Mapping Technologies, Making Worlds: Facing and Interfacing Challenges
10th ANNUAL RINGS CONFERENCE, ST. STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, DELHI
23rd- 26th October 2024
Registration:
To register, please go to https://www.ststephens.edu/rings-conference/
The conference fee is €100
DAY 1, 23rd October 2024, Wednesday
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Inauguration of the Conference: 9: 30 AM to 10 AM
10- 10: 15 TEA
I. LITERATURE, CINEMA, THE HUMAN AND THE NON-HUMAN, 10: 15 AM- 12: 15 PM
Chair: Dr Jeena Sarah Jacob
- Vaibhav Dwivedi, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi- A Digital Monster: Understanding the Hybrid Narrativity of Slenderman
- Divya Malhotra, Bharati College, University of Delhi- The Vulnerable Fuel the Machine: Examining Gender, Climate Change, and the Redefinition of "Human" in Dystopian Narratives from the Global South
- Naveen John Panicker, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi- An exploration of the human-non-human relationship through Spike Jonze's Her (2013)
12: 15 PM- 1: 15 PM LUNCH
II. ETHICAL CONCERNS AROUND TECHNOLOGY, 1: 15 PM- 3: 15 PM
Chair: Silika Mohapatra
- Krishna Yadav, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi- Interrogating AI Ethics: A Critical Examination of Chatbot Capabilities and Concerns
- Udisha, University of Delhi- Artificial Womb : Gender and Ethical Quandary
- Khushi Atolia, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. Sarthak Dogra, Department of English, University of Delhi- The Politics of Caregiving: Gendered Anthropomorphisation of AI Professionals
3: 15 PM- 3: 30 PM, TEA
III. TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN, 3: 30 PM- 5 PM
Chair: Dr Sanjay Kumar
- Smrity Jayara, University of Delhi - Technological Metamorphosis: Corporeal and Technological Interactions
- Urvashi Singh and Sudhanshu Kumar Kantha , Department of Political Science, University of Delhi - Regional Identity in the Digital Age: Border Security and Technological Advancements in South Asia
- Giti Chandra and Irma Erlingsdottir, University of Iceland- MeToo and Beyond: The Potential for Transnational solidarities in the digital era
DAY 2, 24th October 2024, Thursday
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I. SPACES OF INTIMACY 9 AM- 11 AM
Chair: Dr Karen Gabriel
1. Sristi Mondal, Surya Sen College, University of North Bengal (ONLINE)- Caste-ing for a match: Caste, gender, and matchmaking through online matrimonial websites
2. Diloshini Govender, Deevia Bhana, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa - Emojis, Stickers and Nudes: Teenage Sexual Expressions in Online Digital Spaces
3. Raksha Janak and Talia Govender (ONLINE and OFFLINE) -Gender, Class and Culture in Teenage Girls’ Negotiation of Femininity on Social Media
11:00 AM- 11:15 AM TEA
11:15 AM- 12:15 AM
Keynote Address by Usha Ramanathan: Lawyer, Human Rights Activist and Faculty at the Indian Law Institute, Delhi
12:15 PM- 1:15 PM, LUNCH
II. TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF WAR AND UPHEAVAL, 1: 15 PM- 3: 15 PM
Chair: Dr Sanjay Kumar
1. Shreya Arora, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi- Role of technology in spreading dis- and mis- information in the age of War
2. Kaushiki Ishwar, Miranda House, University of Delhi-Reconceptualisation of War, Gender and Militarisation through the lens of Cyborg Feminism
3. Tigist Shewarega, Floretta Boonzaier, Tamara Shefer, (both online and offline) University of the Western Cape; University of Cape Town- Global South Feminist Online Movements of liberation and resistance
3: 15 PM- 3: 30 PM, TEA
III. GENDER QUESTION, 3: 30 PM- 5: 30 PM
Chair: Deevia Bhama
- Anitta Jose, Sacred Heart College, India- Commodification of Womanhood in Digital Spaces
- ISHA ADHIKARI, Trinity College Dublin- An Investigation of Menstrual Capitalism: A Feminist Perspective
- I) Kadri Aavik, 2) David L. Collinson, 3) Matthew Hall, 4) Jeff Hearn, 5) Anika Thym (ONLINE), Institution: 1) Tallinn University, Estonia; 2) Lancaster University, UK; 3) Kimep University, Kazakhstan; 4) Hanken School of Economics, Finland, Örebro University, Sweden; University of Huddersfield, UK; 5) Basel University, Switzerland;- Men, masculinities and AI: implications for gender equality
DAY 3, 25th October 2024, Friday
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I. SURVEILLANCE PRACTICES, 9: 30 AM- 12 PM
Chair: Dr Abhinav Gupta
- RIYA AJIT, SACRED HEART COLLEGE, THEVARA, COCHIN, KERALA (ONLINE)- Drone Warfare, Necropolitical Logic and Technologies of Visuality: A Study of Nadeem Aslam’s The Golden Legend (2017) and Atef Abu Saif’s The Drone Eats with Me: Gaza Diary (2015)
- Laura Grunberg & Crina Radu, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology-(ONLINE) Contrasting Perceptions: Attitudes in Romania Toward Government Surveillance Versus Surveillance Capitalism Practices
- Apoorva Dimri, St. Stephen’s College. Delhi - Technologies of Surveillance and Control in Futurist/Fascist Dystopias
- Dr Karen Gabriel, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi- Understanding the Regimes of Visuality
II. GLOBAL SOUTH AND THE LABOUR QUESTION, 12 PM- 1: 30 PM
Chair: P. K. Vijayan
- Paras Yadav, Sophia Girls' College (Autonomous), Ajmer- Navigating the future of work: AI Revolution
- Debangi Sanyal, Jadavpur University- Assessing AI's Potential to Resolve Employment Segregation while Working Towards Inclusive Growth
1:30- 2:30, LUNCH
III. GENDER AND JUSTICE, 2:30 PM- 4:30 PM
Chair: Jeff Hearn
- Dr Shafey Anwarul Haque, Integral University, Lucknow (ONLINE)- Policing Gender: Examining Reality Television
- Tamara Shefer and Irma Erlingsdóttir, University of the Western Cape and University of Iceland- Ecofeminist thinking towards intersectional gender and environmental justice: Icelandic and South African artist-activist (virtual and material) engagements with oceans and bodies of water
- Kadri Aavik (ONLINE), Tallinn University - Men, masculinities and unsustainable techno-capitalism: the case of cultured meat
4:30 PM, TEA
DAY 4, 26th October 2024, Saturday
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RINGS General Assembly 10 AM
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