Lynch School Invited Speaker Series: Anjali Adukia
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The process of formal and informal education, and its associated books and curricular materials, necessarily and by design transmits knowledge and values desired by society. The presence -- and absence -- of different identities, features, and topics sends messages which can contribute to how children view their own potential and the potential of others, which can then shape subconscious defaults. Dr. Anjali Adukia applies and develops computational methods from artificial intelligence such as computer vision (converting images to data) and natural language processing (converting text to data) to examine whether and how different messages are communicated through children's content presented in formal and informal settings: (i) four decades of primary school textbooks and (ii) a century of award-winning children's books often found in homes, libraries, and schools. These findings provide a view into the "black box" of education through children’s books in US schools and homes, highligh
