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Video Confession, Surveillance, and Sousveillance in Digital China
October 19, 2017, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Jinyan Zeng, Ph.D., a Chinese filmmaker, blogger, activist, and scholar, has been named the 2017 Oak Human Rights Fellow at Colby. This is the first time in its nearly 20-year history that the Oak Institute for Human Rights has selected someone from the People’s Republic of China.
Dr. Zeng’s talk will explore how the government, private sector and individuals use video confession, surveillance, and sousveillance (inverse surveillance) for their own ends in China.
Zeng has spent more than a decade and a half fighting for people with HIV-AIDS, women facing discrimination, factory workers suffering exploitation, a natural environment threatened by pollution, and political dissidents experiencing repression. This work sometimes upsets the Chinese party-state, which at different times has detained and surveilled her.
For more information visit the program page on our website.
Lunch will be catered by the Kennebec Valley Community College Café. Lunch costs $10, payable at the door. Please register with your lunch request by Friday, October 13 to Elizabeth.helitzer@maine.edu or call 207-621-3532
Lunch includes soup, sandwich, coffee, tea and cookies. Sandwich options include: Roast Turkey on whole wheat, Tuna salad on a brioche roll, or a Mixed Veggie wrap.
Please note: registrants who request lunch are responsible for the lunch fees. If your plans change and you are unable to attend, please notify us so that lunch orders can be adjusted.
Location: Alfond Youth Center, 126 North St, Waterville.