Gwen Shaffer – April 4 (Details TBD)
Upcoming Events
Pre-ICA Roundtable for Students/Faculty — April 25
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Gabriel Laender gives guest ARNIC lecture, “Blockchain for Policy: a Pragmatic Assessment”
Gabriel Laender—Brazilian attorney, ICT researcher and legal tech entrepreneur—gave a guest lecture during our ARNIC lunchtime seminar on January 24. Drawing an impressive turnout, Laender provided a great kickoff of the semester for ARNIC.
Laender’s talk, titled “Blockchain for Policy: a Pragmatic Assessment,” touched on topics such as blockchain enthusiasts’ relationship with organizations and institutions, collective decision-making, and digital citizenship. Laender noted that he prefers the term “tinkering” over design when it comes to ICT matters—while “design” connotes a more intentional focus,… Read More “Gabriel Laender gives guest ARNIC lecture, “Blockchain for Policy: a Pragmatic Assessment””
Hernán Galperin co-authors chapter in new “Digital Economies at Global Margins” book (MIT Press)
Prof. Hernán Galperin (director and founding member of ARNIC) recently co-authored a chapter in the new MIT Press book, Digital Economies at Global Margins. The book, edited by Mark Graham (Professor, The Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford), explores whether the digitalized economy may transcend “spatial, organizational, social, and political constraints,” or if these new technologies reinforce inequalities and marginalization.
Galperin, along with Catrihel Greppi (MPA/ID candidate at Harvard Kennedy School),… Read More “Hernán Galperin co-authors chapter in new “Digital Economies at Global Margins” book (MIT Press)”
British Member of Parliament Seema Malhotra visits ARNIC, gives guest lecture
On Friday, November 30, ARNIC was fortunate to welcome British Member of Parliament (MP) Seema Malhotra to the USC campus. Malhotra is a British Labour and Cooperative Party politician and is the MP for the Feltham and Heston constituency.
Organized by ARNIC founding director Prof. Jonathan Aronson, Malhotra joined Aronson and four student ARNIC members (Annenberg PhD students Sierra Bray, Cerianne Robertson, Anna Loup, and PhD candidate Rachel Moran) for an intimate lunch…. Read More “British Member of Parliament Seema Malhotra visits ARNIC, gives guest lecture”
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Meet an ARNIC member – Anna Loup
This week we are putting the spotlight on second year Communication PhD student Anna Loup. Anna has been an active member of ARNIC for several years and is currently working on some very exciting research projects!
Name: Anna Loup
General research interests: My interests are currently focused on researching the underlying critical infrastructures that enable and maintain digital communication technologies. I am predominantly interested in the power structures inherent in how these critical infrastructure systems are developed,… Read More “Meet an ARNIC member – Anna Loup”
Broadband: We must do better
(This article was originally published on The Conversation)
By Hernan Galperin, François Bar and Annette M. Kim
Los Angeles is home to some of the most creative people and businesses in the planet. Our filmmakers, musicians, visual artists, software engineers and scientists entertain the world and push the knowledge frontier forward. Their process is often a mystery, but their tools are not. Underpinning their intellectual pursuit is broadband Internet access, which fosters creativity and innovation by enabling access to information and supporting collaborative work…. Read More “Broadband: We must do better”
Women-Owned SMEs and Trade: More than Just an Elephant in the Room
Among the conceivably infinite social and economic effects of the internet is the rise of women-owned small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. For over thirty years, donor and international aid programs have invested heavily to help women in developing countries build and grow microenterprises, the business context in which the terms “woman” and “entrepreneur” have until recently been linked.
As a result of labor exploitation, human deprivation, illicit markets and the wealth disparities that have ensued from globalization,… Read More “Women-Owned SMEs and Trade: More than Just an Elephant in the Room”