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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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 […]
Ahead of the AI misinformation curve: let’s talk visual AI
Location: online Join us for Let's Talk Visual AI, where we'll discuss all things related to AI-driven misinformation and visual AI literacy. Recent advances in visual generative AI have made […]
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
Location: online 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, […]
Rethinking Representations: The Politics of Responsible AI Imaging. Keynote by Prof Liv Hausken
Location: online In recent discussions surrounding AI imaging, the prevailing discourse often highlights the technology's inherent risks. However, notable examples, such as the use of so-called deepfake technology in the […]
Launch of the Visual AI Literacy Toolkit
We’re excited to launch our new web-based resource designed to help learners stay ahead of the AI misinformation curve. The Visual AI Literacy Toolkit introduces the fundamentals of visual generative AI and […]
Seeing Through the Machine: Visual AI Tools for Research, Creativity, and Critical Practice- Masterclass with Dr Sam Martin
Location: online What you’ll learn: This interactive workshop introduces academics to the expanding world of visual generative AI tools. Led by Dr Sam Martin, digital sociologist and AI artist, the […]
Visual AI politics/politics of visual AI: a roundtable
Location: online This roundtable brings together experts on digital media, visual cultures and politics, misinformation, political violence, and generative AI. Curated by Adi Kuntsman and Jessica Elias, the panel will […]