[artinfo] Fwd: China: Life in the Cloud

[Beöthy Balázs]

*'China: Life in the Cloud' - Guest lecture by Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber*

In no country in the world digitalization - using big data, artificial 
intelligence or Industry 4.0 - is as advanced as in China. It now 
encompasses all areas of life: communication, education, media, 
entertainment, medicine, trade, and industry. The downside of this 
technological penetration is a ubiquitous surveillance, social control, 
and censorship.
The lecture explains the political motivations and strategies driving 
digitalization and describes who the key players are and how politics 
and industry interact. It also gives an insight into everyday "life in 
the cloud", which is dominated by a few super apps for cell phones, and 
shows how censorship and surveillance are increasingly curtailing 
freedom of thought and expression.

*+ Date:* 27 April
*+ Time:* 6-7.30 pm
*+ Zoom link:* https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/61063928417 
<https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/61063928417>
*+ Zoom ID:* 610 6392 8417

See more info: www.ipsd.uni-ak.ac.at <http://www.ipsd.uni-ak.ac.at>

If you missed Katharina Gsöllpointner's lecture
'The Climate, the Digital, the Artist, and their Work'
last week, you can now watch it on YouTube
 >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWBsaZJW3QI