[artinfo] Fwd: China: Life in the Cloud
Beöthy Balázs
b2 at c3.hu
Mon Apr 26 20:11:23 CEST 2021
*'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
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