[Air-L] Announcing the #AoIR2022 Keynote Speaker

[Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers]

It is with great pleasure that we announce the keynote speaker for AoIR
2022: Decolonizing the Internet <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/> will be
Nanjala Nyabola.

Nanjala is a writer and researcher based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work
focuses on the intersection between technology, media, and society. She has
held numerous research associate positions including with the Overseas
Development Institute (ODI), the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), and other
institutions, while also working as a research lead for several projects on
human rights broadly and digital rights specifically around the world. She
is a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI),
the Digital Forensic Lab at the Atlantic Council, The Centre for
Intellectual Property and Information Technology (CIPIT) at Strathmore
University, and the Centre for International Cooperation (CIC) at NYU. She
has published in several academic journals including the African Security
Review and The Women's Studies Quarterly, and contributed to numerous
edited collections. Nanjala also writes commentary for publications like
The Nation, Al Jazeera, The Boston Review and others. She is the author of
Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming
Politics in Kenya (Zed Books, 2018) and Travelling While Black: Essays
Inspired by a Life on the Move (Hurst Books, 2020). Nanjala’s online
presence is http://www.nanjalawrites.com/.

We are extremely pleased Nanjala was able to accept our invitation to be
our keynote speaker, and are confident her talk will challenge us all to
take seriously the question of what a decolonized internet can mean.

A reminder that all presenters must be registered
<https://members.aoir.org/event-4836813> for the conference by 1 August
2022 in order to be included in the conference programme.

Kylie Jarrett,
AoIR2022 Programme Chair.