Our Events
DISC hosts many exciting events, including conferences and research festivals, seminar series, guest talks, workshops, and an annual Digital Politics Summer School. Please see below the details of our upcoming and past events.
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Can we ‘reduce, reuse, refuse’.. the digital?
Our third online Digital Politics Summer School is here! The school will consist of keynotes and workshops, and will offer participants a possibility to join a follow-up publication. Attendance is […]
Digital Harms
Our Summer School opens its online doors for the first year running! This year, we are focusing on theorising and challenging digital harms. The School will consist of a roundtable […]
Digital Harms: Theoretical Perspectives, Lived Experiences
Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University ManchesterOrganised by Jessica Elias and Adi Kuntsman, supported by the Digital Society Research Group. Roundtable will be streamed. The Digital Society Research Group invites you to an event exploring the […]
Talk from Dr Nataliia Laba- Artificial witness: Generative AI and the visual politics of war representation
OnlineArtificial witness: Generative AI and the visual politics of war representationOne application of generative AI is the production of highly realistic war images, often indistinguishable from photographs taken by human […]
Digital Society Book Launch
OnlinePlease join us to celebrate the newest publications by our members (and get publisher discounts, too!) Theorising Drones in Visual Culture: Views from the Blue authored by Elisa Serafinelli significantly contributes […]
Workshop from Dr Nataliia Laba on Beyond the algorithm: Creative agency in the age of AI
Can generative AI be creative, or is it merely a copy machine that recycles stolen data it has been trained on? Adopting a usage-oriented perspective, this workshop invites a critical […]
Talk from Dr Katie MacKinnon on Arctic Archives: Temporal politics of platform power
Over the past couple years several deep time data archival projects have emerged, and with them the politics of data loss in deep time archival processes reveal how platform centralization […]
Workshop by Dr Katie MacKinnon on Early Internet Memories
Have you ever wondered what happens to your data when a platform dies? Have you ever tried to find an old account? Have you ever deleted your website and regretted it? In this […]
Talk on the weight of connectivity and the inescapable grip of digitality
Kenzie Burchell and Adi Kuntsman in conversation about dis/connection, dis/engagement, and digital life. Kenzie Burchell, the author of Constant Disconnection: The Weight of Everyday Digital Life (Stanford UP) and Adi Kuntsman, the […]
AI Literacies public launch
Location: Brooks Building, Room BR 2.18 and BR 2.19, M156GX Understanding the impact of AI on social, cultural and political life has been at the heart of our new initiative […]
Digital Politics Summer School
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 […]
Seeing Through the Machine: Visual AI Tools for Research, Creativity, and Critical Practice
Masterclass with Dr Sam Martin 26 June 10am-12noon , online (Teams) What you’ll learn: This interactive workshop introduces academics to the expanding world of visual generative AI tools. Led by […]