Scientific Oppression, Biological Reductionism, and the Future of Neurotechnology

ABOUT THIS WEBINAR
Technologies that record and stimulate the brain are set to transform medical treatment, interpersonal life, and even what it means to be human. But these neurotechnologies may, if we’re not careful, continue legacies of harm against people of color, women, LGBTQIA-identifying persons, and disabled people. How can we keep neurotechnology from becoming oppressive? What would 'anti-oppressive' brain technology look like?

Join us for a stimulating 90-minute panel discussion featuring three scholars — Dr. Francis X. Shen, Dr. Olivia Matshabane, and Jasmine Kwasa — sharing their unique perspectives on the future of neurotechnology and social justice.

This online event organized by the INS Diversity & Inclusion Task Force is free and open to all. You must register in advance to participate.

This event will be recorded. Review the policies and code of conduct expectations that pertain to this event.
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  • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Price: Free
  • Language: English
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FEATURED PRESENTERS
  • Webinar hosting presenter

    Jasmine Kwasa

    Carnegie Mellon University
    Jasmine Kwasa is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where she is also a NIH F99/K00 Neuroscience Fellow. Her work merges cognitive science and neuroimaging to identify non-invasive EEG...
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    Olivia Matshabane

    University of Cape Town
    Dr. Olivia Matshabane is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is trained in psychology and ethics of African genomics. Her past work focused on exploring how a...
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    Francis Shen

    University of Minnesota
    Dr. Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Law, McKnight Presidential Fellow, and faculty member in the Graduate Program on Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, and the Executive Director of the Harvard MGH Center for Law,...
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    Tim Brown

    University of Washington
    Dr. Brown is a Postdoctoral Research Associate working in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Washington, working primarily on a National Institutes of Health–funded project on the effect of neurotechnologies on user’s experiences of...
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