[Air-L] COVID-19 Seminar #3: Prof Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University

Thao Phan thaophan03 at gmail.com
Tue May 5 17:29:13 PDT 2020


*COVID-19 Seminar #3: Prof Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University*
https://ruha-benjamin-seminar.eventbrite.com.au

Please join us for the first seminar in the COVID-19 seminar series,
co-hosted by the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship & Globalisation
(ADI) <https://www.deakin.edu.au/adi> and the Science and Society Network
(SSN) <https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/>.This week's seminar
will take the format of 2 x pre-recorded guest lectures followed by live
Q&A with the speaker, Professor Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University.

*Date/time:*
Tuesday 12th May, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern Standard Time, GMT+10)

*Pre-recorded guest lectures:*

   1. Black Skin, White Masks: Racism, Vulnerability & Refuting Black
   Pathology (30:48)
   https://aas.princeton.edu/news/black-skin-white-masks-racism-vulnerability-refuting-black-pathology
   2. Are robots racist? Reimagining the Default Settings of Technology and
   Society (23:24)
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/ia5j8ao5ycllyzd/Ruha%20Benjamin%20Guest%20Lecture.mp4?dl=0

*About the speaker:*

Ruha Benjamin an Associate Professor of African American Studies at
Princeton University, where she studies the social dimensions of science,
technology, and medicine. She is the founder of the JUST DATA Lab and the
author of two books, People’s Science (Stanford) and Race After Technology
(Polity), and editor of Captivating Technology (Duke). She writes, teaches,
and speaks widely about the relationship between knowledge and power, race
and citizenship, health and justice.

*Live Q&A discussion with Professor Benjamin:*

Limited tickets are available for those who would like to part of the Zoom
discussion (this is to help manage numbers and Zoom interruptions).
Register as a 'Zoom participant' on Eventbrite.

The Q&A will also be live streamed on YouTube live. Access using the live
link: https://youtu.be/zTOBG2RxYTY (Register as a 'YouTube Live
participant' on Eventbrite to receive an email reminder for the event).

Date/time: Tuesday 12th May, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern Standard
Time, GMT+10)

To send questions/participate in the YouTube Live chat, you'll need to sign-in
using a YouTube account
<https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-comment-on-youtube?r=AU&IR=T>.

If you have any questions, please send to ssn-info at deakin.edu.au
<ssn-info at deakin.edu.au>
The talk will also be recorded and available on the SSN Youtube Channel
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVYFQV_UFX9CLreqpNzanVA>.

Did you miss our last seminar? Watch it here!
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtH1AbnJ7AFApbhh29fL5kqjNFdD_0eID>



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