DISC is launching an exciting new public engagement initiative, led by Adi Kuntsman and Jessica Elias, in collaboration with the AI Artist and researcher, Dr Sam Martin. Supported by AHEAD – the Arts and Humanities engagement and dialogue programme – the project…
Understanding the impact of AI on social, cultural and political life has been at the heart of our new initiative – the AI Literacy working group. “AI literacy” (or even “literacies”), as developed by DISC members, extends far beyond the…
Our Digital Politics Summer School is celebrating its fifth anniversary! This year, the school is focusing on visual generative AI. When AI image generators were first popularised in 2023, they were perceived as leading to a new crisis of deepfakes and…
Have you ever wondered how easy it would be to opt out of digitality? Adi Kunstman and Esperanza Miyake investigate this in their book through the exploration of digital paradoxes. Kuntsman and Miyake begin by describing the current digital landscape in which society operates digitally by default. However,…
Have you ever wondered if the so called digital era is pulling us together or forcing us apart? Kenzie Burchell investigates these contradictions to reveal the truth of how digital lives shape our connections to each other. Burchell begins by…
In our AI Literacy working group, we are exploring the impact of AI on all aspects of social and political life. Among these, we address the role of visual generative AI and its impact on international politics. This post was written…
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Katie MacKinnon is a postdoctoral fellow on the ERC funded project, “Data Loss (DALOSS): the politics of disappearance, destruction and dispossession in digital societies” at the University of Copenhagen (PI: Nanna Bonde Thylstrup). She researches the politics and ethics of data, specifically in preservation-oriented projects…
We are delighted to announce the release of Digital Technologies, Smart Cities and the Environment: in the Ruins of Broken Promises by our member Adi Kuntsman with Liu Xin. They discuss how smart cities- intended cities of ecological prosperity through…
We are delighted to announce the release of Introduction to Healthcare Knowledge and Library Services by our member Geoff Walton, with Frances Johnson, David Stewart, Gil Young and Holly Case Wyatt. This book offers a perfect foundation for understanding the…