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SUMMARY:Transness - Christoffer Koch Andersen
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DESCRIPTION:We will be hosting Christoffer Koch Andersen to give this talk
  and lead a discussion. He will talk about his life and research into algo
 rithms and trans identities and then they will open up to the floor for qu
 estions and discussions.\n\nAccessibility information:\n\nThere is lift an
 d wheelchair access to the Lucia Windsor Room. Seating will be provided. T
 here are accessible and gender neutral toilets available. There isn’t a 
 hearing loop or a BSL interpreter.\n\nOpen to any students and staff at Ca
 mbridge or ARU. \n\nChristoffer Koch Andersen (he/they) is a Danish trans 
 scholar\, activist\, and incoming PhD Student in Multi-disciplinary Gender
  Studies and Cambridge Trust International Scholar at the University of Ca
 mbridge investigating AI\, algorithmic violence\, and trans liveability. B
 efore embarking their PhD\, Christoffer completed an MPhil in Education (K
 nowledge\, Power & Politics) at the University of Cambridge and wrote a di
 ssertation on algorithmic violence and trans lives to envision a Digital T
 ransgender Epistemology towards intersectional algorithmic futures. This d
 issertation received a Distinction and won Best Dissertation Award. Broadl
 y\, Christoffer researches the historical and sociopolitical implications 
 of algorithms\, gender and their connected legacies of capitalist\, racial
 ised\, colonialist\, and cisheteronormative power using critical sociology
 \, feminist technoscience and STS\, gender studies\, digital humanities\, 
 archival and community methods. Additionally\, Christoffer engages in tran
 s activism and teaches on everything feminist AI and tech\, trans politics
  and digital resistance.
LOCATION:Lucia Windsor Room\, Newnham College
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