
Emerging Technologies
Are we expecting automation to give us modern day slaves?
The word robot originally comes from the Czech word 'robata' - which means 'forced labour' or 'serf'.
Beth’s research explores popular and religious re-imaginings of science and technology. She is an experienced social and digital anthropologist of New Religious Movements, and her recently completed PhD thesis is the first in-depth ethnography of the ‘Indigo Children’ - a New Age re-conception of both children and adults using the language of evolution and spirituality. She has also published on the development and legitimation of Jediism and Scientology through social media.