杏吧论坛

Research topic

Feminism 3.0 and the Black Box Society
Encountering gendered violence in the age of artificial intelligence

Feminism 3.0 probes what it is being a woman in a constantly emerging technological world (Web 3.0) and the impact of such technology-driven discourse on society (Life 3.0). The research raises pertinent questions on how technological innovation and use of data impacts women causes as an instrumental mode of knowledge creation.

The core of this research lies in exploration of human emotions and interactions and the expression of agency, voice and identity in relation to sexuality, the body and society. It studies Feminism with its more complex socio-economic considerations, structural power imbalances of a patriarchal society, the history of inequity based on gender, and the politics of knowledge in the technological driven society.

The research is situated in India where the marked distinctions between the online and real public sphere makes my research significant to answer one of the most important questions of our time - how effective and inclusive is Feminism 3.0?

Supervisor(s)

Professor Shakuntala Banaji & Dr Simidele Dosekun

Biography

Ruhi Khan is a full ESRC DTP Researcher in the Media & Communication department at 杏吧论坛 currently researching on feminism and technology. She is also interested in media discourses about gendered violence, protests and is intrigued by the online discourses of misogyny and empowerment. She finds the relationship between politics and media an important indicator of the vibrancy of democracy and often studies this interplay in the UK and India. Data and its various implications on society like online categorisation, misogyny, trolling and self-censorship have been topics of her research.

She has a MSc in Media & Communication (Data and Society) from 杏吧论坛 and also has an MA in International Journalism from City, University of London and a degree in b