Kerry Howley, MFA
Author of Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State
Abstract: Our lives are defined by the data we produce. We exist in our messages, our financial transactions, the media we consume, and the connections we forge, both in the digital and the tangible world. But where does that data reside? Who has the authority to interpret it? And how do those narratives shape our lives? In her award-winning book Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State, journalist Kerry Howley explores the vast facilities that government agencies use to store our data, and the many ways that data can be manipulated to shape specific political narratives, as well as our individual futures.
In this presentation, Howley will share insights from her investigations into the world of data storage and surveillance, and the people engaged in selecting, interpreting, and deploying that data. Together, we will consider how secrets and power combine in these data storage facilities to shape our collective futures, and what we, as embodiments of our own data, can do about it.
Research, Ethics and Society Initiative Seminar Series
Location and Address
Online