[xrs] Information Segregation Workshop | ACEPS Uni Johannesburg | 4–5 June 2026

[Mitova, Veli]

The African Institute for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) at the University of Johannesburg cordially invites you to:

Information Segregation Workshop: Mechanisms & Consequences

When:          4 & 5 June 2026

Where:         11^th Floor, UJ on Empire

Poster:          here

Abstracts:    here  

Inquiries:     Shené de Rijk - she...@uj.ac.za | Dimpho Moletsane - dim...@uj.ac.za 

Organisers:  Allan Hazlett, Veli Mitova, Dimpho Moletsane, Shené de Rijk and Lerato Motsoahole

Funding:      Washington University in St. Louis and University of Johannesburg

 

Programme:

Thursday 4 June

09:00 – 09:30     Tea & Coffee

09:30 – 11:00     Epistemic Occlusion:  Abraham Tobi (CRC-IAE-CRE)

11:00 – 11:30     Tea & Coffee           

11:30 – 13:00     The Street, the Bureaucrat and the Invisible Foot: Why Neighbourhood Renewal Keeps Failing, and What We Can Do About It: Joanna Burch-Brown (University of Bristol)

13:00 – 14:00     Lunch          

14:00 – 15:30     The Freedom to Know: Allan Hazlett (Washington University in St. Louis)

15:30 – 16:00     Tea & Coffee

16:00 – 17:30     Algorithms of Separation: Nolwandle Lembethe (Rhodes University)

 

Friday 5 June            

09:00 – 09:30     Tea & Coffee    

09:30 – 11:00     Digital Communities and Dislocations: Dimpho Moletsane (ACEPS)

11:00 – 11:30     Tea & Coffee

11:30 – 13:00     Epistemic Infrastructure and Politics of Attention: Tuomo Tiisala (University of Vienna)

13:00 – 14:00     Lunch

14:00 – 15:30     Resisting Epistemic Relations: Cameron Boult (Brandon University)

15:30 – 16:00     Tea & Coffee

16:00 – 17:30     Resisting the Margins: Brianna Toole (Claremont Mckenna College)

 

All are welcome!

Veli

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Veli Mitova

Professor in Philosophy and ACEPS Director

University of Johannesburg

 

Prof. Veli Mitova
Professor in Philosophy and Director of ACEPS
African Institute for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS)
PhD Cantab
Telephone:	011 559 3133
E-mail:	vmi...@uj.ac.za
Website:	www.uj.ac.za
Office:	Room 20, floor 5, UJ on Empire, Cnr Barry Hertzog and Napier Road
African Institute for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS): https://www.uj.ac.za/aceps
My UJ webpage: https://www.uj.ac.za/contact/Pages/Prof-Veli-Mitova.aspx

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