Counting Feminicide Book Launch & Signing Party
September 19 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Samuel Tak Lee Building (MIT Building 9, Room 255).
Counting Feminicide documents the creative, intellectual, and emotional labor of feminicide data activists across the Americas who are at the forefront of a data ethics that rigorously and consistently takes power and people into account. Catherine D’Ignazio will do a short talk about the overall project, followed by talks by two junior scholars who have worked on this project. Harini Suresh (Computer Science) will speak about her contributions to the co-design of AI/ML technologies with feminist activists and Alessandra Jungs de Almeida (International Relations, Women & Gender Studies) on her leadership of participatory action research and design with Brazilian activists.
📚 Books 📚 will be available for purchase and signing and we will definitely have some 🥙 food 🥙 and 🥂 drink 🥂 for celebrating!
About the book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048873/counting-feminicide/