Dr. Amy Schiller
“Gradually, then suddenly: How techno-optimism took over philanthropy,” the next Brown Bag Lecture, will be given by Dr. Amy Schiller, a visiting scholar at Dartmouth College, on Wednesday, Nov. 1.
The rise of financialized language, with “return on investment” as an example, along with the acceleration of philanthropy centered on artificial intelligence, space travel and humanity’s long-term future, will be the focus of the talk to be given at Williams Center Room S204 at 1 p.m.
Schiller will explore how giving shifted away from local communities and holistic thriving, and towards alleged inter-planetary utopias filled with “digital humans.” She researches, writes and consults at the intersection of political theory and philanthropy and has been published in The Atlantic, The Nation and the Daily Beast, among other publications, and is the author of the upcoming: “The Price of Humanity: How Philanthropy Went Wrong and How to Fix It.”
The year-long theme of the Brown Bag Lecture series is “Gradually then Suddenly: Understanding Change.”
Brown Bag talks, free and open to the public, are conducted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and supported by the Carnahan Jackson Fund for the Humanities Fund of the Fredonia College Foundation. Food and refreshments are provided by the Faculty Student Association.
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