Xiaowei R. Wang’s Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China’s Countryside (2023 Science + Literature Selected Title) expertly examines the quickly changing landscape of technology, and the people engaging with it as user, creator, and controller. Join Wang for a conversation on their debut essay collection, and if and how freedom can be found through technology.

Moderated by Joe Fassler, a McGraw Fellow at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Presented in partnership with Boise State University’s Global Humanities and Cultural Studies program.