The Provocateurs: AI & Economics / Midwife crones fightback

The Provocateurs: AI & Economics / Midwife crones fightback

Fringe

Thursday 27 August 2026

  • Price

    £10.00 to £12.00

  • Doors:

    13:30

  • Starts:

    13:45

  • Finishes:

    14:45 approx

  • Duration:

    60 mins approx

  • Age

    14 And Above

Tickets

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£12.00 approx. £12.80 with fees
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£10.00 approx. £10.80 with fees
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£10.00 approx. £10.80 with fees
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Please note, unless otherwise stated, all of our performances are strictly over 18s only

The Provocateurs: AI & Economics / Midwife crones fightback

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.

14+ must be accompanied by an adult.

ALL SEATING IS UNRESERVED AND LATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED



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Venue Details

Stand 2, The Stand Comedy Club

16 North St Andrews Street, , Edinburgh , EH2 1HJ

0131 558 9005

Please note that this venue is up a steep flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.