"I found EVE'S BAYOU remarkable precisely because of the way it plunges us into the interior life of a young Black girl, asserting, with neither justification nor apology, that such a perspective belongs at the center of the frame." — Kara Keeling criterion.com/current/posts/…

GAMES FOR GAZA bundle is up now-- 100% of proceeds go to Palestinian medical aid. $10 for over 250 games from incredible designers (and also me). Support if you can. 💜 itch.io/b/2120/games-f…

It’s always an exciting time when I’m thinking with el gran titán Hector Beltran about borderlands and/as tech. Also pumped to be in conversation with Juan Llamas-Rodriguez about his new book on borders, tunnels, and media.

Exceptional curation, this series is 🔥 Grateful to Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal for putting it together.

"The transformation of affect into data to effect change and preserve institutional or platform dominance is the exact goal and logic of social media." New CI: Read Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Grace Kyungwon Hong, and Lisa Nakamura's "'Understanding' Asians": journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…

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…

Go to my website lisanakamura.net for a paywall free version of this article: “Understanding” Asians: Anti-Asian Racism, Sentimentality, Sentiment Analysis, and Digital Surveillance | Critical Inquiry: Vol 50, No 3 …nals-uchicago-edu.proxy.lib.umich.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Important article! This research is so needed esp as AI requires such massive amounts of curated data. That data doesn’t curate itself.

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

Tune in to see the amazing research of our DISCO Graduate Scholars

They kettled… the police? University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, I owe you an apology. I wasn’t familiar with your game.

Last stop on the DISCO Road Show is with Catherine Knight Steele + doctor riri at the BCaT Lab @ UMD Lab. Register for virtual attendance: bit.ly/4b9uXKk

In my nervousness at the beginning, I forgot to shoutout all the amazing people that made this event possible. To my fellow co-organizers who pulled this together in such a short amount of time while also being heavily involved in organizing at their schools. Y’all are badasses

CFP: racial matters or Asian/America, a Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience special section. Calling scholars working on materiality, STS and race. catalystjournal.org/index.php/cata…

I am a big fan of the “mall with everything you could ever need with a vast fancy grocery store on the basement level” model of retail I’ve encountered first in Chiang Mai, and now Taipei

The way I went to UIC to work with Kishonna and she sadly had to leave and now she's coming to UMSI where I am now...the universe is good 😭

This is the best news ever

Introducing my Science, Technology, and Social Values (ST&SV) Lab at Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) tinyurl.com/STSVLabIntro

Looking forward to visiting UM Digital Studies Institute this month! I'll be presenting new work about the history of randomness and connections between computational & biological determinism. Register & read more here: bit.ly/3MKp4ci. The talk will be both in-person & online via Zoom!