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NYU Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis
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Address:20 Cooper Square, Floor 4, New York, New York, 10003, United States
Events
Virtual Book Launch
Book Talk | Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
11/29 Monday | 6pm
RSVP is required. Please RSVP here. NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to a book talk for Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains featuring the author Lucas Bessire in conversation with Julie Livingston and moderated by Caitlin Zaloom. The Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for...
Virtual Book Launch
Book Talk | Does Skill Make Us Human? Migrant Workers in 21st Century Qatar and Beyond
12/02 Thursday | 5pm
RSVP is required. Please RSVP here. NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to a book talk for Does Skill Make Us Human? Migrant Workers in 21st Century Qatar and Beyond, featuring the author Natasha Iskander in conversation with Rachel Sherman, Paula Chakravartty, and Michael Burawoy. Skill—specifically the distinction between the “skilled” and “unskilled”—is generally...
Virtual Discussion
Co-Opting AI: Advertising
12/07 Tuesday | 6pm
RSVP is required. Please RSVP here. NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, the NYU Center for Responsible AI, the 370 Jay Project, and the NYU Tandon Department of Technology, Culture and Society invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This event will discuss the socio-cultural history of advertising vis-a-vis automated targeting, big...