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Engineering for the People: Putting Peace, Social Justice, and Environmental Protection at the Heart of All Engineering - Darshan Mukesh Arvinda Karwat
Pages 29-36

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From page 29...
... In fact, there is a rich history of activism in engineering and science that practicing engineers today can build on to put peace, social justice, and environmental protection at the heart of engineering. I describe different ways in which engineers across the United States are incorporating these ideals, and pose questions for engineers to consider in building a movement of engineering for the people.
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From page 30...
... This power is exactly what Google employees exerted when they challenged management about the company's involvement in providing artificial intelligence expertise to a military pilot program called Project Maven, or Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team (Work 2017) , which aimed "to speed up analysis of drone footage by automatically classifying images of objects and people" (Conger 2018)
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From page 31...
... I can state my motivations simply: I want all engineers to instill the values of peace, social justice, and environmental protection in all engineering work, from aerospace to naval architecture. I advocate for more engineering and design to benefit the poor and marginalized (including here in the United States)
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From page 32...
... Activities That Make a Difference Here are some examples of engineers, scientists, technical workers, and other leaders who today are thinking differently about how engineering and technology can be used to explicitly promote the values of peace, social justice, and environmental protection. Linking Experts with International Need On-Call Scientists: Access to technical skills and resources can add significant value to groups that cannot afford to hire technical staff.
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From page 33...
... is increasing access through the distribution of shared gigabit internet connections in three underserved neighborhoods, increasing internet adoption through a training program that prepares residents of those neighborhoods with the skills necessary to bring their communities online, and increasing pathways for youth into the opportunities of Detroit's burgeoning Innovation District through intermediate and advanced digital literacy training. If You Can See It, You Can Change It SkyTruth: Throughout the 1990s John Amos worked in the private sector as a geologist who used remote sensing as an exploration tool for the fossil fuel industry.
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From page 34...
... Give the People What They Need Understanding the engineering, science, and technical needs of environmental, energy, and climate justice groups: In the environmental movement, many communities across the country do not have the technical resources they need to be more effective advocates to address environmental and social justice challenges, and are often overlooked by government, academia, and nonprofits. Communities are concerned, for example, about what climate change means for them or, if they are near industrial facilities, about how the facilities are polluting their air, water, and land.
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From page 35...
... Sure. But what could be done by engineers and scientists in the United States directly for schools and colleges, poverty alleviation, hunger reduction, environmental remediation, the opioid crisis, and climate change resilience with the $200 billion that has been added to the military budget over the past two years (Korb 2018)
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From page 36...
... 2017. How white engineers built racist code – and why it's dangerous for black people.
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