[three_fourths] What kinds of collaborations and partnerships are emerging around data? Join us for a public talk with Stefaan Verhulst (NYU GovLab), hosted by the Department for Digital Humanities, King’s College London. Data Collaboratives: The Emergence of Public-Private Partnerships around Data for Social Good – Stefaan Verhulst (NYU GovLab) Over the past few years, The …
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EVENT | Broken Data and Unexpected Research Questions 13.02.19
[three_fourths] What can be learned when data work does not go as planned? Join us for a public talk with Minna Ruckenstein (University of Helsinki). Broken Data and Unexpected Research Questions – Minna Ruckenstein (University of Helsinki) The concept-metaphor of ‘broken data’ suggests that digital data can be broken, fail to perform, or be in …
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EVENT | #DeleteFacebook and Facebook’s Bonds 07.02.19
[three_fourths] #DeleteFacebook and Facebook’s Bonds – Tero Karppi (University of Toronto) After the Cambridge Analytica revelations, #DeleteFacebook hashtag became a trend. #DeleteFacebook was the crystallization of the demands to leave the social media site because it was compromising privacy, exploiting user data, and the connections it established could be used to manipulate the current political …
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EVENT | What is love? 14.02.19
[three_fourths] Looking for a great way to spend your Valentine’s evening? Why not join us at the Ri? We’ll discuss personal love stories from around the world, explore what companies learn about you through online dating and discover what the future holds for sexual companion robots. Open to those on first dates, flying solo, catching …
EVENT | Surveillance Capitalism, Governance and Social Justice: Moving beyond Data Centrism 30.01.19
[three_fourths] What is at stake with data politics beyond privacy, security and efficiency? How do data systems reflect broader systems of injustice – and what might this mean for advancing social justice in an age of datafication? Join us for a public talk with Lina Dencik (Cardiff University) on her research about data justice and …
EVENT | Quantum Queerness 29.01.19
[three_fourths] As part of the Early Career Research Talks series, Conor McKeown will discuss his ongoing research project “Quantum Queerness”, currently modestly supported by the AHRI in King’s. The main objective of QQ is to foster an intimate relationship with our other multiple quantum selves. Using a cultural analytics approach I aim to make a …
EVENT | Rethinking the Meaning of ‘Books’ and ‘Authorship’ in the Digital Age 24.01.19
[three_fourths] “Rethinking the Meaning of ‘Books’ and ‘Authorship’ in the Digital Age: The KITAB Project and Its Work on Text ‘Reuse’” – Sarah Savant This lecture focuses on the size of the Arabic tradition (ca. 700-1500), and the likely role that written practices and cultural expectations played in its development. It is arguably the largest …
EVENT | SHOWCASE: King’s College London x Somerset House Studios 29.01.19
[three_fourths] A showcase of King’s College London x Somerset House Studios collaborations Five artist-academic project teams have worked together over the last six months to research and develop new critical perspectives on contemporary culture and society. The evening will be hosted by Dr Munira Mirza, Executive Director for Culture at King’s College London. The River …
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EVENT | Digital Tools for the Study of Theatre
[three_fourths] How can digital tools be used to study theatre and performance? Join us for a public talk with Miguel Escobar Varela from the National University of Singapore. Digital Tools for the Study of Theatre – Miguel Escobar Varela (National University of Singapore) This talk looks at a range of DH tools to study theatre …
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EVENT | No Business of Yours: How the Large Corporation Swallowed the Future
[three_fourths] When and how did economic growth become such a central concern of democratic political life? How might climate change challenge this conception of politics? Join us for an evening talk with Timothy Mitchell (Columbia University) at King’s College London, co-hosted by the Institute for Policy Research (University of Bath) along with the Department of …
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