10 August 2026
Amara Eden Doshi (Postgraduate Researcher, School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies)
Tell us about your research and how it connects to memory/identity studies?
My research examines how individual and collective industry memory is embedded in how people imagine and engage with the future. I study generative AI and video game development, topics that are often framed as distinctly present- and future-oriented. My research instead considers how people make sense of these presents and possible futures by drawing upon memory and history—both their personal experiences and past episodes of technological change within the games industry.
What are you working on now?
I am currently conducting fieldwork for my dissertation, which examines sociotechnical imaginaries of generative AI in the US and UK video game industries. This cross-national research brings together the anthropology of the future and time, science and technology studies, and memory studies to explore how ideas about technological futures are imagined and negotiated. I was delighted to present at the CIMS Symposium, “Memory as Future Practice,” and am continuing to integrate insights from memory studies into the project.