Why Digital Platforms are 400 Years Old: From the East India Company to Amazon
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York University's Scholars' Hub @ Home series is hosting a talk entitled "Why Digital Platforms are 400 Years Old: From the East India Company to Amazon"
The speaker is Dr. Elisha Lim, Assistant Professor of The Technological Humanities, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
This talk will give an overview of contemporary platform studies, which is the study of corporate platforms like Amazon, Google, Meta etc. This presentation will explain why these modern digital solutions would benefit from 400-year old colonial insights.
Visit the Scholars' Hub portal to register for this event.