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Design Heuristics for Emerging Technologies: AI, Data, & Human-Centered Futures: Considerations for the Rights of Women

Design Heuristics for Emerging Technologies: AI, Data, & Human-Centered Futures: Considerations for the Rights of Women

Focused on AI’s systemic biases via feminist data studies, revealing patriarchal effects on women’

2025

Kem-Laurin Lubin

Kem-Laurin Lubin

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On memory, place, and the ethics of design

“Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.” — Cicero, De Oratore, Book II, section 350 (II.lxxxvii.350)

6d ago

On memory, place, and the ethics of design

6d ago

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The language of business schools: why we must decolonize the vocabulary of capitalism

Disclosure: The views expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my university, department, or any…

Oct 24

The language of business schools: why we must decolonize the vocabulary of capitalism

Oct 24

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Our outdated educational system is failing students

Mismatch between traditional education and the future of work

Jan 13, 2024

Our outdated educational system is failing students

Jan 13, 2024

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Why women need more play and leisure time

My journey from gaming to motherhood and now advocating women’s leisure

Feb 21, 2024

Why women need more play and leisure time

Feb 21, 2024

How the tech bros hijacked fantasy fiction — & trapped us inside their utopia

Ever since the notable ethicist, Timnit Gebru’s firing at Google and Ruha Benjamin’s Race After Technology, we have been forced to…

2d ago

How the tech bros hijacked fantasy fiction — & trapped us inside their utopia

2d ago

From empathy to extraction: how behavioural economics hijacked human-centred design

Many years ago, I entered the field of human-centred design (HCD) believing in a simple but powerful promise: design should honour human…

5d ago

From empathy to extraction: how behavioural economics hijacked human-centred design

5d ago

When algorithms write us: understanding AI through the humanities

This essay forms part of a larger and more comprehensive handbook that introduces readers in the humanities to the inner workings of…

Oct 26

When algorithms write us: understanding AI through the humanities

Oct 26

The algorithmic takeover: What’s at stake for Canadian sovereignty

When unregulated AI operates within opaque data infrastructures, it doesn’t just make decisions — it makes ethical performances.

Oct 23

The algorithmic takeover: What’s at stake for Canadian sovereignty

Oct 23

The obsolescence of traditional digital media & design curricula in the Age of AI

Teaching the web today without mentioning AI agents, data governance, or the politics of platform infrastructure is akin to teaching…

Oct 16

The obsolescence of traditional digital media & design curricula in the Age of AI

Oct 16

K-pop and global culture: Postcolonial flows in a connected world

(These micro essays are meant as my own preparation and supplemental synopsis for my students, anyone is welcome to read and comment)

Oct 14

K-pop and global culture: Postcolonial flows in a connected world

Oct 14

Kem-Laurin Lubin, Ph.D-C

Kem-Laurin Lubin, Ph.D-C

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Author of "Design Heuristics for Emergent Technologies ('25) & Ux in the Age of Sustainability (''12). I write about human experiences with tech & society.

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