The Provocateurs: AI and Economics / Midwife Crones Fight Back

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Artist:
The Provocateurs
Professional company
UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
Performers: 4

Festival:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Web-Site:
https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/2026AIECONO

Genre:
Spoken Word

Age Limit:
14+

Description:
Economists promised AI would boost productivity, raise wages and create better jobs. So why are the numbers flat and wellbeing shaky? Dr Elena Papagiannaki (Edinburgh Napier University) cuts through hype, asks who benefits and investigates whether today’s job losses are truly AI-caused, or conveniently AI-washed. Trained by an Edinburgh man-midwife (1786), Highland midwife Mrs Cowper recorded 4000 births and no maternal deaths. Nicola Ring and Ness McHugh (Edinburgh Napier University) ask why the 100s of women Edinburgh’s world-leading men-midwives trained are historically invisible and dismissed as incompetent crones.

Warnings:
None

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Venue Code:
5b
Venue Room:
Stand 2 (capacity 50)
Venue:
The Stand Comedy Club 2
Venue Address:
16 North St Andrew Street
Venue Postcode:
EH2 1HJ

Performances

DayDateStartEndDurationPriceTitleStatus
Thu27/0813:4514:451:0012.00