6:30 p.m.
Disabled activist and writer, Alice Wong will join us remotely for a moderated conversation addressing topics important to her work in raising the visibility of disabled people. The author of the 2022 Must Read Book,
“Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life,” is sure to inspire and enlighten all of us.
5:30 p.m.
American Indian Studies Chair Chris Teuton explores Indigenous relations to land, plants and creatures through the lenses of oral traditional knowledge and cultural revitalization.
3:30 p.m.
Field research stories from Aru Islands, a community that built massive monuments, fought the Dutch East India Company at its peak of power, and traded luxuries to remote places.
4:30 p.m.
John-Carlos Perea, Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology, presents “Traditioning Witchi Tai To: Jim Pepper, Don Cherry, and American Indian Ways of Improvising. ”
5 p.m.
Lecture on “The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom”, the latest book by P. Sainath (author of “Everybody Loves a Good Drought”)
6:30 p.m.
Katherine McKittrick will present new work that highlights anti-colonial methodologies and the limitations of theorizing climate catastrophe and ecocide alongside race and racism.
4 p.m.
Book talk on grassroots political activists across Burma, covering the so-called “democratic transition” from 2011-2021, and the Feb. 2021 military coup that ended that experiment.
6 p.m.
The Alumni Speaker Series brings alumni back to campus to share their stories and career advice with students & alumni. Meet Entrepreneur, Property Investor, & Veteran, Nick Brooks
6:30 p.m.
Join us for an exploration about how we can create equitable and trustworthy AI experiences with, Dr. Arathi Sethumadhavan. She will delve into the profound impact of AI technologies on individuals and society. From biased AI systems to deepfake challenges, she will present compelling case studies that emphasize the importance of involving stakeholders to identify harms and develop effective solutions.
6:30 p.m.
Artist, writer and publisher, Paul Chan will reflect on his experiences as an artist working in and out of the domains of technology. He will talk about the various kinds of technology he has used to make work, from truetype fonts and pirated software, to datasets and machine learning frameworks. He will also present a unique perspective on artists and writers he admires, discussing how they incorporated and sometimes misused technology in their work.