Ramon Amaro

Critical Theory and Methods

Dr. Ramon Amaro (he/him), PhD. is Digital Ethics Consulting Manager at Sopra Steria (UK) and Critical Theory & Methods tutor for the MA Non Linear Narrative at KABK.

His writings, research and practice emerge at the intersections of Black Study, digital culture, psychosocial study, and the critique of computation reason. Ramon's latest book, "The Black Technical Object: On Machine Learning and the Aspiration of Black Being" (Sternberg, 2023) explores how the history of data and statistical analysis informs the complex relationship between race and machine learning. Ramon is former Lecturer in Art and Visual Cultures of the Global South at UCL (London) and Research Fellow in Digital Cultures at Het Nieuwe Instituut (Rotterdam).