FOURTH PORTAL
GATEWAY TO THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
About the Event
Introduction
What is authenticity? Is it important for people to look the way they look offline in digital spaces? Where is the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation? Is there a line at all?
Over the past year, I have spoken with different stakeholders in the technological space trying to figure out the answers to these questions and this presentation will feature vignettes and stories participants have shared which reveal how there are no clear-cut answers to these questions.
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Favour Borokini is a PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham researching afrofeminist ethics concerns in the design and use of avatars. Her research aims to explore how and why people use avatars and how better avatars can be designed for digital spaces.
Favour enjoys fantasy novels which she defines to include romance novels, to the general exclusion of science fiction, as well as movies and animation. Once when she was much younger, Favour was convinced about the existence of the world of Nickolodeon's Avatar and is now scheming through her PhD to find a backdoor the world of the Four Nations.
Event Information
This event is Free
Suitable for 14+
Wicked problems are problems that are difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognise. As you'll see, when it comes to representation and diversity, there are no fixed answers...
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About
I am a PhD student with the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training, hosted at the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, where I am researching an ethical framework to address harms in immersive environments.
I hold a Law degree from the University of Benin, Nigeria, and I am a member of the Nigerian Bar. Since my Call, I have worked in several technology policy and research roles where I have leveraged my legal training to investigate the impact of technology on human rights and particularly women's rights.
At my previous organisation, Pollicy, I was proud to lead our groundbreaking research cataloguing the impact of AI on African women and the experiences of African women working in AI across various sectors.
Wicked problems are problems that are difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognise. As you'll see, when it comes to representation and diversity, there are no fixed answers...
