Sessional Lecturer, INF2124H – Surveillance and Identity

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Sessional Lecturer, INF2124H – Surveillance and Identity

Company

University of Toronto

Job description

University of Toronto
Faculty of InformationSessional LecturerSummer Term 2025 – Session S (July – August)INF2124H – Surveillance and IdentityCourse Description: Following Foucault and others, we can think of surveillance as a discursive technique which produces knowledge and identities. Surveillance infrastructures infiltrate and mediate everyday life. For example, internet “cookies,” shopping loyalty cards, and mobile phone numbers all individuate and identify us. These identifiers are used to index databases recording our web surfing activities, our movements, and our purchases.The databases are subjected to statistical analysis in order to produce knowledge of demographic categories, typical patterns, or suspect behavior. This knowledge is then applied back to individuals in the population in order to assign each to a particular niche market or risk group, and to act toward them accordingly. Thus, through surveillance, knowledge is created, categories and types are produced, and individuals are made visible as representatives of those types. This course investigates the technical, social, and legal contexts and implications of these practices.Estimate of the course enrolment: 35Estimate of TA Support: None anticipated.Class Schedule: TBD. You are required to be located in geographical proximity to the applicable University premises in order to attend and perform your duties on University premises as of the Starting Date.Sessional dates of appointment: July 1, 2025 – August 31, 2025Salary:
Sessional Lecturer I: $10,300
Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $10,764
Sessional Lecturer II $11,021
Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $11,227
Sessional Lecturer III: $11,279
Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $11,485Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.Qualifications: Preferably candidates will have a completed, or nearly completed, PhD degree in an area related to the course or a Master’s degree plus extensive professional experience in an area related to the course. Teaching experience is preferred.Brief description of duties: Preparing course materials; delivering course content (e.g., seminars, lectures, and labs); developing and administering course assignments, tests & exams; grading; holding regular office hours.Application Deadline: February 18, 2025Application Process: Applicants must submit a CV and a completed in one pdf file to the attention of:Melissa Szopa, Administrative Coordinator, Academic
Faculty of Information, 140 St. George Street
University of TorontoThis job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12.

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Location

Toronto, ON

Job date

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:33:51 GMT

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