Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Affiliate, Data & Society
Platypus, Managing Editor
Contributing Editor, Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
Research Interests
Accessibility | Anthropology of Infrastructure | Anthropology of Knowledges | Applied Anthropology | Artificial intelligence | Biotech | bodily epistemologies | Digital Anthropology | Disability | Socio-cultural / legal / linguistic and medical anthropology | South Asia |
About Kim
Kim Fernandes is a researcher, writer and educator interested in disability, data and technology in urban India. They are currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Fernandes holds a joint Ph.D. with Distinction in Anthropology & Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development in 2024. Their recent work has been funded by the Social Science Research Council and the Taraknath Das Foundation’s Marion Jemmott Fellowship.