<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>You may be interested in this panel discussion from CASTAC happening on Fri, May 19 11:30-1:30 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>Register here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/caspr-2026-labor-and-technoscientific-worlds-tickets-1987354000313?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/caspr-2026-labor-and-technoscientific-worlds-tickets-1987354000313?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here are the details:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-Overview_title__FO2Z4" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 16px;margin:0px;font-weight:600;line-height:31.92px;font-size:24px;color:rgb(38,27,54);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">Overview</div><div class="gmail-Overview_summaryWrapper__xGQx4" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(38,27,54);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"></div><div class="gmail-AboutThisEventEmbedded_container__wdFiD" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(38,27,54);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-StructuredModuleRenderer_structuredContent__k7mNB gmail-StructuredModuleRenderer_text__GaXOv" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(88,81,99);overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;line-height:23.94px;letter-spacing:0.1px;font-size:18px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 12px;margin:0px">For CASPR 2026, we will explore the topic of labor within technoscientific worlds to honor the legacy of David Hakken.</p></div></div><div class="gmail-StructuredModuleRenderer_structuredContent__k7mNB gmail-StructuredModuleRenderer_text__GaXOv" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(88,81,99);overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;line-height:23.94px;letter-spacing:0.1px;font-size:18px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:20px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px">Labor and Technoscientific Worlds:</span></span> Historical Encounters and New Directions in the Field</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 12px;margin:12px 0px 0px">We invite you to join us for CASPR 2026, our annual gathering dedicated to dissecting pressing issues in anthropology and STS. In past years, we have addressed topics such as applied anthropology, digital ethnography, and knowledge production in times of crisis. In Spring 2026, we turn our attention to labor within technoscientific worlds to honor the legacy of David Hakken.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 12px;margin:12px 0px 0px">As one of CASTAC’s founders, he pioneered research that helped lay the foundations of STS and anthropology, with a special focus on the social transformations of work in informatics and computing that shaped anthropological and materialist approaches to this dynamic intersection. As Hakken himself noted, “how society changes has more to do with how people interpret computerization than with any separable technological impact.” Following this legacy into the present, we will ask: How does this foundational insight unfold in the era of artificial intelligence, ubiquitous digital infrastructures, and rising contestation over science and technology?</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 12px;margin:12px 0px 0px">Bringing together scholars working in anthropology, STS, and labor studies, CASPR 2026 revisits this intellectual legacy while exploring emerging directions and challenges for the field. Join us for a roundtable presentation and breakout Q&A discussions, as we invite our community to reflect on labor in a changing world, with our panelists <span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px">Kalpana Shankar </span></span>(University College Dublin), <span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px">David Hakken</span></span> (University of Virginia), and <span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px">Lilly Irani</span></span> (UC San Diego).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 12px;margin:12px 0px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px">Some of the topics guiding our discussion include:</span></span></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0p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