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Future Worlds: Chinese Techno Power and African Imaginaries
June 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm AEST
Situated within geopolitical and historical Afro-Sino engagements, this talk focuses on the ways that the logics and discourses of Chinese technological production intersect with African techno-imaginaries.
Specifically, Professor Avle maps the socio-technical practices that link Africa and China via the design and uses of AI, computing hardware, and data flows, primarily outside of state and state-sponsored projects. Through this, she provides evidence for how particular techno-futures are made, adapted, and refused by entrepreneurs and citizens ‘on-the-ground’ amid changing geo- and techno- politics.
A recording of this in-person only talk will be made available following the event.
SPEAKERS
Seyram Avle (PERN)
Seyram Avle is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research focuses on digital technology cultures and innovation across Africa, China, and the US. This work primarily takes a critical approach to how digital technologies are made and used and their implications for issues of labor, identity, and futures.