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DESCRIPTION:Virtual Event\n\nPlease register on Eventbrite.\n\nDr. Mar Hick
 s will speak about Disrupting Computing History to Align Technology’s Past
  and Present.\n\nMar Hicks is an author\, historian\, and professor doing 
 research on hidden histories of computing\, as well as the history of labo
 r and technology. Hicks is currently an Associate Professor at The Univers
 ity of Virginia's School of Data Science\, in Charlottesville\, teaching c
 ourses on the history of technology\, computing and society\, and the larg
 er implications of powerful and widespread digital infrastructures. Their 
 research focuses on how gender and sexuality bring hidden technological dy
 namics to light\, and how the experiences of women and LGBTQIA people chan
 ge the core narratives of the history of computing in unexpected ways. Hic
 ks's multiple award-winning book\, Programmed Inequality\, looks at how th
 e British lost their early lead in computing by discarding women computer 
 workers\, and what this cautionary tale tells us about current issues in h
 igh tech. Their new work looks at resistance and queerness in the history 
 of technology. Hicks is also co-editor of the book Your Computer Is On Fir
 e (MIT Press\, 2021)\, a volume of essays about how we can begin to fix ou
 r broken high tech infrastructures. Other writing and more information can
  be found at marhicks.com.\n\nThis event is cohosted by the DIGS Lab (Digi
 tal Intimacy\, Gender\, and Sexuality Lab of Concordia University).\n\nThi
 s event is also part of the 7th Season of Disrupting Disruptions: the Femi
 nist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and
  Workshop Series\, organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum. Our series was made poss
 ible thanks to our sponsors: SSHRC\, Digital Citizen Research\, the Instit
 ute for Gender\, Sexuality\, and Feminist Studies (IGSF)\, the DIGS Lab\, 
 Milieux\, Initiative for Indigenous Futures\, ReQEF\, and more. \n\nThere 
 is no fee required to attend this event. It will be professionally live ca
 ptioned.\n\nYou can watch other past events here.\n
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SUMMARY:Dr. Mar Hicks on Disrupting Computing History (Virtual Event)
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