Ani Maitra opened his talk with acknowledging that he used to be a student of Wendy’s at Brown University, where her guidance helped formulate first his dissertation, which has now […]
Ani Maitra presents to the Institute about his new book Read More »
Kishonna started by describing her presentation as a “whirlwind of Kishonna right now” – it was a fantastic introduction to today’s talk, and described HOW much ground she covered! It
Kishonna Gray – Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming Read More »
Alberto’s presentation focused on the work he has conducted behind a new introduction he’s written to ‘Prophets of Deceit – A study of the techniques of the American agitator’ from
Alberto Toscano – Prophets of Deceit 1949 – Leo Löwenthal, Norbert Guterman Read More »
André’s talk was an incredibly dense, rich and through examination of how his concepts of ‘black technoculture’ are useful for seeing how blackness and race are tied into our relationships
André Brock – Black Technoculture and Weak Tie Racism Read More »
Cierra Robson’s presentation to the Institute was incredibly impressive. Hearing about the sheer scope of work that the researchers at the Ida B. Wells Lab have managed to undertake in
Cierra Robson on the work of the Ida B Wells Just Data Lab Read More »
Maite is a member of the Steering Committee of the Digital Democracies Institute with good reason – a lot of her work and the work of the Discourse Processing Lab
Natural Language Processing to Manage Harmful Content Online Read More »
The international collaborative Hate to Agonism research stream has an ambitious goal – to create responsible AI for inclusive, democratic societies. Within the research being completed by the Institute at
From Hate to Agonism Read More »
The term ‘cyberspace,’ popularised in the early 1980s by Vancouver cyberpunk sci-fi author William Gibson, conjures a number of images, emotions and preconceptions, many of which were formed as the
Cyberwar Topologies Read More »
In the first article exploring the research of the Digital Democracies Institute we focus on the Beyond Verification stream, which takes on the viral spread of mis/information by focusing on
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Dr.Bo Ruberg is an enthusiastic, engaging and fascinating presenter. Their recent presentation on Queer Game Studies, as an overview of their work, was such an interesting insight into the growing
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