Presentation by Parmit Chilana, 3rd July from 12:30- 1:30pm PST Dr. Chilana is Associate Professor and Ebco-Eppich Research Chair at the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. She co-directs the Interactive Experiences Lab at SFU. Her main area of research is in human-computer interaction (HCI), particularly, focusing on inventing and deploying user-centered software […]
Presentation by Esther Weltevrede, 7th August from 12:30- 1:30pm PST Esther Weltevrede is Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture in the Media Studies department at the University of Amsterdam. Her research explores the various research affordances of digital media, with a specific interest in conceptual and methodological innovations in the study of mobile […]
Presentation by Eric Borra, 8th August from 12:30- 1:30pm PST Dr. Erik Borra is Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, where he specializes in the intersecting fields of Artificial Intelligence, Platform Studies, and Journalism. He previously served as the Technical Director at the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), one of Europe's leading schools for internet […]
Presentation by Jason Lewis, 4th September from 12:30- 1:30pm PST Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media theorist, poet, and software designer. He founded Obx Laboratory for Experimental Media, where he conducts research/creation projects exploring computation as a creative and cultural material. Lewis is deeply committed to developing intriguing new forms of expression by working […]
Remediating the Soil: Grounding Elemental Media in the Russo-Ukrainian War Within a year of Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine’s Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research assessed that at least 10.5 million hectares, or a quarter, of the country’s agricultural land had been degraded by the war. Subjected to damage from bombs […]
Presentation by Kathleen Creel, 27th November from 12:30- 1:30pm PDT Dr Creel is Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, cross appointed between the Department of Philosophy and Religion and Khoury College of Computer Sciences. She was the inaugral Embedded EthiCS Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. Her current research explores the moral, political, and epistemic implications of […]
You are invited to join the inaugural session of the Digital Democracies Speaker Spring Speaker Series, featuring Brooke Erin Duffy (Cornell University). The Visibility Bind: Platform Labor, Precarity, and Resistance in the Creator Economy In the aftermath of the global pandemic, Big Tech companies have touted the Creator Economy as an Entrepreneurial Promised Land for […]
We invite you to attend the second session of the Digital Democracies Speaker Spring Series featuring Adrian Ivakhiv (Simon Fraser University). Ecologies of the Multipolar Information Disorder: On Recent Elections, Current Wars, and Climate Disasters to Come Bio: Born to World War Two refugee parents from Ukraine, Adrian Ivakhiv grew up in Toronto, Canada. From […]
Abstract: Today more than ever, we need the power to build new worlds. Video games are exceptional tools for worldbuilding because every video game itself is a world. Yet, in video games and other media forms, worldbuilding is still commonly understood as an expression of storytelling. A queer reading of video games shows us that worldbuilding […]
You are invited to join the third session of the Digital Democracies Speaker Spring Speaker Series, featuring Reem Hilu (Washington University in St.Luis). The Intimate Life of Computers: A Feminist Perspective on the History of Home Computing The Intimate Life of Computers offers a feminist intervention in the history of personal computing by discussing the influence […]
Joining us at the Digital Democracies Lab for the next Speaker Series session is Liz Barry from Metagov. Liz Barry is the Executive Director of Metagov. Before joining Metagov, she served as Head of Partnerships at The Computational Democracy Project, the 501(c)3 organization she established with the creators of the Polis technology to steward its […]
From an international collaboration spanning 9 universities, 50+ researchers, and 15 artists, comes a multimedia performance experience that engages with Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and their impacts. (Machine) Learning To Be explores the many faces of AI, its dangers, and possibilities for our communities. Engage with the performance on May 16th and 17th at Progress […]