USP Spring Symposium 2024
Duke University Scholars Program Presents:
Autonomy & Autonomation: A Dialogue Between Us and Our Tools
Saturday, March 2, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Field Auditorium
Grainger Hall
Nicholas School of the Environment
9:30 am |
Welcome and Introduction |
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9:35 am |
Panel 1 – Tools of Dis/Content |
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Bianca Ingram (T’ 25, Sociology) |
Algorithmic Trading and White Collar Crime |
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Aden Klein (T’24, Public Policy, Economics, Political Science) |
Semiconductor Supply Chains: Autonomy to Innovate in an Interdependent Ecosystem |
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Pami Ellis (School of Nursing) |
The Dangers of “Over-Tooling” Simple Processes in Vulnerable Populations |
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Devon Carter (Musicology) |
The Soul of the Phonograph |
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10:25-10:35 am |
Break |
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10:35 am |
Panel 2 – Deus ex machina |
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Kate Redden (Divinity School) |
John Milton’s Use of Autonomy in Biblical Interpretation During the English Reformation |
Amy Weng (T’24, Computer Science, Medieval Renaissance Studies, Information Science & Studies |
Thrusting into the Margin? Quantifying the Application of Sola Scriptura Through Scriptural References in Early Printed Sermons |
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Jonathan Joyner (Nicholas School of the Environment, Fuqua School of Business) |
Technology and God: Interpretations |
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11:20 am – 12:00 pm |
Brunch | |
12:00 pm |
Panel 3 – Mechanical Epistemologies |
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Foxx Hart (T’24, Global Cultural Studies) |
Mathematics is a Theory Whose Object Became Everything |
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Renata Poulton Kamakura (Ecology) |
Mass Surveillance, Big Data, and the Desire for Knowledge |
Zach Berens (T’25, Mathematics, Computer Science) |
Beyond Objectivity |
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12:40 – 12:50 pm |
Break |
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12:50 – 1:50 pm |
Keynote |
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Sarah Rispin Sedlak, J.D., Lecturing Fellow in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society |
Title: TBD |
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2:00 pm |
Adjourn |