top of page
Anthropology of Data and AI
Social Science Insights on Technology
Tanja Ahlin
Dec 12, 20241 min read
Optimism, not pessimism, gives the energy necessary for change
When it comes to emerging technology, the tendency to sink into pessimism is strong - after all, there's so much to be anxious about, and...
30
Tanja Ahlin
Oct 28, 20231 min read
Book celebration!
Attending the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Toronto? Make sure to drop by our happy hour on November 16th from...
100
Tanja Ahlin
Aug 11, 20231 min read
Calling Family is Published!
Today, 11 August 2023, is the official publication date of my book, Calling Family: Digital Technologies and the Making of Transnational...
190
Tanja Ahlin
Apr 12, 20234 min read
Imagining the user: On designing technology with older test users
Neven, Louis. "‘But obviously not for me’: robots, laboratories and the defiant identity of elder test users." Sociology of health &...
860
Tanja Ahlin
Mar 22, 20234 min read
Unboxing AI - but how?
Technologies don't exist in a vacuum, but are social phenomena: the way they are designed, produced and used is contingent on their...
850
Tanja Ahlin
Feb 21, 20233 min read
Big Data in Medicine: Promises and Pragmatism
Greene, Jeremy A., and Andrew S. Lea. "Digital futures past the long arc of big data in medicine." The New England journal of medicine...
700
bottom of page