

Empathy, with Steven Gonzalez Monserrate
8 snips Nov 13, 2023
In this delightful hour, anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate discusses ethnographic research in data centers and post-climate disaster sites. Topics include the empathy and feeling in his writing, the staggering ecological impacts of computation and the cloud, settler acoustics, and emerging technologies for future information storage.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Honoring Ancestors Through a Pen Name and Exploring Trauma in Fiction and Data Centers
02:38 • 2min
Belonging, Rituals, and the Anthropologist's Perspective
05:06 • 8min
The Environmental Impacts of Data Centers
12:47 • 13min
Settler Acoustics and the Noise of Data Centers
25:53 • 20min
Emerging Technologies for Future Information Storage
45:57 • 6min
Researching Amidst a Pandemic and Reflecting on Devastation
51:33 • 8min