{"id":52,"date":"2018-08-15T20:01:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/cct\/announcements\/cct-prof-evan-barba-at-tedx\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T21:08:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T01:08:40","slug":"cct-prof-evan-barba-at-tedx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/news-story\/cct-prof-evan-barba-at-tedx\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Evan Barba at TEDx on why we need to understand the politics inherent in technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CCT Prof. Evan Barba was a featured speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/tedx\/events\/29324\">TEDx Tysons Salon<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year. In his talk, titled, Why We Need to Understand the Politics Inherent in Technology, Dr.\u00a0Barba\u00a0points out that\u00a0all technologies have political implications, and everyday technologies shape our society in intentional and accidental ways. 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