I went to her talk at U of T on Friday and found it very interesting. I imagine that Tuesday's talk is the same. <http://www.yorku.ca/yuevents/index.asp?Event=33152&Category=0&ShowCal=&TimeSame=Jan&Month=1&Year=2015&EventTitle=York%20Events:%20STS+Seminar%3A+Gabriella+Coleman%2C+McGill+University> Unfortunately the York description is scant so I'm including the U of T description. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dimitris Hatzinakos <dimitris@COMM.UTORONTO.CA> To: IPSI-L@listserv.utoronto.ca Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 11:20:21 -0500 Subject: [GW-C] Seminar by Professor Grabriella Coleman, Friday Jan. 16 IPSL-L List Occasional postings from the Identity, Privacy and Security Institute, University of Toronto http://www.ipsi.utoronto.ca ----------------------------------- SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT Friday, January 16, 2015 12:00 noon Room MC254 (5 King’s Colllege Road) Professor Gabriella Coleman McGill University “Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous” Anonymous, a group of hackers and activists came to the fore in 2008 when they attacked the church of Scientology. Since then their collective action has come up against corporations and supported the Arab revolutionaries. Coleman will share her story of becoming an Anonymous confidante and interpreter. She talk about the motivations of the group, the many facets of their culture, and the increasing importance of hacker activism more generally. Gabriella (Biella) Coleman holds the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, she researches, writes, and teaches on computer hackers and digital activism. She is the author of “Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking” published by Princeton University Press and Hacker, Ho -- Dimitrios Hatzinakos Professor Bell Canada Chair in Multimedia Director, Identity, Privacy and Security Institute (IPSI) Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto dimitris@comm.utoronto.ca ---------------------------------------------------- IPSI-L Listserv IPSI-L is a low-traffic moderated list of news and upcoming events sent to members of the privacy and security community from the Identity, Privacy and Security Institute of the University of Toronto (http://www.ipsi.utoronto.ca). If you have an event you would like to promote or news to share, send an email to IPSI-L@listserv.utoronto.ca. Messages will be reviewed before posting. To SUBSCRIBE, send a blank email to: IPSI-L-subscribe-request@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA. To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a blank email to: IPSI-L-unsubscribe-request@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA.