Category: Season 8
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Nicholas Mirzoeff: White Sight
White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness White supremacy is not only perpetuated by laws and police but also by visual culture and distinctive ways of seeing. Nicholas Mirzoeff argues that this form of “white sight” has a history. By understanding that white sight was not always common practice, we can devise better ways…
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Marc Coté & Jennifer Pybus: The Trillion Dollar Platform in Your Pocket?
The Trillion Dollar Platform in Your Pocket? The average person has over 40 different applications on their mobile device and each app has about 18 different third parties or Software Development Kits (SDKs) that harvest and share our data. Not surprisingly, Google and Facebook feature in the majority of apps, though users have little access to…
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Giulia Tomasello: Female Biophilia as Inclusive Innovation
Female Biophilia as Inclusive Innovation Female Biophilia wants to explore how the intersection of science and technology is uniquely situated to address womxn’s intimate care and contributes to revolutionize practices within bodies. An opportunity to question how we are changing the way we interpret and question the world, biologically and socially. It poses the urgent…
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Adi Kuntsman: Digital Politics and the Politics of Disengagement
Digital Politics and the Politics of Disengagement: Social Justice, Data Justice, and Environmental Justice The talk will focus on the recently published co-authored book, “Paradoxes of Digital Disengagement: in search of the Opt-Out Button” (Westminster University Press), and address a number of topics which push the boundaries of what we think of as the field…