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Talk | Vladan Joler
Forensics of Exploitation & New Extractivism
October 17–18, 2020
11am–12.30pm CET / 6–7.30pm Gwangju time
Oct 17th, Part 1: https://zoom.us/j/91487928997 (ZOOM ID: 914 8792 8997)
Oct 18th, Part 2: https://zoom.us/j/98297747462 (ZOOM ID: 982 9774 7462)
Vladan Joler's two-part lecture explores the invisible layers and networks behind the main technological platforms using several investigative and forensic methods. On October 17th, in his first talk "Forensics of Exploitation," Joler will discuss the invisible matrix of human labor, energy consumption and resource extraction that is hidden behind digital networks and Artificial Intelligence. Specifically, he will take the home assistant Amazon Echo as a case study of black box technology and, step by step, reconstruct its design and the relations of each component with planetary ecology and economy. On October 18th, in his second talk titled "New Extractivism," Joler will guide us through the maze of concepts and allegories that describe contemporary techno-capitalism. This process will eventually help us to map and understand structures, business models, and practices of contemporary techno giants as an extractivist system of exploitation.
Vladan Joler is co-founder of SHARE Foundation and a professor in the Academy of Arts at the University of Novi Sad. He leads SHARE Lab: a research and data investigation lab for exploring different technical aspects of the intersections between technology and society.