IVÁN CHAAR LÓPEZ

News!

December 2020 - Precarity Lab's new book Technoprecarious is out now with Goldsmiths Press / MIT Press. (Free online book)

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October 2020 - I'm thrilled and humbled to announce my article "Sensing Intruders: Race and the Automation of Border Control" was awarded the Constance M. Rourke Prize for best article in American Quarterly in 2020.

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August 2020 - Started my position as Assistant Professor of Digital Studies in the Department of American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Upcoming

Talks & Events

April 17, 2021 - Keynote (remote) on "Latinidad and Technology" at La Academia del Pueblo, Wayne State University.

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March 12, 2021 - Co-panelist for the Labor Tech Research Network. Meeting devoted to Precarity Lab's Technoprecarious.

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February 5, 2021 - Invited Speaker (remote) at the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Texas at Austin. (Register Here)

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January 29, 2021 - Participating in the Critical Surveillance Inquiry panel organized by the Good Systems, University of Texas at Austin.

Research

| U.S.-Mexico borderlands |

| History of technology & imperial formations |

| Science & Technology Studies |

| Latina/o/x Studies |

| American Studies |