Speaker
Débora is an activist, social designer, and Amazonian Decolonial thinker. She is currently a research associate at University of Siegen, where her research is about how communities experience and deal with economic and technological pressures in areas of post-conflict and social instability. Her PhD dissertation explored how peripheral communities in the Amazon rainforest make use of digital technology and connect to global supply chains and infrastructures of globalised capitalism. She is also interested in a critical perspective on technology production, which would include the entire technology “production chain” from its material origins like mining in the Amazon rainforest to the data centers where data is stored or manipulated.
Abstract
How rural communities in the Amazon region cope with economic and technological challenges? In this talk, Débora will explore the integration of digital technology into these communities and the broader global supply chains.
Event Details
Date: May 28th, 2024
Time: 13:00-15:00 (GMT)
Location: InPerson and Online
Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/eAJL30kKag