De-duplicating India
Event Name | De-duplicating India |
Start Date | 1st Jun 2018 3:00pm |
End Date | 1st Jun 2018 5:00pm |
Duration | 2 hours |
Description | Prof. Lawrence Cohen (University of California at Berkeley) will give a seminar talk "De-duplicating India" on Friday 1 June, 3-5pm, in the CMB 6th floor staff room. The talk analyses recent efforts by the Indian government at creating biometric databases as a tool of administering welfare, debt, and surveillance. Cohen is a Professor of Anthropology and South & Southeast Asian Studies, and Co-Director of the UC Berkeley/UCSF Medical Anthropology Program. All welcome! |