Date: 7 – 8 Jun 2022

Venue: Online

Fee: Free

Language: English

Quota: 20

Target Audience: Master-level students, fresh graduate of a bachelor degree, or final-year undergraduate students around the world working in technology contexts as well as those who engage with these contexts from a social science and/or humanities perspective

Application Deadline: 25 April 2022 (Mon)

Summer Workshop Description:

While digital innovation is often praised as the solution to contemporary and future wellness problems, the social inequalities contained in and reinforced through digital technologies are often not acknowledged. This summer workshop addresses this shortfall by asking how the development, design, and use of digital technologies interplay with gender and other social categories such as race, class, and sexuality to shape individual and societal well-being. From an interdisciplinary perspective, participants will participate in lectures, work together to reflect, identify, analyze, and address current challenges in international (digital) technology contexts.

Topics Covered:

Digital Innovation, Gender, Technology, and Well-Being (Ling Han, CUHK; Tara Mehrabi, Karlstad)
Privacy, Vulnerability, and Marginalized Population (Agnieszka Kitkowska, Karlstad)
Robotics, AI, and Emotions (TBC)
Gender and Big Data (Siqi Han, CUHK)

Application Process:

Registration for the summer workshop starts on the 15th of March, 2022 and closes on the 25th of April 2022. There will be a certificate of attendance for participating the entire summer workshop.

The workshop is for master-level students, fresh graduates of a bachelor degree, or final-year undergraduate students around the world. Participation in this summer workshop is Free. The number of student participants is limited to 20. In addition, students are required to have a sufficiency in English as the digital workshop will be conducted in English. We highly welcome international students to apply. 

In order to be admitted to the summer workshop, applicants will have to submit:

1. Complete the registration form here with your basic information: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13647341
2. Submit your current CV and a one-page personal statement of interest of a) why attending the workshop and b) a potential project idea relating to digital innovation. Email your personal statement with the subject [Application for Digital Innovation Summer Workshop] to: genderstudies@cuhk.edu.hk

Inquiries:

Inquiries about the summer workshop can be directed towards the Gender Studies Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (genderstudies@cuhk.edu.hk) and the workshop coordinator Prof. Ling HAN (linghan@cuhk.edu.hk).

Organized by the Gender Studies Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Centre for Gender Studies, Karlstad University in collaboration with Digital Well Arena