Mediating

Abstract

Contemporary society and its practices have always been enmeshed in technology. The particular challenges that we face today, however, are compounded by the digital facets of the tools and systems that are used to organize and mediate our everyday lives. This seminar will interrogate the role of technology across its various domains, including policing and surveillance, media and politics, labor and occupational structures, climate justice and community health. In particular, we will explore the effects of technology on communities, both how they are organized and the ways they are discriminated against.