RU88: DAMIEN PATRICK WILLIAMS - TECHNOLOGY & ANTI-BLACK SURVEILLANCE

Damien Patrick Williams is a PhD candidate at Virginia Tech in the Department of Science, Technology and Society. His research areas include ethics, epistemology, philosophy of technology, philosophy of mind, nonhuman intelligence, machine consciousness, comparative religious traditions, human biotechnological interventions and the occult. You can follow his work at: https://twitter.com/Wolven http://www.afutureworththinkingabout.com https://www.patreon.com/Wolven https://twitter.com/techn0ccult http://www.technoccult.net http://tinyletter.com/technoccult Mr. Williams contributed to Rendering Unconscious the book. "Better than This" in Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 Mr. Williams' essay "Stealing the Light to Write By" is part of the anthology Spirits of Place (2017) edited by John Reppion: http://www.spiritsofplace.com Mr. Williams contributed the article "Daoism, Buddhism and Machine Consciousness" to the forthcoming The Fenris Wolf vol. 10 (2020) edited by Carl Abrahamsson: https://store.trapart.net/item/0 Listen to Mr. Williams' previous discussion on Rendering Unconscious RU13: https://soundcloud.com/highbrowlowlife/ru-damien-patrick-williams Mentioned in this episode: Aimi Hamraie, Kelly Fritsch "The Crip Technoscience Manifesto": https://catalystjournal.org/index.php/catalyst/article/view/29607 Ashley Shew's NSF Grant: https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1750260&HistoricalAwards=false Cynthia L. Bennett, Os Keyes "What is the Point of Fairness? Disability, AI and The Complexity of Justice" https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.01024 Ruha Benjamin, 'Race After Technology,' https://www.ruhabenjamin.com/race-after-technology Anon Ymous, Katta Spiel, Os Keyes, Rua M Williams, Judith Good, Eva Hornecker, Cynthia L Bennett, "'I am just terrified of my future'—Epistemic Violence in Disability Related Technology Research" https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3334480.3381828 Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. http://www.renderingunconscious.org Vanessa Sinclair, Psy.D. is a psychoanalyst based Stockholm, who sees clients internationally, specializing in offering quality psychoanalytic treatment remotely and online. Her books include Switching Mirrors (2016), On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (2018) co-edited with Manya Steinkoler, and Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: the Cut in Creation forthcoming from Routledge 2020. She is a founding member of Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis. http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo... Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. You can support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl The track at the end of the episode is "Spirits of a Place" from the forthcoming album "Switching Mirrors" by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson available from Highbrow Lowlife and Trapart Editions: https://store.trapart.net/item/6 Portrait of Damien Patrick Williams

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Rendering Unconscious Podcast & Trapartisan Radio Support our work at Patreon, where we post exclusive content every week: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is HUGELY appreciated! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally. Dr. Sinclair interviews fellow psychoanalysts, psychologists, creative arts therapists, writers, artists, scholars, poets, philosophers and other intellectuals about their process, society, politics, books, culture and the state of mental health care. Some episodes are lectures from various conferences and events: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net http://www.renderingunconscious.org https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious Trapartisan Radio is hosted by Swedish author, publisher & filmmaker Carl Abrahamsson. His books include Chimera Obscura (2023), Codex Nordica (2022), Different People (2021), The Devil’s Footprint (2020), Mother, Have a Safe Trip (2016), and The Fenris Wolf series (1989-present). His films include My Silent Lips (2019), Lunacy (2017), Sub Umbra Alarum Luna (2016), and the An Art Apart series. His publishing company is Trapart Books, Films, and Editions. https://www.bygge.trapart.net https://www.carlabrahamsson.com The book Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1&2 (2024) is now available from Trapart Books: https://amzn.to/3JhntZz Highbrow Lowlife is an independent Swedish music label owned by Carl Abrahamsson. You’ll find music by White Stains, Carl Abrahamsson, Vanessa Sinclair, Cotton Ferox, Sinnelag, Understen, Deform Project, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and others: https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Vanessa Sinclair also collaborates often with sonic mastermind Pete Murphy: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com In addition to Rendering Unconscious Podcast & Trapartisan Radio, you will also find 23rd Mind TV, Radio Mega Golem, live concerts and spoken word performances here. http://www.highbrow-lowlife.com 23rd Mind TV is an online show hosted by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson, wherein we discuss our creative process, what we’re working on now, and highlight amazing things our friends and creative loved ones are doing as well. This show began because of the ongoing support of our Patreon community, and for that we are forever grateful. Join us to become part of our vibrant community: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Radio Mega Golem: a transmission for and from the Mega Golem – the artwork created by Carl Abrahamsson in 2009, and which has since been added to by a number of other artists. You can learn more about the Mega Golem in the book The Mega Golem: A Womanuel for All Times and Spaces: https://amzn.to/3JiJpnd Together, Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson host the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult series of events. http://psychartcult.org