Here's the schedule for the DISCO Summit🎊 In-person registration for the event will close in two weeks bit.ly/4cSerjk

The culmination of three years of collaborative work on digital equitable futures — the DISCO SUMMIT🎊 is June 14-15th. Join us in-person in Ann Arbor or virtually. This event is free and open to the public. View the full schedule and register: bit.ly/4cSerjk

Join us for the last Search Engines event until next Fall...

RATHER A JINN THAN A CYBORG: a Conversation with Morehshin Allahyari + Pedram Baldari + Oğuz Kayır

Thursday, May 16th
4:00 - 6:00pm ET on Zoom

Exciting news: Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal, by DISCO Network, will be the 6th volume in the Sensing Media book series that I co-edit at Stanford Press with wendy hui kyong chun Erica Wetter blog.shanedenson.com/?p=5850

Join us tomorrow April 16 at 2:00pm for our third annual Amplify: DSI Student Showcase!! Students will present their research from DS courses, whether a paper, art installation, video game, or interactive media. Learn more here: bit.ly/4cZk7s0

UMSI’s Christian Sandvig has been named recipient of the University of Michigan 2023 President’s Award for Public Impact 👏 myumi.ch/N6r6P
Sandvig pushed for a change in federal law about computer algorithms, freeing researchers and journalists to investigate the dangers of social…

Time to plug DISCO Network 's forthcoming book 'Technoskepticism', which has TWO whole chapters on Blackness and AI, questioning:

What would it mean to imagine AI as Black rather than 'neutral' (read: white)?

Can LLMs convincingly (co-)produce Black speech styles?

Congratulations to Christian Sandvig🐩! Fighting federal anti-hacking laws demonstrates the best combination of scholarship and public engagement. Follow link below to learn more about Sandvig’s work with ACLU on this important 1st Amendment case.

Join us this Fri., 4/12 for the ESC Center 2024 symposium: 'Residues or What Remains'

Five incredible external speakers will join us for a day of thinking about data residues. More info & registration here: esc.umich.edu/event/2024-sym…

Curated by Alina Nazmeeva and Yvette Granata, 'Extended Realities, Extended Feminisms' digitally reconstructs Ann Arbor through feminist means and XR with a pop-up exhibition, music, performances, and workshops during the first two weeks of April

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Happening now! Join us for the Social Media and Society in India Symposium at University of Michigan -
Monday & Tuesday, April 8-9
9 a.m.-6 p.m. EDT
North Quad Space 2435 & online
Register/more info: myumi.ch/dAkqw
joyojeet pal Center for South Asian Studies UM Communication and Media Wallace House Center for Journalists UM Digital Studies Institute

Visit Burton Tower's belfry during extended opening hours (12-6 pm) on April 4-5 to experience the sonic/ecological feminist exhibition Otsi’tsistó:sera: Native Plants & Planting Songs. A shipping container outside the tower will also feature feminist digital art #carillon #XRXF

UMSI is hosting the hybrid Social Media and Society in India Symposium at University of Michigan Monday, April 8 and Tuesday, April 9. Register to hear from an array of speakers about different ways in which social media is impacting contemporary life in India: myumi.ch/dAkqw
joyojeet pal

The DSI is excited to partner with the
Ann Arbor Film Festival this week for the #aaff62 . We're co-sponsoring two films by Lynn Hershman Leeson, 'Teknolust!' on Mar. 29 at 11:00pm and 'Conceiving Ada' on Mar. 30 at 9:00pm. Get your tickets here: aafilmfest.org

We’re so excited to partner with the Ann Arbor Film Festival from Mar. 26-31, 2024 for #aaff62 ! Check out our partnered films: 'Teknolust!' and 'Conceiving Ada.' Learn more about the schedule @ aafilmfest.org

Me Wendy Chun and Grace Hong wrote this. I think it’s good. Understanding” Asians: Anti-Asian Racism, Sentimentality, Sentiment Analysis, and Digital Surveillance | Critical Inquiry: Vol 50, No 3 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

New paper out now in New Media & Society with Apryl Williams Mel Miranda Reynaga 🥳. This is from our National Center for Institutional Diversity study on Black women’s experiences with online dating

I’m grateful to have worked with such a great group of people & for the women who took time to share with us 💖

Join us next week on Mar. 19 @ 3:00pm, for a thought-provoking exploration of speed-watching! From its roots in accessibility activism to its impact on media literacy, @NetAlexander's talk is a must-attend for anyone curious about digital culture.

Thank you to all who donated to the DSI today for #GivingBlueday . Your financial support enables us to train the next generation of scholars, creatives, technologists, and policymakers thinking critically about emerging tech issues through a lens of social justice🥰