@umichdigital.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
At Digital IDEAS, we watched "Humans in the Loop" — a film that showcases the invisible labor behind AI systems.
We spoke with filmmaker Aranya Sahay about Western biases in AI, and the laboring bodies in the Global South who train those norms into the machine.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
Digital IDEAS Day 4 → A dynamic panel on Harnessing Reparative AI with Ellie Abrons, Germaine Halegoua, Matt Bui, and Erykah Benson.
What does AI look like when it’s rooted in justice—not just efficiency?
A powerful conversation on repair, design, and digital futures.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
Digital IDEAS Day 3 → Ariel Hasell critically reflects on Elon Musk’s tweet: “You are the media now.”
In today’s media ecosystem, emotional virality beats credibility.
Who gets to speak—and who gets heard—is shaped more by engagement than expertise.
#DigitalIDEAS #MisinformationMachine
Forget innovation. This morning at Digital IDEAS Day 3, Shannon Mattern reminded us that maintenance is radical.
We talked about care as a method, refusal as a practice, and the politics of keeping things running.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministInfrastructures
This afternoon at Digital IDEAS Day 2 → Sheila Murphy on Silicon Valley Frontiers 🧠✨
A sharp dive into the metaphors, myths, and media that keep Big Tech dreaming of expansion.
What happens when the “future” is just a repackaged past?
#DigitalIDEAS #SiliconValleyFrontiers
Digital IDEAS Day 2 💻💥
Today’s keynote with Sarah Sharma brings us into the world of feminist techno-logics, where time is political, infrastructures are gendered, and refusal is a method.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministTechnoLogics
Digital IDEAS has entered the chat.
🌎 36 scholars
🌡️ 1 heat wave
💥 Infinite ideas about productive malfunctioning
Let’s make (and break) things — critically. #DigitalIDEAS
Event flier for Building the Indigenous Internet panel and Q&A featuring headshots of Ashley Cordes, Majerle Lister, and Lisa Nakamura. Flier text: This panel brings together key voices in infrastructure as broadly imagined, data sovereignty and decolonial perspectives to critically explore the history, present, and future of the Indigenous Internet. The conversation will showcase how Indigenous knowledge has and will continue to shape data worlds by bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives on emerging technologies--ranging from computer science, artificial intelligence, social media, online activism, the work of infrastructure and circuit building, and beyond. By centering Indigenous voices, the discussion aims to create transformative visions for a sustainable, equitable, and inclusive digital future while inviting speculative thinking about post-settler digital worlds. Free copies of Indigenous Currencies: Leaving Some for the Rest in the Digital Age (MIT Press) by Ashley Cordes will be available for the first 50 attendees!
UPCOMING: Join us in-person or virtually for a conversation about Building the Indigenous Internet, with Ashley Cordes, Majerle Lister, and @lnakamura.bsky.social
🗓️ Monday, April 14, 2 - 3:30 PM ET
📍 Weiser Hall 10th Floor, UMich & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/130932
Thank you to our #GivingBlueday donors!! Your financial support enables us to train the next generation of scholars, creatives, technologists, and policymakers thinking critically about emerging tech issues from a lens of social justice. We appreciate you!
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On #GivingBlueDay, we’re not just raising funds, we’re raising voices. Your donation to the DSI supports our commitment to the intersection of technology and social justice. Let’s pave the way for a brighter digital future!
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Big shoutout to everyone who’s already donated to the DSI for #GivingBlueDay! Your generosity empowers the next generation of tech-savvy changemakers! 💻💡🤖
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When you donate to @UmichDigital on #GivingBlueday, you support research & programming on the social implications of technology & our shared digital futures. Help us train the next generation so that tech is shaped with equity and social justice at heart: myumi.ch/D81J6
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Rise and shine for #GivingBlueDay! Start your day off right by donating to the DSI 🤖 🌞 Help us train the next generation of scholars thinking critically about tech and social justice 💻🌐📱 Donate here:
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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!
📅 Monday, March 31, 4-6 PM ET
📍Weiser Hall 10th Floor, University of Michigan & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/132520
Critical data studies, AI, platform cultures, post-truth internet, abolitionist tech—if your research engages digital studies in radical ways, we want you at Digital IDEAS @UmichDigital 📅June 23-27, 2025 📍 Ann Arbor, MI ✍️ Apply by Mar. 21: myumi.ch/G2WzP
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Join Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
#DigitalStudies #DigitalIDEAS2025
This year, we ask:
🔹 What does intellectual work mean in times of crisis?
🔹 How can academia extend beyond institutions?
🔹 How do we think about repair, longevity & survival?
📅 Jun. 23-27
📍 Ann Arbor, MI
✍️ Apply by Mar. 21
🔗 bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
Join Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
Join us for a DSI Book Talk with Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies
Applications are open! 📢 Join us for the 5th Annual Digital IDEAS Summer Institute at @umichdigital.bsky.social(June 23-27, 2025). A week of critical digital studies, activism, & public intellectualism.
Apply by March 7, 2024! #DigitalIDEAS2025
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
Join Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts.
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
Join Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts.
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
Join us for our 📚DSI Lecture Series with Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on 🗓️Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts. Check it on our website: https://buff.ly/40YXgbX
#SiliconValley #TechImperialism #TechCapitalism
The image is a colorful promotional poster for the "DSI Student Showcase" hosted by the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan. The top section features a playful arrangement of large, colorful letters and shapes, including an orange "A," green "M," and a blue "P," interspersed with abstract shapes like stars, zigzags, and circles. The composition is vibrant, with various shades including pink, purple, yellow, and blue on a white background. The top right corner has the Digital Studies Institute logo from the University of Michigan. Below the graphic, the event information is presented in black text on a white background. Details include the date, time, and location of the event. There is also a note that light refreshments will be available, and no RSVP is needed.
Today's the day! Join us for AMPLIFY, our DSI Student Showcase at 2:00 pm ET in NQ Space 2435. Check out our students' amazing research projects, creative works, and more!
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The image is a promotional poster with a gradient background ranging from pastel purple to pastel blue. At the top, bold red text reads "AMPLIFY DSI STUDENT SHOWCASE." Below the text, an artistic design of wavy lines resembling sound waves is displayed in black, stretching horizontally across the image. At the bottom, more red text provides the date and time: "FEBRUARY 4, 2025 | 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM."
It's that time of the year!! Join us tomorrow, Feb. 4 from 2:00-5:00 pm ET for AMPLIFY, our annual DSI Student Showcase 💻🎧 🎮Check out DS student projects including zines, poetry anthologies, XR films, and more! The showcase will be housed in the North Quad Building in Room 2435.
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