Chapter Title: Getting “There” from the Ever-changing “Here”: Following Digital Directions Authors: Ranjit Singh, Chris Hesselbein, Jessica Price, and Michael Lynch Edited Volume: digitalSTS: A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies Publisher: Princeton University Press Pages: 280-299 Year: 2019 Abstract: Many familiar debates in STS, philosophy, and communication and information studies revolve around the relationship between formal […]
Authentication Trails of Body as Evidence
Conference Presentation Title: Authentication trails of Body as evidence: What counts as a confirmation of what? Author: Ranjit Singh Panel: Techno-Utopias of Identification: Comparing and Situating the Fantasy in Aadhaar Venue: 4th LASSnet International Conference in New Delhi, India Date: 10 December, 2016 Abstract: This paper traces body as evidence in the analysis of India’s biometrics-based identity project – Aadhaar. […]
Beyond Identification
Conference Panel Title: Beyond Identification: Biometrics, Everyday Life, and the State Panel Organizers: Michelle Spektor and Ranjit Singh Venue: 4S Conference in Boston, US Date: 2 September, 2016 Call for Papers: From unlocking personal smartphones and designing national IDs and passports, to conducting criminal investigations and verifying financial transactions, the use of fingerprints, facial recognition data, iris scans, and other […]
Travelling Numbers
Conference Presentation Title: Travelling Numbers: Tracing the transformations of Aadhaar Author: Ranjit Singh Panel: Infrastructures, subjects, politics Venue: 4S/EASST Conference in Barcelona, Spain Date: 3 September, 2016 Short Abstract: This paper traces the imbrication of India’s biometrics-based national identity number, Aadhaar, into various information infrastructures of social welfare delivery in India. Abstract: This paper traces the transformations of India’s biometrics-based national […]
Old Buildings, New Ideas
Authors (in order of appearance of chapters): Tuur Ghys, Rick Hölsgens, Jeremias Herberg, Aline Reichow, Ana Morais Sarmento Pires, Brian Keller, and Ranjit Singh Research Supervisors: Dr. Karin Wenz and Dr. Bas van Heur Institution: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS), Maastricht University. Project Timeframe: June, 2010 to February, 2011. Abstract: This edited volume presents a collection of chapters written by the 2009-2010 first year Cultures of […]