Digital Civil Society Speaker Series: Death Glitch

November 2nd, 2023 - 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm PT

Encina Commons 119 615 Crothers Way
Stanford, CA 94305

Join us for a monthly gathering that explores critical insights on the intersections and implications of digital dependencies with democratic norms and civil society values and actors. The Digital Civil Society Speaker Series is a thought-provoking forum that brings together leading experts and scholars to discuss pressing issues shaping our digital world.

The Digital Civil Society Lab is delighted to be joined by Dr. Tamara Kneese who will discuss her book, Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond.

How are users and workers remaking platforms into spaces for memorialization and resistance? Preserving digital remains requires specialized forms of care. Platforms are often in control over what digital legacies look like and how long they are maintained. At the same time, grassroots organizing on the part of users and workers have remade platforms as places for memorialization and resistance.

The speaker series is open to anyone who wishes to engage with critical insights on the intersections and implications of digital dependencies with democratic norms and civil society values and actors. It is structured a as hybrid experience, allowing you to choose whether you’d like to attend in person or join us virtually. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.

Register here to join in-person or register here to join the event virtually.

Speakers

• Dr. Tamara Kneese - Senior Research and Project Director, Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab, Data and Society