Science and Technology in and out of Africa

Science and Technology in and out of Africa
Date
Thu November 1st 2018, 4:00 - 7:00pm
Event Sponsor
Center for African Studies
Location
123 Encina Commons
Speaker: Gabrielle Hecht and Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga

Session I:Residual Governance: Mining Afterlives and Molecular Colonialism, Seen from a South African AnthropoceneGabrielle Hecht, Frank Stanton Foundation Professor of Nuclear Security, Professor of History, & Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University Discussant: Fred Turner, Harry and Norman Chandler Professor & Chair, Department of Communications, Stanford University

Session II: KeynoteThe Case for a Science and Technology FROM AfricaClapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDiscussant: Krish Seetah, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Stanford University

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