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 🔗xrxf.net

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

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

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

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…

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.

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

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

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

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 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

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. Register to attend in-person by Tues, May 15: bit.ly/4cSerjk

How much influence does social media have on India’s ongoing elections? UMich Professor joyojeet pal discusses its impact. news.umich.edu/how-much-influ… International Inst. School of Information Global Michigan

We’re so excited to have you join us in Ann Arbor bu !

It's not too late to register to attend the DISCO Summit virtually via Zoom! myumi.ch/N61QZ

We are thrilled to have your join our community in Ann Arbor!

Join us and Whit Pow (they/them) for their lecture, “The Deliberate History of Randomness: Determinism, Race, Trans Life, and the History of Random Number Generation” on Sept. 24 from 3-4:30pm. Register here: bit.ly/3MKp4ci