Dr. Sophie Toupin + Nina Morena on Activist Knowledge Production+ Circulation Related to AI, Bi
Schedule
Thu Sep 29 2022 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
Location
IGSF, McGill | Montreal, QC
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This event will be hybrid (with Professional Live Captions in English on the livestream).It will happen in person and there will be a livestream.
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Dr. Sophie Toupin and Nina Morena on Activist Knowledge Production and Circulation Related to AI, Big Data, and Digital Tech: A Seminar and Zine Making
Event description:
This workshop will begin with presentations by Dr. Sophie Toupin and Nina Morena about tech(big data, ai, however you want to frame this) zines and the practices/narratives associated (ex, feminist and decolonial perspectives, lay expertise, etc). They will talk about who creates zines, and some examples of how they’ve been used (flush this out). Part II will be a zine-making workshop, where people in attendance will be encouraged to create their own zines. This can be with physical materials or using an open source zine software (Sophie will look into this). It would also be open forum, where those in attendance can choose what they want their zine to be about, without us imposing a topic.
Dr. Sophie Toupin is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Concordia University (Horizon program) where she examines critical perspectives in artificial intelligence. Sophie completed her PhD in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Québec, Canada. Her doctoral research examined the relationship between communication technologies and anti-colonialism in the context of the national liberation struggle in South Africa. She is one of the three co-editors of The Handbook of Peer Production (Wiley, 2021) and has published in New Media & Society, Intermediality: History and Theory of the Arts, Literature, and Technologies, Feminist Media Studies, Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, and Journal of Peer Production, among others.
Nina Morena is a PhD student in Communication Studies. She holds an MA in Media Studies from Concordia University and a BA in English Literature from McGill University. Her doctoral research explores the ways in which breast cancer patients seek and share health information on social media and how this impacts their disease management. Her research interests include the gendered politics and public discourses surrounding women’s cancers. She is particularly interested in intersections of gender and illness and how medical misinformation travels through platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.
This event is part of the 4th Season of the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series (https://www.feministandaccessiblepublishingandtechnology.com), organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum.
Our series was made possible thanks to our sponsors: SSHRC, the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF), the DIGS Lab, Milieux, Initiative for Indigenous Futures, MILA, Dean of Arts Grant, ReQEF, and more (see our website!)
There is no fee required to attend this event. We will provide professional captions in english. This event will NOT be recorded and NOT bemade available on our website after the event. However, you can watch other past events at: https://www.feministandaccessiblepublishingandtechnology.com/p/videos.html
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Where is it happening?
IGSF, McGill, 3487 Peel Street,Montreal,QC,CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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