Interested in applying for the Automating Black Joy Collaborative Project? Come share your ideas, skills, and find a research team at the Automating Black Joy sandbox session.
Wednesday, October 8th 10-12pm
Skinner 3115 & Zoom (link in bio)
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The BCaT Lab is back in session! We are
hosting a open house on Wednesday, September 24th
from 11-3pm at Skinner 3115 as well as a hybrid event
for our BCaT Applies session. Come to Skinner to
learn more about we have in store for this semester!
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Join us today for our workshop on Digital mapping and Black Spaces.
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Black Homeplaces β Black Communication & Technology Lab
Black Homeplaces is a collaborative research project from The DISCO CO(LAB)s, hosted by BCaT. This project harnesses VR to recreate the ever-changing sites of the Black homeplace and Black placemaking practices across the African diaspora. Check out the project here:
www.bcatlab.org/black-homepl...
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Itβs happening now!!
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Event flier for TikTok, Deepseek, and the Fear of Chinese Tech in Nationalist Times featuring headshots of Tara Fickle, Ian Shin, and Jeff Yang.
Join us for a conversation with Tara Fickle, Ian Shin, and @originalsp.in about TikTok, DeepSeek, and the fear of Chinese tech in nationalist times!
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Monday, March 31, 4-6 PM ET
πWeiser Hall 10th Floor, University of Michigan & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/132520
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You're invited to attend a hybrid weekly bookclub Automating Black Joy.
The first bookclub is happening TODAY from 12-1 PM EST, where we will be discussing "Black Joy" by Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts.
Join us at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom.
www.bcatlab.org/events/bcat-...
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Donβt for about the Black Soundscapes event this morning. Itβs happening now. Join us at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom!!
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πΆβ¨ Join us for Black Soundscapes: A DISCO Co(Lab) Workshop with Dr. Allie Martin!
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Monday, March 10
β° 10-12pm
π Skinner 3115 & Zoom
Don't miss this conversation on slowing the datafication of Black life and engaging in intentional sampling practices.
π Register now at bcatlab.org/events
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Itβs National Womenβs History Month! The BCaT Lab has a fun month of events lined up for March! πΈ
www.bcatlab.org/events
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Black Soundscapes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Black Soundscapes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
BCaT is hosting Black Soundscapes. Led by Dr. Allie Martin, this workshop demonstrates strategies for the ethics of soundscape recording and composition in Black digital projects. Join us on March 10th at 10amβ12pm in person at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom. Register here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Technoskepticism Book Launch is happening now. Join us in Skinner 3115 or on Zoom: www.bcatlab.org/events/techn...
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Join us next Wednesday, February 25, from 5β7 PM in Skinner 3115 or on Zoom for an engaging discussion with the authors of Technoskepticism! Be among the first 10 attendees and receive a free copy of the book! Donβt miss this thought-provoking conversationβsee you there!
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The BCaT Lab is officially open! Check out our February calendar to see all the exciting events we have planned this month! For more information go to: bcatlab.org/events
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We have a new and exciting material for this weekβs BCaT Bookclub! This week we will be exploring the virtual experience βObsidianβ that explores a digitally recreated home from Oakland, California.
We hope to see you Wednesday, December 4th from 12-1pm at Skinner 3115!
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Blue event poster for "Crip Mentoring: Disability, Publishing, & Crip Time" with yellow geometric shapes, photos of speakers, and event details.
Alt text for William Cheng photo: smiling man with short dark hair, white button-up shirt with rolled-up sleeves, hands resting on knees with fingers interlaced.
Alt text for Sunaura Taylor photo: a white woman with short brown hair, smiling and looking into the camera. Behind her is a large black-and-white photograph mounted on a wall, with a dark background upon which many white lines flare out.
Poster text: The Digital Accessible Futures Lab invites you to attend a roundtable conversation with William Cheng and Sunaura Taylor on disability and publishing, publishing as a disabled author, and publishing in/beyond disability studies. In a climate of scarcity and uncertainty, how might one respond to hyper-normative demands for productivity? What does it mean to write (and publish) as a disabled scholar? What does it mean to compose while crip/mad/sickβespecially when our embodied knowledges are deemed antithetical to (academic) life? Register to attend the Zoom using the QR code or the following link: https://myumi.ch/ZD44y
Attend a Zoom roundtable conversation with William Cheng and Sunaura Taylor about disability and publishing, publishing as a disabled author, and publishing in/beyond disability studies!
Tuesday, December 3 from 12 - 1:30 PM ET.
Register to attend: myumi.ch/ZD44y
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Professor and Chair of University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU π. ΞΣΠβ€οΈ. August βοΈ. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel). Linktree: Ebonyteach.
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Cultivating creativity, critical thinking & global Leadership: ARHU at the University of Maryland is where learning, art, culture and social justice intersect.
An interdisciplinary initiative advancing literacy + equity in MD π
πUniversity of Maryland + Morgan State University
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Interdisciplinary community advancing language science through research & training in science, education, tech, & health
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We are an interdisciplinary group of over 700 experts in labor, technology, anti-racism, feminism, and transnationalism. Posts by @kaareeenah.bsky.social
We study ethical, social, and aesthetic implications of digital technologies - particularly focusing on digital media & race, disability, gender, and power.
Ann Arbor, MI
Website: digitalstudies.umich.edu
2 Nobel laureates, 6 Pulitzer recipients, scores of Fulbright scholars, one cute turtle and a bike ride away from our nation's capital!
Author - Digital Black Feminism
Associate Professor @UMD
I wonder if I'll ever get to talk about my reality shows here π
Researcher and prof. Writing about race, gender and internet stuff since 1995. βThe Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internetβ forthcoming from U. Minn press in 2026. Lisanakamura.net for articles if you want.
Envisioning an anti-racist + anti-ableist digital future.
Housed within @umichdigital.bsky.social.
PIs: @lnakamura.bsky.social, Rayvon FouchΓ©, @remiyergeau.bsky.social, & @steelecat717.bsky.social
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