The Society’s annual conference provides a forum for scholars and teachers of film and media studies to present and hear new research; to provide a supportive environment for networking, mentoring, […]
Ani Maitra is associate professor of Film and Media Studies at Colgate University. His teaching and research interests span the fields of postcolonial and diaspora media cultures and gender and […]
Wendy will be presenting on 'Roadblocks as Opportunities: Working Across Disciplines to Counter Polarization and Mis-Information' Wendy Hui Kyong Chun will join CAHI’s Distinguished Scholar series. Her work in Critical […]
Environmental Machines, Datified Earths The presentation will depart from the method of Geocinema, which is to examine infrastructures of earth-sensing data as forms of cinema. Drawing on their recent fieldwork […]
Wendy will be presenting a keynote at the conference entitled "Authenticating Figures: Algorithms and the New Politics of Recognition" What does recognition mean in an era of pervasive data capture […]
The politics of data (re)use Nanna Bonde Thylstrup is Associate Professor in Digital Media and Communication at Copenhagen Business School. Her research is concerned with the politics of digital infrastructures and […]
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Prof. Kate Crawford is a leading scholar who has spent the last decade studying the social and political implications of artificial intelligence. She holds the inaugural chair of AI and Justice at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, is a senior principal researcher at MSR, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney. Her […]
Wendy will be presenting a keynote at the conference on “How Has Artificial Intelligence Challenged the Boundaries of Humanistic Thinking,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfH-__c5Lr0
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The Spry Memorial Lecture has a long history of tackling key issues facing Canadian media and its role in the national conversation. For the 2021 event, Spry joins with Media Democracy Days and the Digital Democracies Institute to bring together leading figures in Canadian media in conversation about race, media and building democracy in Canada. Our panelists […]
After several exceptional months have passed, we started replanning for the EDI in AI workshop in consultation with the Quebec government: Hoping for a COVID19 recession by early next year, we aim to hold the EDI in AI workshop on 26th and 27th of April 2021 in Montreal. The aim of this workshop activity is to […]