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Jess Auerbach

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Jess Auerbach

Jess Auerbach is a senior lecturer in anthropology at North-West University in South Africa

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

We need more privilege – and ways to spread it around

As educators, we must not just check our privilege but own up to it – and wield it for good

  • Jess Auerbach
6 min read
A man scoops leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius on August 8, 2020. – France on August 8, 2020 dispatched aircraft and technical advisers from Reunion to Mauritius after the prime minister appealed for urgent assistance to contain a worsening oil spill polluting the island nation’s famed reefs, lagoons and oceans. Rough seas have hampered efforts to stop fuel leaking from the bulk carrier MV Wakashio, which ran aground two weeks ago, and is staining pristine waters in an ecologically protected marine area off the south-east coast. (Jean Aurelio PRUDENCE / L’Express Maurice / AFP)
BIG OIL
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Mauritius weeps as the island is surrounded by oil

The Wakashio freighter spilled 4 000 tonnes of oil into the sea off the Mauritian coast. Now the island’s residents are working together to recover from the disaster.

  • Jess Auerbach
  • Deeya Jahajeeah
4 min read