On June 5, Dr. Marisa Parham delivered a presentation titled, “Black Life, Black Data, and Other Stories in AI and Desire”
Dr. Parham is Professor of English and Digital Studies at the University of Maryland at College Park, where as P.I. she directs the African American Digital and Experimental Humanities initiative (AADHUM) and NarraSpace, an immersive storytelling lab focused on BIPoc experiences. She is also associate director for the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), and holds affiliate faculty appointments in African-American and Africana Studies, in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, the program in Immersive Media and Design, and in the program in Comparative Literature. She will be joining as part of the annual team meeting for the Data Fluencies project, generously funded and supported by the Mellon Foundation.
You can watch the whole presentation below: