Prof. Lawrence Cohen (University of California at Berkeley): De-duplicating India

Event date: 
Friday 1 June to Saturday 2 June
Time: 
15:00
Location: 
CMB 6th floor staff room

Prof. Lawrence Cohen (University of California at Berkeley) will give a seminar talk "De-duplicating India" on Friday 1 June, 3-5pm, in the CMB 6th floor staff room. The talk analyses recent efforts by the Indian government at creating biometric databases as a tool of administering welfare, debt, and surveillance. Cohen is a Professor of Anthropology and South & Southeast Asian Studies, and Co-Director of the UC Berkeley/UCSF Medical Anthropology Program. All welcome!

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