Centre for Public Policy to host talk on ‘Technological Weapons of the Weak’ on 21 June
Talk to be led by Prof. Anant Kamath of the National Institute of Advanced Studies
5 June, 2024, Bengaluru: The Centre for Public Policy (CPP) at IIM Bangalore will host a talk on, ‘Technological Weapons of the Weak’, at 3.30 pm on 21 June 2024, at Classroom Q-101 of the institute. The talk will be led by Prof. Anant Kamath, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore.
About the speaker
Prof. Anant Kamath has been affiliated with the Inequality and Human Development Programme under the School of Social Sciences, NIAS. His primary interests are in the economic-sociology aspect of technology in India, particularly around subaltern socio-economic groups. He has studied technological engagements among urban Dalit communities, sex workers, street cleaners, street vendors, caste weavers and migrant construction workers. Concerns around inequality, urban transition, social mobility, spatiality, gender and caste have undergirded his enquiries on technological experiences and outcomes, and he has employed network analysis, archival work, oral histories and other qualitative methodological approaches. Anant has published in various international journals on technology and society. His latest book (co-authored) is, ‘Urban Undesirables: City Transition and Street-Based Sex Work in Bangalore’ (Cambridge University Press, 2022), and his other books include, ‘The Social Context of Technological Experiences’ (Routledge, 2020) and ‘Industrial Innovation, Networks, and Economic Development’ (Routledge, 2015). Prior to NIAS, he was faculty at Azim Premji University for six years
Centre for Public Policy to host talk on ‘Technological Weapons of the Weak’ on 21 June
Talk to be led by Prof. Anant Kamath of the National Institute of Advanced Studies
5 June, 2024, Bengaluru: The Centre for Public Policy (CPP) at IIM Bangalore will host a talk on, ‘Technological Weapons of the Weak’, at 3.30 pm on 21 June 2024, at Classroom Q-101 of the institute. The talk will be led by Prof. Anant Kamath, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore.
About the speaker
Prof. Anant Kamath has been affiliated with the Inequality and Human Development Programme under the School of Social Sciences, NIAS. His primary interests are in the economic-sociology aspect of technology in India, particularly around subaltern socio-economic groups. He has studied technological engagements among urban Dalit communities, sex workers, street cleaners, street vendors, caste weavers and migrant construction workers. Concerns around inequality, urban transition, social mobility, spatiality, gender and caste have undergirded his enquiries on technological experiences and outcomes, and he has employed network analysis, archival work, oral histories and other qualitative methodological approaches. Anant has published in various international journals on technology and society. His latest book (co-authored) is, ‘Urban Undesirables: City Transition and Street-Based Sex Work in Bangalore’ (Cambridge University Press, 2022), and his other books include, ‘The Social Context of Technological Experiences’ (Routledge, 2020) and ‘Industrial Innovation, Networks, and Economic Development’ (Routledge, 2015). Prior to NIAS, he was faculty at Azim Premji University for six years