Ritwik Banerji

@cloudmcfluff
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experimental ethnographer, interactive media artist, saxophonist, midwest grilling dad (MGD), no-input mixer enthusiast
faculty pagehttps://language.iastate.edu/directory/ritwik-banerji/
active voicewill be used as necessary
vimeohttps://vimeo.com/astromusicology
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Ritwik BanerjiNov 11, 2023
Dr. Lucky Tran Nov 11, 2023

In favor of a ceasefire:

Democratic voters 80%
House Democrats 8%

Republican voters 56%
House Republicans 0%

All voters 66%
All House members 4%

Ritwik BanerjiNov 11, 2023
if anyone is still on this site, i'm very excited to deliver this year's CASTAC invited lecture at the AAA's next week in Toronto. if you're there, my talk is Friday at 12:15pm.
Ritwik BanerjiSep 15, 2023
can anyone recommend some good recent commentary on how university level instruction should adapt to the proliferation of chatgpt and the like?
Ritwik BanerjiAug 24, 2023
Ars TechnicaAug 24, 2023

Leaked audio reveals Zoom CEO believes it’s hard to “build trust” on Zoom

Everyone being friendly on Zoom stifles creativity, Zoom founder said.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/leaked-audio-reveals-zoom-ceo-believes-its-hard-to-build-trust-on-zoom/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Zoom’s CEO thinks Zoom sucks for building trust, leaked audio reveals

Everyone being friendly on Zoom stifles creativity, Zoom founder said.

Ars Technica
Ritwik BanerjiAug 24, 2023
Derek Powazek 🐐Aug 24, 2023
Funny how everyone who has ever lectured me about how robots are OBVIOUSLY better drivers than people has been white.
https://gizmodo.com/driverless-cars-worse-kids-dark-skinned-people-study-1850770302
Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says

New research shows driverless car software is significantly more accurate with adults and light skinned people than children and dark-skinned people.

Gizmodo
Ritwik BanerjiAug 24, 2023
Sarah Gelbard, PhD (she/her)Aug 24, 2023

"Legislation that makes it dangerous to teach the history of things like redlining, white flight, rural land loss, and the countless federal and local policies that exacerbated racial inequities in housing, will particularly affect urban planning departments and related courses of study, such as urban studies and sociology."

#CriticalRaceTheory #UrbanStudies #UrbanPlanning #Sociology #HigherEd #Academia

https://shelterforce.org/2023/08/16/will-critical-race-theory-attacks-undermine-urban-planning-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-critical-race-theory-attacks-undermine-urban-planning-education

Will ‘Critical Race Theory’ Attacks Undermine Urban Planning Education?

Laws restricting professors from discussing how race has shaped public policy could target the discussion of housing policy and its history.

Shelterforce
Ritwik BanerjiAug 23, 2023
atomickerAug 23, 2023

Title: Moonlight at Taj Mahal (No.4) (1931)

Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chandrayaan-3-makes-historic-touchdown-on-the-moon/ #HiroshiYoshida #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #TajMahal #Moon #India #Japan

Chandrayaan-3 Makes Historic Touchdown on the Moon

The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat

Scientific American
Ritwik BanerjiAug 23, 2023
just wanted to watch a video of Howard Becker playing in a jam session at the #ASA American Sociological Association
Ritwik BanerjiAug 21, 2023
bcnmAug 21, 2023
Mark your calendars! Our full line up of Fall 2023 events is now out! https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/5731/fall-2023-bcnm-events
Fall 2023 BCNM Events - News/Research - Berkeley Center for New Media

Ritwik BanerjiAug 19, 2023
Dare ObasanjoAug 19, 2023
65.3 million of Elon’s followers have zero people that follow them. 62.3 million of them have never tweeted. Dude is the Pied Piper of Hamelin for bots