yochai Benkler, Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal …
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Abe Fellowship Colloquium – Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation
Abe Fellowship Colloquium – Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation
Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes, hospitals, offices, and schools have become celebrated in mass and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation (University of California Press, 2018), Jennifer Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases and public relations videos that misrepresent robots as being as versatile and agile as their science fiction counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural history of governmental and academic discourse of human-robot relations in Japan, this book explores …