Turning The Tables Dances with Robots
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- Technology
Sydney Skybetter discusses some of the core theories that he teaches at Brown. Turns out, what works in the dance studio doesn’t always work in the real world.
See featured guests, read the transcript, and more in our archives at
https://www.are.na/choreographicinterfaces/dwr-ep-9-turning-the-tables
Like, subscribe, and review here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dances-with-robots/id1715669152
Key Takeaways from Episode 9:
1.Artists can use their implication in institutions to effect change from within.
2.It is important to be conscious of the compromises and power dynamics involved in working with emerging technology.
3.Technology is not neutral and often reflects the biases and limitations of its creators.
4. The history of surveillance and racial discrimination is embedded in our technologies and institutions.
The Dances with Robots Team
Host: Sydney Skybetter
Co-Host & Executive Producer: Ariane Michaud
Archivist and Web Designer: Kate Gow
Podcasting Consultant: Megan Hall
Accessibility Consultant: Laurel Lawson
Music: Kamala Sankaram
Audio Production Consultant: Jim Moses
Assistant Editor: Andrew Zukoski
Student Associate: Rishika Kartik
About CRCI
The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) explores the braid of choreography, computation and surveillance through an interdisciplinary lens. Find out more at www.choreographicinterfaces.org
Brown University's Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies' Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces thanks the Marshall Woods Lectureships Foundation of Fine Arts, the Brown Arts Institute, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their generous support of this project.
The Brown Arts Institute and the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies are part of the Perelman Arts District.
Sydney Skybetter discusses some of the core theories that he teaches at Brown. Turns out, what works in the dance studio doesn’t always work in the real world.
See featured guests, read the transcript, and more in our archives at
https://www.are.na/choreographicinterfaces/dwr-ep-9-turning-the-tables
Like, subscribe, and review here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dances-with-robots/id1715669152
Key Takeaways from Episode 9:
1.Artists can use their implication in institutions to effect change from within.
2.It is important to be conscious of the compromises and power dynamics involved in working with emerging technology.
3.Technology is not neutral and often reflects the biases and limitations of its creators.
4. The history of surveillance and racial discrimination is embedded in our technologies and institutions.
The Dances with Robots Team
Host: Sydney Skybetter
Co-Host & Executive Producer: Ariane Michaud
Archivist and Web Designer: Kate Gow
Podcasting Consultant: Megan Hall
Accessibility Consultant: Laurel Lawson
Music: Kamala Sankaram
Audio Production Consultant: Jim Moses
Assistant Editor: Andrew Zukoski
Student Associate: Rishika Kartik
About CRCI
The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) explores the braid of choreography, computation and surveillance through an interdisciplinary lens. Find out more at www.choreographicinterfaces.org
Brown University's Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies' Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces thanks the Marshall Woods Lectureships Foundation of Fine Arts, the Brown Arts Institute, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their generous support of this project.
The Brown Arts Institute and the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies are part of the Perelman Arts District.
23 min