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Drawing from a work-in-progress, this talk will explore how social media & AI technologies represent a new form of colonialism-digital colonization-in which human attention, identity, & community are commodified for corporate profit. Building on the insights of anticolonial thinkers like Amlcar Cabral & Achille Mbembe, the talk situates Big Tech's extraction of data & manipulation of behavior within the history of racial capitalism & colonial exploitation. Just as earlier colonizers targeted land & labor, today's platforms seize the cultural & cognitive spaces through which we know, communicate, & form community. And just as earlier anticolonial movements did before, we must resist. By reframing our relationship to technology, we can imagine futures that protect human dignity & reclaim culture from corporate, capitalist, authoritarian, & anti-human control.Janine de Novais is a writer & sociologist who explores liberation as a cultural project - a process of learning & unlearning. She is the author of Brave Community: Teaching for a Post-Racist Imagination (2023), a practical guide for fostering empathy & resilience in classrooms & communities confronting racism. Janine has held academic appointments at Harvard University & the University of Delaware & previously served as Associate Director of Columbia University's Center for the Core Curriculum. Born & raised in Cabo Verde, she now lives in Philadelphia, where she works as an independent scholar & community cultural strategist, drawing on her expertise in engaged pedagogy, sociology, & adult learning to design transformative approaches to racial & social justice.
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