Laura Foster

Associate Professor Gender Studies, Law, and African Studies | Co-lead Editor @catalyst_sts | gender, race, indigeneity, plants, IP, law, AI, South Africa

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

@caro_ncube @dsigovza @IPChairUCT @UctLaw @UCT_Research So well deserved!!

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

@FemAfrica @IFJPglobal Insightful keynote by @Nanjala1 at the Digitalisation, AI and Feminist Futures conference, noting how African Feminisms disrupts the myth that wealth equals intellect equals morality.

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Looking forward to sharing my work, and learning from an incredible group of researchers @PLAASuwc. #algorithmicplantjustice @GenderStudiesIU @AfricanIP

[PLAAS @PLAASuwc]

Happening tomorrow:

Join PLAAS and @DrLauraAFoster for the academic seminar: "Algorithmic Plant Justice: Vegetal Beings, Gendered Relations, and the Governing of Precision Agriculture."

Date: 9 May 2023
Time: 13:00 SAST

Register here: https://t.co/pjA9zCioj8

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Looking forward to sharing insights from my latest book project on #AlgorithmicPlantJustice with @FilmandMediaUCT. I learn so much from this group of colleagues and students!

[Film and Media (UCT) @FilmandMediaUCT]

As AI becomes increasingly embedded into our daily lives, it's imperative that we unravel its hidden biases. Join our seminar with Laura Foster this Tuesday to dive into the cutting-edge field of AI research and its implications for the African context.

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Current book project #algorithmicplantjustice. How to grow an ethical AI that addresses justice for plants and people simultaneously? How to model a decolonial approach to AI with care and responsibility for more-than-human worlds? Find a story on plants and AI, send it my way!

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Check out the new @catalyst_sts issue! Thanks to my incredible colleagues for editing and producing another thought provoking issue. Sandra Carpenter, Janelle Li, Pam Perrimon, Cristina Visperas, Ren Zheng, @NassimParvin @bahngerama @adi_anupam

[Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience @catalyst_sts]

We are pleased to announce the publication of our Spring 2023 issue w/ a Special Section on “Domestication of War,” edited by Diana Pardo Pedraza, Xan Chacko, Jennifer Terry, and Astrida Neimanis. 1/3

https://t.co/6Ra9r7H6Vd

#STS #feministSTS

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Honored to be on this panel in a packed room for a fascinating discussion on Decolonizing the Governance of Technoscience with Anne Pollock, Xan Sarah Chacko, Sonja van Wichelen, Cori Hayden, and Warwick Anderson! #ESOCITE4S22

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Thanks to everyone who made the 4S pre-conference writing workshop a wonderful success! #ESOCITE4S22 @4sWeb @catalyst_sts @TapuyaLASTS @Soc_Stud_Sci @STHV_journal @EastsJournal @eSTSjournal

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Presented my work for the STS seminar series at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México today! Thank you for a thought-provoking conversation to shape my new research – a feminist, decolonial, vegetal, technoscience approach to law and AI-based smart farming in South Africa.

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Transnational research via electronic platforms (e.g. zoom) means researchers must consult ethics requirements in each country participants are located. The HHS has a list of country guidelines https://t.co/c7MH75KBjz but also check Indigenous peoples' research ethics guidelines.

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Looking forward to this conversation with @FilmandMediaUCT !

[Film and Media (UCT) @FilmandMediaUCT]

This is our lunchtime #UCT CFMS seminar for Tuesday 26 April at 12:30 PM (lecture starts 1 PM).
Prof. Laura Foster will be speaking on a botanical approach to artificial intelligence. Snacks will be served. AC Jordan 4B.

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

The Spring 2022 issue of @catalyst_sts is out! I am proud to work with such an amazing editorial team of Anne Pollock, @NassimParvin @Lauren_Savit and @adi_anupam #feministSTS #STS @GenderStudiesIU

[Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience @catalyst_sts]

We are pleased to announce our Spring 2022 issue w/ a Special Section on Global Fertility Chains & the Colonial Present of Assistant Reproductive Technologies, guest-edited by Sigrid Vertommen, @ParryBronwyn, & @MichalNahman. 01/04

https://t.co/f2svqB8EBQ

#STS #feministSTS

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

@raceip Sounds fantastic! I would love to join the next one. Please send link/info to email. Hope the conversation went well!

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

I am honored to be part of @catalyst_sts and excited for this fantastic Fall 2021 issue! Thanks to all the contributors, and my amazing editorial collective team @NassimParvin, Anne Pollock, @adi_anupam, @Lauren_Savit, and @mp_pfeifer! #feministSTS @GenderStudiesIU

[Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience @catalyst_sts]

We are pleased to announce the publication of our Fall 2021 issue with a Special Section on Probing the System, guest-edited by Paula Gardner and Sarah Kember. Our evocatively beautiful cover is by Shu Lea Cheang. 1/4 #STS #feministSTS
https://t.co/FbhoxEteYB

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Human exceptionalism is baked into patent law. #vegetalfeminisms

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Presented this morning on human exceptionalism in the law and the need for a critical #vegetalfeminisms. Thanks to the attendees and my panelists Xan Chacko, Banu Subramaniam, and Sushmita Chatterjee for an engaging conversation on human-vegetal flows of energy! #slsa21

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

I am honored to be joining this innovative STS journal, and thankful to all those past and present who have worked so tirelessly to promote @catalyst_sts

[Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience @catalyst_sts]

We are pleased to have @DrLauraAFoster joining our lead editorial team alongside Anne Pollock and @NassimParvin! A big thank you to our outgoing co-lead editor & founding member of the editorial board @deboleena_roy for her incredible contributions to Catalyst from 2018–2021. 2/4

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Excited to be in conversation with this fabulous group!

[Hannah Zeavin @HZeavin]

Coming up in a few hours: How to publish your article in an interdisciplinary journal, hosted by @STSfutures, with editors from @catalyst_sts, @hssonline's Isis, @4sWeb's EST&S, and @HistHum. Can't make it but have questions? Feel free to DM!

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Today at noon CST - Join me for a conversation on Hoodia plants, succulent sex, and patent law @TTUWGS @GenderStudiesIU @IUCLSC @AfricanIP @raceip https://t.co/EgFi1wUD4b

[Laura Foster @DrLauraAFoster]

Excited to be part of this incredible editorial team, and this amazing anniversary celebration! @catalyst_sts #feministSTS #catalyst5th @GenderStudiesIU