Week 9 || Digital Black Futures with Speaker Dr. Fallon Wilson

Readings:

Stop Ignoring Black Women and Hear of Our Tech Prophecies | Fallon Wilson | TEDxNashville. Directed by TEDx Talks, 2019. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNkWdZoqcMk.

Wilson, Fallon, et al. SMART Black Tech Ecosystems: An In-Depth Analysis of Racial Equity in the Chicago Tech Sector. June 2019. Zotero, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856c9ff2e69cfba3cc85485/t/5d155a6ba8d2da0001db5f41/1561680504526/CHICAGO+SMART+BLACK+TECH++ECOSYSTEM+REPORT+%281%29.pdf.

Donastorg, Mirtha. “The Insight: Why Joy Is Central to Creating a Black Tech Future.” The Plug, 22 Apr. 2022, https://tpinsights.com/the-insight-why-joy-is-central-to-creating-a-black-tech-future/.

Thomas, Jakita O., et al. “Speaking Truth to Power: Exploring the Intersectional Experiences of Black Women in Computing.” 2018 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 2018, pp. 1–8. IEEE Xplore, https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT.2018.8491718.

Writing:

Come to class prepared with many questions for Dr. Wilson about her work, about her vision for a #BlackTechFuture, about networks of support in the technology sector, and about digital equity from imagination through infrastructure.