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Repairing and recalibrating trust in AI technologies as a force for good
In life, many universal truths underpin and inform the way we understand and experience our individual and collective realities as human...
Amanda Quest
Jul 26, 20249 min read
The Controversy of Abortion in Jamaica- Policing Wombs To Death
In Jamaica, the subject matter of abortion is as controversial, divisive and “touchy” as it is enigmatic. It is all of the above and more...
Amanda Quest
Jun 19, 20246 min read


On black hair, grooming policies and “respectability politics” in post-colonial Jamaica
*Image Credit- Comrade Sister: Women in the Black Panther Party (ACC Art Books, 2022). It has been over three years since the outcome of...
Amanda Quest
Jun 11, 20247 min read


AN “IMMORTAL LIFE”, A LEGACY OBSCURED: THE CURIOUS CASE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
*Henrietta Lacks circa 1940s. Image Credit: The Henrietta Lacks Foundation. My first encounter with the remarkable story of Henrietta...
Amanda Quest
Jun 5, 20247 min read


"Resistance is Futile": Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Legal Practice
* "AI in Legal Practice". Image Credit: Lego Desk. Copyright © 2022 Lego Desk. In recent times, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
Amanda Quest
Nov 30, 20225 min read


Capital Punishment and its Refusal to Die: Views from Jamaica
*The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Image credit: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (www.jcpc.uk). Copyright © 2022...
Amanda Quest
Sep 21, 20225 min read


Who "owns" commissioned work?
*Image credit: Intellectual Property Office- Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago. Copyright...
Amanda Quest
Aug 13, 20225 min read


Leveraging Intellectual Property to promote Growth, Innovation & Increased Competitiveness for MSMEs
"Bank on your IP for Credit" by Amanda J.D. Quest. *Image credit: Amanda J.D. Quest and Acrocreates. Copyright © 2022 Amanda J.D. Quest. ...
Amanda Quest
Aug 8, 20225 min read


Watching spaces, surveilling faces…in Jamaica? (Part 2)
*Image credit: The Verge. Copyright © 2022 The Verge. Over time, calls for the regulation of FRTs have intensified due to growing...
Amanda Quest
Aug 8, 20226 min read


Watching spaces, surveilling faces…in Jamaica? (Part 1)
*Image credit: EDRi. Copyright © 2022 EDRi. In July of 2020, the Jamaica Gleaner reported, to little fanfare, that high-tech CCTV...
Amanda Quest
Aug 8, 20225 min read
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