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SUMMARY:Time\, Thought\, Materiality: Africa and the Fourth Industrial Rev
 olution
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190902T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190904T160000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260521T161842Z
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DESCRIPTION:A Conference organised by the Faculty of Humanities\, Universi
 ty of Johannesburg.\n\n\n    Concept Note (intro .. for more .. click her
 e)\nIntroduction\n\n    The seminar forms part of a project that assesses 
 contemporary issues situated within the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
  era under the rubric of Humanities and Social Sciences Disciplines. The m
 ajor focus of this seminar is to assess the prospects for\, and problems a
 nd challenges of\, Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the acad
 emic field of Humanities\, with a view to strengthening their inter-discip
 linary approach in providing robust academic research on contemporary issu
 es. This seminar\, therefore\, is concerned with the most pertinent questi
 on: “What place for Humanities in the 4IR in Africa and the real world?
 ” Also\, as opined by UJ’s Faculty of Humanities Executive Dean\, Alex
  Broadbent\, while guarding against “hedgehog thinking”\, students\, o
 ught to be guided in the scholarly academic research debates that ultimate
 ly provide research outputs that are focused on the problems in the real w
 orld. The seminar similarly\, is congruent with the UJ’s 2020 Strategic 
 Framework to becoming more interdisciplinary and socio- economic and polit
 ically relevant\, and being more accessible to society and the world at la
 rge. Since 2011\, the University of Johannesburg’s track record in this 
 area\, builds on almost a decade of work that pertains to critical researc
 h about the 4IR\, including academic publications: scholarly articles\, op
 inion editorials\, briefs and a book\, the latter notably\, Artificial Int
 elligence and Economic Theory: Skynet in the Market in 2017\; and among se
 veral others. Of critical concern\, therefore\, to this seminar\, is criti
 quing contemporary issues situated within the 4IR under the rubric of Sout
 h Africa’s Humanities Discipline.\n\n\nConference Slides.\nYou can uploa
 d your Conference Slides.\nClick on "My Contributions"\, then "View"\, the
 n go to "Files" or "Upload Material" or similar.\nYour slides will then be
  accessible to the Public.\nTo see slides that have been uploaded\, use th
 e left hand menu\, "TimeTable" link\, go to "All days" and Detailed View"
  then scroll to the name of the Presenter whoose slides you seek\, and the
 re will be a small folder icon on the right of their timetable entry.\n\nC
 onference Paper\nYou can also upload your 4IR Paper for the Book : Time\, 
 Thought\, Materiality: Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.\nFor t
 his use the left hand menu link for "Upload Paper".\nYou would also use th
 e Llink to the :"Template" to study the layout for submissions.\nThis pape
 r is not visible to the public.\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/171/
LOCATION:School of Tourism and Hospitality
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/171/
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