Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and the Institute of Netwrok Cultures invite you to a Book Discussion on Theory on Demand #39, Lives of Data: Essays on Computational Cultures from India edited by Sandeep Mertia.
Panelists: Jahnavi Phalkey | Stefania Milan | Nimmi Rangaswamy
Ravi Sundaram will Chair
Friday, 19 February 2021, 17:00 India Time/12:30 Amsterdam time
The discussion will be held on Zoom
Link: http://bit.ly/3qjKnEo
Meeting ID: 991 2507 4788
Passcode: csdsdelhi
Lives of Data is based on research projects and workshops at the Sarai programme of CSDS. The book brings together fifteen interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners to open up inquiries into computational cultures in India. Encompassing history, anthropology, science and technology studies (STS), media studies, civic technology, data science, digital humanities and journalism, the essays open up possibilities for a cross disciplinary dialogue on data.
Sandeep Mertia is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, and Urban Doctoral Fellow, New York City.
Jahnavi Phalkey is Founding Director of Science Gallery, Bengaluru.
Stefania Milan is Associate Professor of New Media, University of Amsterdam.
Nimmi Rangaswamy is Associate Professor at IIIT and Adjunct Professor at IIT, both at Hyderabad.
Ravi Sundaram is Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.