Hello,
The following event may be of interest to you:
JOEL PERLMANN: Constructing Race, Defining Citizens
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Combining two of the most powerful techniques or technologies of the
late nineteenth century -- statistics and archived classification --
with one of its most problematic 'scientific' premises, the racial
classification of people, Prof. Perlmann's talk will examine the
meaning of these fields within the new technocractic administration of
mass immigration. Enabled by new technologies such as the Hollerith
(IBM) tabulation machine both in America and Europe, the ability to
'classify' masses of people would, along with new systems of personal
and state identification, decisively effect twentieth century history
by establishing on what basis individuals had access -- or not -- to
state rights and priveledges.
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Olin, Room 102
Sponsor: Science, Technology, and Society Program; Human Rights Project.
Contact: Bridget Hanna.
E-mail: bhanna@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-6822 x7110
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