IVÁN CHAAR LÓPEZ


News!
December 2020 - Precarity Lab's new book Technoprecarious is out now with Goldsmiths Press / MIT Press. (Free online book)
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.
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.
March 12, 2021 - Co-panelist for the Labor Tech Research Network. Meeting devoted to Precarity Lab's Technoprecarious.
February 5, 2021 - Invited Speaker (remote) at the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Texas at Austin. (Register Here)
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 |