International Workshop on
Social media, "becomings" and the bio-political control
jointly organised by the
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
and the
Institute of Humanities, Simon Fraser University, Canada


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International Workshop

With a plethora of distinguished speakers get to know more about the shortcomings of social media.

24-26 October 2018

If you believe you aren't being watched while ambling through social networking websites you are probably in the dark.

Aim of the seminar

Exposing "rhizomes" of bio-political networks

The words of wisdom on the shortcimings of social media shall throw light on the schizophrenization of the general masses.

Connectivity

A massive connectivity to the entire world comes with a greater price of loss of privacy.

Accelerationalism

This is the most common problem. With the advent of the social media frenzy, we undermine the value of relations

Post-truth

With social media, we are hurled into the post truth era.

Bio-politics

Latest to the vices of social media is the fradulence of news. Many a times, viral videos and news create ruckus in the society.

Be sure to attend the workshop!

24- 26 October 2018

Venue:
Seminar Hall
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences


Coordinated by:

Dr Saswat.S.Das
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
West Bengal, India


and


Professor Samir Gandesha
Director of the Institute of Humanities
Simon Fraser University, Canada

Delving deep into the issue

Loneliness

Research suggests that even though a person might have a good social connectivity over the web, in the real space, the person may well be all alone.

Post-Truth

It is noteworthy that people on social media are hurled into the post truth era

Schizophrenia

Maybe not exactly like the Christopher Nolan classic 'Inception', the social media still manages to cause schizophrenia among the youth. They sometimes lose track of the reality.
Learn from eminent individuals

Speakers

Professor Samir Gandesha

Director of the Institute of Humanities, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Dr Saswat.S.Das

Associate Professor
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
West Bengal,India



Let social media help us, not destroy us.