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<P>Join us for a lively conversation with Ramesh Srinivasan on how we can shape the future of the Internet to promote equality.</P>
<P>Ramesh will discuss his new book, <EM>Whose Global Village</EM>(NYU Press), in which he<SPAN>asks us to reconsider whose global village we are shaping with the digital technology revolution today.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>The book discusses how we perceive</SPAN>platforms such as Twitter & Facebook as open & accessible to all, but in reality, these are commercial entities developed primarily by & for the Western world, often reinforcing the inequalities of globalization & rarely reflecting the perspectives of those at the bottom of the digital divide.</P>
<P><SPAN>Ramesh does this by s</SPAN>haring stories of collaboration with Native Americans in California & New Mexico, revolutionaries in Egypt, communities in rural India, & others across the world. He further urges us to reimagine what the Internet, mobile phones, or social media platforms may look like when considered from the perspective of diverse cultures. </P>
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<P><STRONG>What should we do?</STRONG> How can we imagine & begin to develop the Internet more deeply in line with principles of democracy, diversity, & the civic life?</P>
<P>Join us as we dig deeper into these questions!</P>
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<P><SPAN>***This event is a part of Civic Hall's</SPAN>What We Do Nowseries***</P>
<P><SPAN>The</SPAN>What We Do Nowseries connects the<A HREF="https://civichall.org/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Civic Hall</A>and<A HREF="https://personaldemocracy.com/conference-landing-page/personal-democracy-forum-2017-0" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Personal Democracy Forum</A>communities around the most urgent issues facing civically engaged organizations & individuals.</P>
<P>This event series curated by, or in partnership with, Civic Hall will continue to foster cross-sector collaboration to leverage the use of technology for the public good.</P>
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<P><SPAN>Ramesh</SPAN>Srinivasan studies the relationship between technology, politics, & societies across the world. He has been a faculty member at UCLA since 2005 in the Information Studies & Design|Media Arts departments. He is the founder of the UC-wide Digital Cultures Lab, exploring the meaning of technology worldwide as it spreads to the far reaches of our world. He is also the author of the books:<A HREF="http://rameshsrinivasan.org/book-whose-global-village/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Whose Global Village? Rethinking How Technology Impacts Our World</A>with NYU Press, & After the Internet (with Adam Fish) on Polity Press to be released in December of 2017.</P>
<P>Srinivasan earned his Ph.D. in design studies at Harvard; his masters degree in media arts & science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; & his bachelors degree in industrial engineering at Stanford. He has served fellowships in MITs Media Laboratory in Cambridge & the MIT Media Lab Asia. He has also been a teaching fellow at the Graduate School of Design & Department of Visual & Environmental Design at Harvard.</P>
<P>Srinivasan is a regular speaker for TEDx Talks & makes media appearances on MSNBC, NPR, Al Jazeera, The Young Turks, National Geographic, & Public Radio International. His writings have been widely published in Al Jazeera English, CNN, Wired, The Washington Post, Forbes, & The Huffington Post.</P>
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<P>Don't forget to follow Ramesh on <A HREF="https://twitter.com/rameshmedia" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">twitter</A>and on his <A HREF="http://rameshsrinivasan.org/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">website</A>!</P>
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