We inhabit a digital world where individuals live like open books. As we use electronic media to connect, share, shop, work, study, play, and travel, we share intimate details of our lives for all to see-and that's just what we intend to share. Other details are collected through our phones, fitness trackers, transit cards, and other devices, and this information is analyzed by companies, government departments, and other organizations. How should we live in such a world, especially as Christians? What resources can help us navigate the rapidly-evolving "digital seas"?
One of the best-known treatises on today's digital domains is Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. Using Zuboff's analysis as a starting point, surveillance expert David Lyon will explore practical possibilities for faithful life in surveillance societies.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Lyon is a sociologist, married to a potter, Sue Lyon. They have 4 children and 11 grandchildren. David directed the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario for 20 years. Educated at the University of Bradford UK, Lyon has been studying surveillance since the mid-1980s. A pioneer in the field of Surveillance Studies, he has produced a steady stream of books, translated into 18 languages, and is currently completing Surveillance: A Very Short Introduction. From the 1970s to the 1990s he researched secularization and has continued to consider how far today's surveillance is affected by secularity. His work has been recognized in Canada, Switzerland, the USA, and the UK with a number of fellowships, prizes, awards, and an honorary doctorate.
Dr. Lyon is teaching Smartphones, Surveillance, and Human Flourishing from July 17 to 21 as part of Regent’s 2023 Summer Programs.
17 июл 2023
