The Inattention Economy: Race, Gender, and Technology with Lisa Nakamura

Описание: In this episode, we talk to Lisa Nakamura, Professor at the University of Michigan and author of The Inattention Economy: Seeing the Digital Labour of Women of Colour. Lisa reflects on how race, gender, and power shape the histories of digital technology, focusing on the often overlooked labour that has made computing possible. She discusses the work of Navajo women in semiconductor manufacturing, the role of Japanese Americans in early tech production, and why attention, care, and recognition matter for understanding digital culture today.

Reading List:

Resurrecting the Black Body: Race and the Digital Afterlife by Tonia Sutherland

Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel
by Loretta J. Ross

Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe v. Wade by Krystale E. Littlejohn (Editor), Rickie Solinger (Editor) with "Reproductive Futurism" article by Loretta J. Ross and Robynne Lucas

Women Who Change the World: Stories from the Fight for Social Justice, edited by Lynn Lewis, Loretta Ross, Hilary Moore, Roz Pelles, Vanessa Nosie, Betty Yu, Malkia Devich-Cyril, Priscilla Gonzalez, Terese Howard, Yomara
Velez

Reproductive Justice: An Introduction was the #1 listing in Women’s Studies on Amazon’s booklist in 2017, co-written with Rickie Solinger.

Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practices, and Critique is an anthology co-edited by me as lead editor, along with Lynn Roberts, Erica Derkas, Whitney Peoples, and Pamela Bridgewater Toure. It premiered at
SisterSong's Let's Talk About Sex! Conference October 2017 in New Orleans.

Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice, by Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross, and Elena Gutiérrez. The first-ever book on Reproductive Justice published in 2004.

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell