Considerations for Building Solidarity among Academic and Tech Workers: Thinking through access, positionality and limits to collective action

ABSTRACT This panel reflects on the conditions of collaboration as well as the possibilities of solidarity between academic and tech workers by drawing on the experiences of panelists who have pondered questions of ethics, responsibility and values in technology-building from a range of positionalities within, adjacent to and outside of academic and technology organizations. As the proposal outlines, the panel will think through opportunities as well as risks for academic and tech workers to work towards progressive tech futures together but also the differences and impossibilities that arise with each position.