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This talk will utilize ethnographic fieldwork among deaf young adults in Bangalore, India in order to discuss the possibilities and constraints that have been brought to the fore by new developments in information technology, mobile phone technology, and medical technology (in the form of hearing aids and cochlear implants). What do these advancements in technology mean for how deaf young adults envision and create their own lives? What do they mean for these young adults as employees? And, how do they enable (or hinder) certain forms of (social) community, (economic) productivity, and (political) activism? It is possible that this current stress on technology, and its spectacular effects can result in both an erosion of the value of ?the human?: whether it be an interpreter, a co-worker, or a teacher, and in an obscuring of economic exploitation and structural inequalities- something very important to think about in light of this seminar?s focus on the developing world. It is therefore important to embed a discussion on technology within local milieus, human relationships, and very real structural inequalities.
