The internet is not a static entity; it has been and continues to be shaped by technical, social, political, environmental, and economic imperatives. If we could start from scratch, how might we rebuild or reimagine the internet to be more equitable and just? In her new book Radical Infrastructures: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up, Rutgers Associate Professor Britt Paris critically examines and contextualizes the promises, utility, and obstacles to building a completely new internet. Drawing from eight years of interviews, site visits, and document and policy analysis, Paris examines ongoing alternative internet infrastructure projects and contrasts them with the market-driven solutions that drive the internet’s development today.
On May 7 at 2 p.m. ET, in a conversation with Mizue Aizeki, executive director of the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience, moderated by Data & Society postdoctoral fellow Ana Carolina de Assis Nunes, Paris will discuss her years-long research, reflect on the pitfalls and opportunities of existing internet infrastructure, and explore the grounded tactics and opportunities needed to develop and maintain a people-centered internet.
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