[Air-L] Gender and Tech Online Talk Series - April 25 11am EDT - Digital colonialism

[Jess Reia]

Dear colleagues,

The University of Virginia School of Data Science, in partnership with the
Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, is pleased to announce the first
session of the Gender and Tech Online Talk Series, taking place on April
25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT).

The inaugural session will focus on digital colonialism, discussing how the
global digital order continues to reflect and reproduce colonial power
structures. We are honored to welcome two keynote speakers:

Renata Ávila (Open Knowledge Foundation)
Marília Maciel (Diplo Foundation)

The webinar is free and open to the public. You can register here:
https://virginia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5ufYdBY-TbG0DIwZWpuxFA#/registration


The Gender and Tech Online Talk Series brings together leading scholars,
advocates, and practitioners to examine the intersections of gender,
technology, democracy, and human rights. Its purpose is to critically
explore how digital platforms and technological infrastructures impact
women, queer, and gender-diverse individuals, while also identifying
pathways toward more inclusive, rights-based models of digital governance.

We invite scholars, students, and practitioners committed to advancing
equity and justice in digital governance to participate in this important
conversation.

The series is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia and sponsored by
the UVA School of Data Science and DTD Lab.

Please feel free to circulate this announcement within your networks.

Thank you!
J.


Jess Reia, Ph.D.  (they/them)
Assistant Professor of Data Science
Faculty co-lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
<https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/digital-technology-democracy-lab>,
University
of Virginia
reia at virginia.edu | https://datascience.virginia.edu/

Visiting Scholar, Institute for Global Public Policy
<https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/igppen/main.htm>, Fudan University
2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology
<https://cdt.org/>
<https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/>

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