The event “Women, Race and Technology” will bring together writer Conceição Evaristo and professor Ruha Benjamin for a debate on gender, race and class discrimination in the area of technology. The discussion is promoted by the IEA (Institute for Advanced Studies) of USP (University of São Paulo), with moderation by Professor Virgílio Almeida.
The debate will be broadcast live on the institute’s website at 4 pm on July 12.
The event is organized by the Oscar Sala Chair, a partnership between the IEA and the Internet Management Committee in Brazil, which has Virgílio Almeida as the head, and by the Olavo Setubal Chair of Art, Culture and Science, in collaboration between the institute and Itaú Cultural. There will be simultaneous translation and there is no need to register.
Author of books such as “Ponciá Vicencio” and “Olhos D’água”, Conceição Evaristo will be the next holder of the Olavo Setúbal chair. She was chosen by the organizers for having a literary work that “gives visibility to women’s perspectives and stories of struggle and resistance and the denunciation of social, gender and racial inequalities”.
Her production is marked by “writing”, a concept developed by the author who names the writing that is born from her own life experience as a black Brazilian woman. Conceição has a degree in literature from UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), a master’s degree in Brazilian literature from PUC (Pontifical Catholic University) and a PhD in comparative literature from UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense).
Ruha Benjamin is a sociologist, researcher and professor at Princeton University in the United States. Her studies deal with the social aspect of technology and science. She is the author of the book “Race After Technology” and will address the presence of US social inequalities in emerging technologies, which, for her, have the potential to “hide, accelerate and deepen” racism and discrimination.
In addition, Benjamin is the founder of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab, which brings together artists, students, educators and activists and seeks to develop a critical approach to data production and circulation. His next book is scheduled for release in 2022.
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