Master's student in Social Anthropology, University of São Paulo
Technical Advisor for Innovation and Technology, Attorney General's Office of the Municipality of São Paulo
Multimodal Contributing Editor, Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
Research Interests
Conspiracy cultures | Digital extremism | Marginal epistemologies | Policy Studies | Violence |
About Kayah Nicholas
Kayah (they/them) is a non-binary social scientist based in Brazil, and a master’s student in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo (USP). Their research engages with marginal and alternative epistemologies, and the production of violence in online communities of involuntary celibates (incels), in dialogue with Science, Technology Studies (STS). Alongside their academic work, they work in public administration on digital experimentation, innovation, and technology governance.
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Contributions to Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
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A Horse in the Archive: Notes on Incompleteness in Biometric Infrastructures
A few months ago, I underwent four surgeries to remove two wisdom teeth. Long and painful, they took from me solid parts with strange shapes — a friend, on seeing one of the pieces, said it looked like a shark’s tooth! It was a slow, drawn-out experience: after each surgery, I had to recover before starting the next stage of the same process. During each one, I heard the dentist and her assistants discussing how stubbornly that tooth was attached to my skull. (more…) (read more...)