EventMarch 3 2022

Book Forum Series

Thursdays from 12-1pm ET

Network Talks provide a platform for scholars and researchers to present their work, frame key debates in the field, and gather feedback from a community of interdisciplinary thinkers from the Data & Society network.

Our 2022 Book Forum Series features prominent authors in conversation with Data & Society researchers about their recently published books. 

Thursdays from 12-1 PM ET

  1. “The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy’ (MIT Press, 2021) by Hannah Zeavin.
  2. “Digital Black Feminism” (NYU Press, 2021) by Catherine Knight Steele. 
  3. “Patching Development: Information Politics and Social Change in India” (Oxford University Press, 2021) by Rajesh Veeraraghavan.  
  4. “Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age” (Oxford University Press, 2022) by Julia Ticona.
  5. “Nice White Ladies: the Truth About White Supremacy, Our Role In It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It” (Seal Press, 2021) by Jessie Daniels.
  6. “Experiments of the Mind: From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter” (Princeton University Press, 2022) by Emily Martin.
  7. “Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the u.S. Census and How to Read Them” (Macmillan, 2022) by Dan Bouk.

 

Accessibility

Closed captioning provided. Please email [email protected] with any other accessibility needs at least 72 hours prior to the event. Documentation, including video, transcript, and resources, will be available on our website afterwards.

Learn more below and register!

Events

Added to our summertime reading list is Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them, a new book by former D&S Faculty Fellow, Dan Bouk. Dan will be a guest at our August 11th Network Book Talk, hosted by Ronteau Coppin.

Up next in our Network Book Forum series is Emily Martin, author of Experiments of the Mind: From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter (Princeton University Press, 2022), in conversation with Iretiolu Akinrinade and Noelle Stout. Hosted by Emanuel Moss. (Please note that this conversation will start at 1pm ET instead of 12pm ET.)

Join us for our next conversation in our Network Book Forum series with author Jessie Daniels and scholar Mutale Nkonde, discussing Jessie’s book Nice White Ladies: the Truth About White Supremacy, Our Role In It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It (Seal Press, 2021). Hosted by Sareeta Amrute.

Thursday, May 12, 2022

12pm – 1pm  ET


Join D&S alumnus Julia Ticona and Data & Society Director of Research Jenna Burrell inspired Julia’s new book Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2022).

Thursday, April 14, 2022

12:00 – 1:00pm ET

Join author Rajesh Veeraraghavan for this conversation with Data & Society’s AI on the Ground Postdoctoral Researcher Ranjit Singh, inspired by Veeraraghavan’s new book “Patching Development: Information Politics and Social Change in India” (Oxford University Press, 2021).

Thursday, March 03, 2022

12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Join author Catherine Knight Steele for this conversation with Data & Society’s Policy Research Analyst Serena Oduro, inspired by Catherine Knight Steele’s new book “Digital Black Feminism” (NYU Press, 2021). 

Thursday, February 03, 2022

12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Join Author Hannah Zeavin for this conversation with Data & Society Health and Data Researcher Livia Garofalo and Psychiatrist Dr. Romy Gad el Rab inspired by Zeavin’s new book “The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy ” (MIT Press, 2021). 

Thursday, January 13, 2022

12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

About Data & Society

Data & Society is an independent nonprofit research organization. We believe that empirical evidence should directly inform the development and governance of new technology. We study the social implications of data and automation, producing original research to ground informed, evidence-based public debate about emerging technology.

Credits

Producers: CJ Brody Landow, Nazelie Doghramadjian, Rigoberto Lara Guzmán

Website, Design, and Communications: Rigoberto Lara Guzmán, Veronica Eghdami, Chris Redwood

Curatorial Partners: Livia Garofalo, Serena Oduro, Ranjit Singh

Authors: Hannah Zeavin, Catherine Knight Steele, Rajesh Veeraraghavan, Julia Ticona

Panelists: Dr. Romy Gad el Rab, Aiha Ngyuen

Additional support provided by Data & Society’s Communications, Engagement, Accounting, Strategy, Labor, Health & Data, and AIGI teams.