US author Virginia Eubanks to visit NZ in March
Sunday, 3 March 2019
Return to eHealthNews.nz home page US-based professor and writer Virginia Eubanks will visit New Zealand in March for a series of events promoting her new book Automating Inequality and discussing the impacts of technology and big data on the poorest people in society.
For two decades, Eubanks has worked in community technology and economic justice movements, and today is an associate professor of political science at the University at Albany in New York. Her writing on technology and social justice has appeared in publications such as Scientific American, The Nation, Harper’s and Wired.
In her new book, Automating Inequality: How high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor, Eubanks explores how data mining, policy algorithms and predictive risk models are increasingly affecting vulnerable people in society – the poor and working-class.
Tohatoha, in association with InternetNZ, is hosting events in Auckland and Wellington where attendees can meet Eubanks and hear her perspective on how the issues raised in a USA context in her book may also be applicable to New Zealand.
“In an age where New Zealand is increasingly moving towards automation of public systems and social services, this is a prime opportunity to hear from a specialist on the subject and consider whether inequality is becoming automated in New Zealand, why it matters and what can be done about it,” says Tohatoha CEO Mandy Henk.
Event details are as follows:
- Auckland: Friday 15 March, 3–5pm, GridAKL, 12 Madden Street, Wynyard Quarter. Presentation, Q+A, book signing.
- Wellington: Monday 18 March, 4–6pm, Rangimarie Room, Te Papa, 55 Cable St, Te Aro. Panel discussion with Tim Dare: ‘Are we automating inequality in Aotearoa?’
Discussion and Q&A at the Auckland event will be led by Mandy Henk. The Wellington event will be led by InternetNZ CEO Jordan Carter. Tickets for these events are $25 (waged) or $10 (unwaged).
Source: Tohatoha, 25 February 2019
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