A roundtable discussion featuring: Sheila Corrall, Professor, Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship, School of Computing and Information, Michael Madison, Professor of Law, and Jackie Smith, Department of Sociology
The United Nations has recognized internet access as a basic human right. This moderated roundtable event aims to foster conversations about different approaches to ensuring the public access to information. Perspectives from the social sciences, law, and information technology will shape the dialogue about how human rights thinking about communications and technology has evolved since 1948 when the UDHR was signed. What does the right to the internet mean in practice? How do movements like the Open Access movement help advance the realization of this right? Why is this right important for democracy, social cohesion, and human rights? How does the human right to internet access relate to our work as researchers, learners, and citizens?
This event is co-sponsored by the University Library Systems, Pitt Human Rights Working Group, Global Studies Center, Department of Sociology and the World History Center