Bonus: AI: Anasuya Sengupta on Colonizing and Liberating Knowledge

About this episode

Anasuya Sengupta discusses the importance of centering marginalized knowledge in the context of AI and global power dynamics.

This week, we’re bringing you a bonus episode from our friends at the “ If You Were in Charge ” podcast. In a world increasingly led by autocratic superpowers, exploiting fear and uncertainty, the premise of if you were in charge is simple: for every major problem out in the world, there are ordinary people finding extraordinary solutions. The episode we’re sharing is “ AI: Anasuya Sengupta on Colonizing and Liberating Knowledge .” Sengupta is the cofounder of “ Whose Knowledge? ”, a global campaign to center the knowledge of marginalized communities (the majority of the world) on the internet. “If You Were in Charge” is produced by ADA Productions, a podcast agency based in London, in partnership with the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) for women's rights, peace and security. It i hosted by: Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, MBE, a peace strategist, founder, and CEO of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), and Kavita Nandini Ramdas , a globally recognised advocate for gender equity and justice and a Senior Strategic Advisor to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Disrupting Peace is a production of the World Peace Foundation .

People in this episode

Hosts: Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Kavita Nandini Ramdas

Guest: Anasuya Sengupta

Topics covered

• AI
• knowledge
• marginalized communities
• autocratic superpowers
• extraordinary solutions

Keywords

• AI
• knowledge liberation
• marginalized communities
• autocracy
• extraordinary solutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Whose Knowledge?, If You Were in Charge, ADA Productions, International Civil Society Action Network, World Peace Foundation

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