PRIVACY/HNRC 300VH

PRIVACY/HNRS 300VH
9:00-10:30 a.m. (faculty presentations)

10:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (seminars)

May 15 - 26
May be taken for three hours of honors credit or one hour of honors credit

This forum explores contemporary controversies swirling around the concept of privacy. Disciplinary perspectives include: Cultural anthropological readings of privacy in global and historical contexts, Western conceptions of “private space," data science and the ethics of privacy, cybersecurity, Web 3.0, legal and constitutional definitions of privacy, philosophies of privacy, medical readings of privacy and human bodies, archival secrets and rights to privacy, state surveillance and individual privacy, architectures of privacy and privacy and supply chain systems.

Through this interdisciplinary investigation of "privacies," this forum will prepare students to tackle contemporary problems related to privacy with historical and cultural competencies. See the forum syllabus here.

Forum open to Honors Arkansas students, faculty and staff.

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Marlon Blackwell (Architecture, University of Arkansas)
Lynda Coon (History, University of Arkansas)
Matthew Evans (Political Science, Northwest Arkansas Community College)
Chris Farnell (Engineering, University of Arkansas)
Simon Hawkins (Anthropology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
Micah Hester (Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Mark Killenbeck (Law, University of Arkansas)
Mary Lacity (Blockchain, University of Arkansas)
Sharon Mason (Philosophy, University of Central Arkansas)
Noah Pittman (University of Arkansas)
Marc Scott (Supply Chain, University of Arkansas)
Karl Schubert (Data Science, University of Arkansas)
Joshua Youngblood (Rare Books, University of Arkansas Mullins Library)
Katrina Windon (Collections Management, University of Arkansas Mullins Library)