Abya Yala Pluriversity Week of Science and Technology, April 5th, Friday

Schedule

8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Making and Doing: Building a Cellphone Network from Scratch (And not
Forgetting our Values!)
Moderators: Wesley Woo and Shaddi Hasan, VT Computer Science
Co-Moderators: P’urhépecha activist Yunuen Torres, Cherán, México; Sociology
professor Diego Vicentin, UNICAMP, Brazil
Where: Gilbert Place, room 4001

12:30 pm – 1:10 pm
Lunch (for Making and Doing participants)

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
STS Seminar Series: Technology Appropriation Workshop
Featuring P’urhépecha activist Yunuen Torres, Cherán, México; Sociology professor
Diego Vicentin, UNICAMP, Brazil; and Computer Science professor Shaddi Hasan, VT
Moderators: Fabiano Faleiros and Fernanda Rosa, VT STS
Where: Newman Library, Athenaeum room and YouTube

3:00pm – 4:30pm
Exhibition Opening Geographies of Digital Wasting with curators Lauren Bridges,
Berkman Klein Center, Harvard; and Zane Cooper, UPenn
Where: Newman Library, Gallery behind the Athenaeum room (with food and
refreshments)

About

The Abya Yala Pluriversity was launched in the first week of April 2024, with the Abya Yala Pluriversity Week in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech, in the lands of Tutelo and Monacan people, with a series of events around the visit of Yunuen Torres Ascencio, from where we call today Cherán, México.

Sponsorship

This initiative has received the support of the Social Science Research Council Just Tech Fellowship, with funds of the Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and Democracy Fund.

Feito com ♥ pelo Mundo da Má

Join us

Do you want to know more and be part of it? These are the people who are already part of Pluriversity and can be contacted, then, you can find out more about the Initiative, talk about ideas and projects.