Feminist Technoscience and AI Ethics in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream

  • Unique Paper ID: 187475
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 6
  • PageNo: 4743-4745
  • Abstract:
  • Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream (1905) is often celebrated as an early feminist utopia, yet its techno-scientific imagination remains understudied in the context of contemporary artificial intelligence (AI). This paper argues that Ladyland anticipates several principles of feminist technoscience - including inclusive knowledge production, ethical design, and socially responsible innovation - that directly parallel modern debates surrounding gender bias and exclusion in AI systems. By reading Sultana’s Dream through the lens of feminist AI ethics, this study reveals the story’s surprising relevance to twenty-first-century discussions about algorithmic fairness, representation, and the gendered shaping of technological futures. The analysis illustrates how Rokeya’s vision challenges patriarchal epistemologies embedded in modern technology and offers an alternative model of feminist technological governance.

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@article{187475,
        author = {SAMAHIRA BEGUM and JESSICA R and Priyanka M},
        title = {Feminist Technoscience and AI Ethics in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {4743-4745},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=187475},
        abstract = {Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream (1905) is often celebrated as an early feminist utopia, yet its techno-scientific imagination remains understudied in the context of contemporary artificial intelligence (AI). This paper argues that Ladyland anticipates several principles of feminist technoscience - including inclusive knowledge production, ethical design, and socially responsible innovation - that directly parallel modern debates surrounding gender bias and exclusion in AI systems. By reading Sultana’s Dream through the lens of feminist AI ethics, this study reveals the story’s surprising relevance to twenty-first-century discussions about algorithmic fairness, representation, and the gendered shaping of technological futures. The analysis illustrates how Rokeya’s vision challenges patriarchal epistemologies embedded in modern technology and offers an alternative model of feminist technological governance.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {November},
        }

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  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 6
  • PageNo: 4743-4745

Feminist Technoscience and AI Ethics in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream

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