Property Technology
In this episode of High Theory, Erin McElroy talks with Nathan Kim about Property Technology. This is the first episode in the High Theory in STEM series, that tackles topics in science, technology, engineering, and medicine from a highly theoretical perspective.\nNot only is \u201cproperty technology\u201d a term for digital tools and other methods used by landlords to track and dispossess tenants, but property itself is a technology. In the episode, Nathan references Erin\u2019s article \u201cProperty as Technology,\u201d in which they write that "property itself has long served as a technology of racial dispossession, constituting a palimpsest for the contemporary gentrifying moment." You can read the whole article here: McElroy, Erin. "Property as technology: temporal entanglements of race, space, and displacement."\xa0City\xa024, no. 1-2 (2020): 112-129. \nErin McElroy\xa0is an assistant professor in American Studies at UT Austin, a co-founder of the\xa0Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, and an editor of the\xa0Radical Housing Journal. They are fighting the good fight. We hope you do too.\nThis week\u2019s image was made by Saronik Bosu for this episode.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law