---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joyojeet Pal <joyojeet@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 8:27 PM Subject: Fwd: Social Media Influencers and the New Political Economy in South Asia and Africa To: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu>, Aditya Vashistha < adityav@cornell.edu>, Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl@cs.washington.edu>, Neha Kumar <neha.kumar@gatech.edu>, Nicola Dell <nixdell@cornell.edu>, Rajesh Veeraraghavan <Rajesh.Veera@georgetown.edu>, Priyank Chandra < priyank.chandra@utoronto.ca> Hi folks, Here's a great event at Michigan that some of your students (and you!) may be interested in. Please consider forwarding to relevant mailing lists? **** Social Media Influencers and the New Political Economy in South Asia and Africa *April 7-8, 2022, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor* In Person at Room 2435, North Quad, 105 State Street, Ann Arbor, and available online through registration 9 AM – 5 PM, US Eastern Time The University of Michigan is hosting a symposium on social media influencers at the University of Michigan, 2435 North Quad, on April 7-8, 2022, and will be available for remote participation for registered attendees. The event features a number of social media influencers, and those who study them, from two regions with the fastest growing social media user populations -- Continental Africa and South Asia. The workshop brings together a range of professionals and scholars - dissidents, bureaucrats, artists, movie stars, comedians, commentators, and industry professionals to explore the ways in which social media influencing is changing social, political, and cultural engagements. Registration is available for in-person and online attendance. For details and a list of confirmed speakers, please see here: https://influencers.conference.si.umich.edu <https://influencers.conference.si.umich.edu/> The event is co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the School of Information, the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing.