BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Berlin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:789@hiig.de DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200422T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200422T180000 DTSTAMP:20200511T121856Z URL:https://www.hiig.de/en/events/twentyforty-talks-preeti-mudliar/ SUMMARY:twentyforty talks - A Drink with Preeti Mudliar DESCRIPTION:Is a rebellion against technology sustainable in a digitally co nnected world? Preeti Mudliar's short story “In Mangal’s New World” attempts to understand the world of people who occupy positions of margina lity and find themselves vulnerable to the top-down diktats of technologic al systems. Specifically\, it examines the enforcement of biometric authen tication through fingerprints on the poor so that they can obtain state-sp onsored entitlements of essential commodities. In conversation with Bronwe n Deacon (HIIG)\, Preeti Mudliar will expand on how she got the initial id ea of the plot and explain her understanding of a digital utopia.\n\n\n\n& nbsp\;\ntwentyforty talks - A Drink with Preeti Mudliar\n22 April 2020 | 5 pm CEST | livestream | hiig.de\nRead Preeti's story here\n \;\n\nFollo wing the digital launch of the twentyforty anthology at the beginning of A pril\, we are pleased to invite you to the twentyforty talks. Each digital live event will feature a conversation between a twentyforty author and o ne of our researchers at HIIG. The discussion will provide you with intere sting background information on the author's story and their academic cont ext. You are warmly invited to ask questions directly via Slido. The conve rsation with Preeti Mudliar will be held in English.\n\n \;\nUPCOMING TWENTYFORTY TALKS\n\n\n\n19 May\,\n6pm\n\n\n       Burkhard Schafer (“Digital Pharaohs”) in conversation with Bronwen Deacon (HIIG)\n\n\n\ n \;\nABOUT OUR GUEST\nPreeti Mudliar is an assistant professor at Int ernational Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB). Her rese arch interests broadly center around gender\, infrastructure\, and digital media using ethnographic methods and analyses. Currently\, her work is fo cused on people's acts of “repair” and coping following biometric auth entication failures in the public distribution system (PDS) in India. Pree ti Mudliar holds a PhD in communication studies from the University of Tex as\, Austin.\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n“twentyforty” is an anthology\, consis ting of thirteen visionary stories written by researchers in various disci plines\, addressing the opportunities and challenges that digital technolo gies present for our future society in 2040. It started as an essay compet ition and is an exceptional experiment in science communication. In additi on to the anthology\, other formats have emerged in the context of twentyf orty. The website twentyforty.hiig.de features background information on the texts as well as discursive resources. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hiig.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/F INAL-eventpreeti.jpg CATEGORIES:Exploring Digital Spheres LOCATION:Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society\, Französische Straß e 9\, Berlin\, 10117\, Germany X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Französische Straße 9\, B erlin\, 10117\, Germany;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR