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Book Review - Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini
Joy Buolamwini (2024). Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines Book review by Angelica Kalika Dr. Joy Buolamwini is an award-winning researcher, poet of code, and activist. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League and now is an Inaugural Senior Fellow of Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford. Her work at the MIT Media lab, where she received her PhD in 2022, was the focus of a Netflix documentary Coded Bias. Her research focuses on algor
Jul 165 min read
Book Review - Shakespeare, Race and Anglophone Popular Culture edited by Mark Thornton Burnett , Vanessa I. Corredera , L. Monique Pittman
Book review by Anagha Gopal Shakespeare, Race and Anglophone Popular Culture (2026) edited by Vanessa I. Corredera and L. Monique Pittman operates at the intersections of Shakespeare, race, and popular culture. What sets the book apart is its engagement with references to Shakespeare that may not at first glance seem to be significant to the texts that they are in. However, as the editors acknowledge, popular culture references are how the majority of people come into contact
Jul 73 min read
Book Review - The Spectacle of Online Life, edited by Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, Christopher T. Conner, and Matthew N. Hannah
Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, Christopher T. Conner, and Matthew N. Hannah (eds.). (2025). The Spectacle of Online Life Book review by Shadab Zaveri The Spectacle of Online Life (2025) edited by Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, Christopher T. Conner and Matthew N. Hannah is a collection published under the series titled The Frankfurt School in New Times. It brings together critical theory and digital humanities, studying the real term effects of digital culture on society. The con
Jun 253 min read
Book Review - Fishing and Shipwreck Heritage: Marine Archaeology’s Greatest Threat? by Sean A. Kingsley
Sean A. Kingsley. (2016). Fishing and Shipwreck Heritage: Marine Archaeology’s Greatest Threat? Bloomsbury Publishing. Book review by Heba Fatima Sean A. Kingsley is a marine archaeologist, historian and the Director of Wreck Watch International, a consulting firm that focuses on the protection of maritime heritage against threats across the globe. He has authored several books on underwater heritage, maritime trade and shipwrecks. Fishing and Shipwreck Heritage: Marine Archa
Jun 82 min read
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