Digital Harms: Theoretical Perspectives, Lived Experiences

The Digital Society Research Group invites you to an event exploring the wide-ranging harms of digitalisation and technologisation, from the environment to the individual. The event includes a panel discussion from our guest speakers, a networking and social event with refreshments, and a creative zine-making workshop to explore your perceptions and lived experiences of digital harms.

The Roundtable will be chaired by Dr Adi Kuntsman, Reader in Digital Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University. During the panel, our speakers will each discuss their approaches to conceptualising digital harms. The speakers come from a range of interdisciplinary backgrounds spanning critical criminology, sociology, environmental studies, feminist studies, zemiology, surveillance studies, post-colonial studies, and technology studies. The second portion of the panel discussion will be an open Q&A with audience members. The zine-making workshop will be facilitated by Dr Kirsty Fife, Lecturer in Digital Information and Curatorial Practice at Manchester Metropolitan University. They will provide guidance and support the zine-making process.

To help facilitate the zine-making workshop, we ask attendees to bring photographs related to their perception of digital harms. These can be photographs you have taken yourself or have found help to articulate your understanding of digital harms. This is optional as materials for the workshop are also provided, but aims to enable attendees to display their lived experiences in the finished zine.

For details on programme and speakers, please see the . The event takes place on-site, but the roundtable discussion will be online. Please follow the separate registration link via our website if you wish to attend online (roundtable only)

The event is free to attend but places are limited. Registration will close a week before the event.

Host or Publisher Arts & Humanities Research & Innovation