Mapping Technologies, Making Worlds: Facing and Interfacing Challenges

The 10th Annual International RINGS Conference

23rd-26th October 2024

DAY 1, 23^rd October 2024, Wednesday

 Inauguration of the Conference:  9: 30 AM to 10 AM

10 AM – 10:15 AM TEA

1. LITERATURE, CINEMA, THE HUMAN AND THE NON-HUMAN, 10: 15 AM- 12: 15 PM

Chair   Dr Jeena Sarah Jacob

1. Vaibhav Dwivedi, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi- A Digital Monster: Understanding the Hybrid Narrativity of Slenderman

2. Divya Malhotra, Bharati College, University of Delhi- The Vulnerable Fuel the Machine: Examining Gender, Climate Change, and the Redefinition of “Human” in Dystopian Narratives from the Global South

3. Naveen John Panicker, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi- An exploration of the human-non-human relationship through Spike Jonze’s Her (2013)

12: 15 PM- 1: 15 PM LUNCH

2. ETHICAL CONCERNS AROUND TECHNOLOGY, 1: 15 PM- 3: 15 PM

   Chair: Silika Mohapatra

1. Krishna Yadav, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi- Interrogating AI Ethics: A Critical Examination of Chatbot Capabilities and Concerns

2. Udisha, University of Delhi- Artificial Womb : Gender and Ethical Quandary

3. Khushi Atolia, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. Sarthak Dogra, Department of English, University of Delhi- The Politics of Caregiving: Gendered Anthropomorphisation of AI Professionals 

3: 15 PM- 3: 30 PM, TEA

3. TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN, 3: 30 PM- 5 PM

Chair:  Dr Sanjay Kumar

1. Smrity Jayara, University of Delhi – Technological Metamorphosis: Corporeal and Technological Interactions

2. Urvashi Singh and Sudhanshu Kumar Kantha , Department of Political Science, University of Delhi – Regional Identity in the Digital Age: Border Security and Technological Advancements in South Asia

3. Giti Chandra and Irma Erlingsdottir, University of Iceland-  MeToo and Beyond: The Potential for Transnational solidarities in the digital era

DAY 2, 24^th October 2024, Thursday

1. SPACES OF INTIMACY  9 AM- 11 AM   

Chair:  Dr Karen Gabriel

1. Sristi Mondal, Surya Sen College, University of North Bengal (ONLINE)- Caste-ing for a match: Caste, gender, and matchmaking through online matrimonial websites

2. Diloshini Govender, Deevia Bhana, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa – Emojis, Stickers and Nudes: Teenage Sexual Expressions in Online Digital Spaces

3. Raksha Janak and Talia Govender (ONLINE and OFFLINE) –Gender, Class and Culture in Teenage Girls’ Negotiation of Femininity on Social Media

11 AM- 11: 15 AM TEA

11: 15 AM- 12: 15 AM

Keynote Address by Usha Ramanathan: Lawyer, Human Rights Activist and Faculty at the Indian Law Institute, Delhi

Between excitement and anxiety: Technology, Identity, Data and AI

12: 15 PM- 1: 15 PM, LUNCH

2. TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF WAR AND UPHEAVAL, 1: 15 PM- 3: 15 PM

Chair:  Dr Sanjay Kumar

1. Shreya Arora, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi- Role of technology in spreading dis- and mis- information in the age of War

2. Kaushiki Ishwar, Miranda House, University of Delhi-Reconceptualisation of War, Gender and Militarisation through the lens of Cyborg Feminism

3. Tigist Shewarega, Floretta Boonzaier, Tamara Shefer, (both online and offline) University of the Western Cape; University of Cape Town- Global South Feminist Online Movements of liberation and resistance

3: 15 PM- 3: 30 PM, TEA

III.  GENDER QUESTION, 3: 30 PM- 5: 30 PM

Chair:  Deevia Bhama

1. Anitta Jose, Sacred Heart College, India- Commodification of Womanhood in Digital Spaces

2. ISHA ADHIKARI, Trinity College Dublin- An Investigation of Menstrual Capitalism:  A Feminist Perspective

3. I) Kadri Aavik, 2) David L. Collinson, 3) Matthew Hall, 4) Jeff Hearn, 5) Anika Thym (ONLINE)

            Institution: 1) Tallinn University, Estonia; 2) Lancaster University, UK; 3) Kimep University, Kazakhstan; 4) Hanken School of Economics, Finland, Örebro                 University, Sweden; University of Huddersfield, UK; 5) Basel University, Switzerland;- Men, masculinities and AI: implications for gender equality

DAY 3, 25^th October 2024, Friday

1. SURVEILLANCE PRACTICES, 9: 30 AM- 12 PM

Chair: Dr Abhinav Gupta

1. RIYA AJIT, SACRED HEART COLLEGE, THEVARA, COCHIN, KERALA (ONLINE)- Drone Warfare, Necropolitical Logic and Technologies of Visuality: A Study of Nadeem Aslam’s The Golden Legend (2017) and Atef Abu Saif’s The Drone Eats with Me: Gaza Diary (2015)

2. Laura Grunberg & Crina Radu, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology-(ONLINE) Contrasting Perceptions: Attitudes in Romania Toward Government Surveillance Versus Surveillance Capitalism Practices

3. Apoorva Dimri, St. Stephen’s College. Delhi – Technologies of Surveillance and Control in Futurist/Fascist Dystopias

4. Dr Karen Gabriel, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi- Understanding the Regimes of Visuality

2. GLOBAL SOUTH AND THE LABOUR QUESTION, 12 PM- 1: 30 PM

Chair:  P. K. Vijayan

1. Paras Yadav, Sophia Girls’ College (Autonomous), Ajmer- Navigating the future of work: AI Revolution

2. Debangi Sanyal, Jadavpur University- Assessing AI’s Potential to Resolve Employment Segregation while Working Towards Inclusive Growth

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM, LUNCH

III. GENDER AND JUSTICE, 2: 30 PM- 4: 30 PM

Chair: Jeff Hearn

1. Dr Shafey Anwarul Haque, Integral University, Lucknow (ONLINE)- Policing Gender: Examining Reality Television

2. Tamara Shefer and Irma Erlingsdóttir, University of the Western Cape and University of Iceland- Ecofeminist thinking towards intersectional gender and environmental justice: Icelandic and South African artist-activist (virtual and material) engagements with oceans and bodies of water

3. Kadri Aavik (ONLINE)
   Tallinn University – Men, masculinities and unsustainable techno-capitalism: the case of cultured meat

4:30 PM, TEA

26^th October 2024, Saturday

RINGS General Assembly 10 AM

(Please note that the General Assembly scheduled on the 26th of October, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. is only to be attended by the RINGS consortium.)