Multidisciplinary Artist Bayeté Ross Smith on Art, Technology and Restorative Justice

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multidisciplinary artist/visual journalist/filmmaker/education worker Bayeté Ross Smith

Show Notes:

2:00 Bayeté Ross Smith’s background, work and collaboration

7:00 relevance of colonialism in transnational issues 

9:50 collective brain trust/collective culture

14:30 employing technology with storytelling

20:30 creatives’ protection of their metadata

24:40 “art” and “data” as information 

27:50 “human authorship” and copyright 

34:25 bias proliferation with AI

39:40 power of art and media to raise awareness 

44:50 “restorative justice” to mitigate and deter harm so individuals can flourish

54:00 current and future projects, including Got the Power Boomboxes: Sugar Cane and Cotton, Hip Hop 50 Boombox, video game project and collaboration with legal community

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