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Biometric governance and surveillance capitalism in India: the Aadhaar program, health care, money, and emergent politics

Lawrence Cohen - Professor, Anthropology

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

From 2015-2021, I followed the unfolding of India's massive experiment in big-data governance, the national biometric ID known as Aadhaar, organizing the distribution of government and financial services via collecting the biometric scans (fingerprints and eyes) of persons in the world's most populous country. Alternatively praised as a vehicle...

 Social Sciences   Arts & Humanities

Translating the queer Marathi public sphere

Lawrence Cohen - Professor, Anthropology

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     

The core of this research involves translating from the Marathi language a series of essays by the Mumbai-based gay activist and journalist Ashok Row Kavi. These essays appeared in a prominent Marathi-language newspaper and have recently been published. I work with Mr. Row Kavi and have written about...

 Social Sciences   Arts & Humanities

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