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SFU Demshot Challenge is a campus-wide invitation for SFU students to bring forward bold, practical ideas to strengthen democratic trust and resilience in Canadaβwith $2,500 in total cash prizes.
For more info, head to the SFU Demshot website: lnkd.in/gfsntT2S
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π Did you hear about SFU's Demshot Challenge yet?
If you have an idea that could strengthen trust, participation, or social cohesion in Canadian democracy, SFU wants to hear from you!
π Launch event: Tuesday, Jan 27, 6β7 PM (all undergrad + grad students welcome)
βοΈ Register: lnkd.in/gYgzKpzN
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β° Spring Deadline: March 2, 2026
DM us/email ddi_comms@sfu.ca for the application forms, submission, or any questions you have.
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π Digital Democracies Institute Travel Grant Funding Series 2026-2027 - now accepting applications!
If you're an FCAT student enrolled full-time, the DDI has $500 to contribute towards your travel expenses for conferences, exhibitions, festivals etc.
Details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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π’ Happening Dec 3, 12.30 PM PST: Join us for a hybrid talk by Dr. IvΓ‘n Chaar LΓ³pez from @utaustin.bsky.social entitled 'The Cybernetic Border and Technoaesthetics of Dissent'.
This talk is both in-person and online. DM/comment for the Zoom link to attend!
#DDISpeakerSeries #SFU
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Adrian Ivakhiv presents an incisive new way of thinking about images and imagination in this book in conversation with Am Johal at this launch event.
@sfucmns.bsky.social #BookLaunch
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The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds
Book Launch & Discussion To receive notifications about future J. S. Woodsworth Chair events, please sign-up HERE. About the book ...
π¨ Happening this week: 'The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds' - A book launch and discussion with author, eco-philosopher, and cultural theorist Adrian Ivakhiv.
π Nov 20, 6 PM
π SFU Harbour Centre, Room 2270
events.sfu.ca/event/46062-...
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For application details, responsibilities, and more, head to www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
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Eligibility: The fellowship is open to permanent SFU faculty members. Applicants must:
- Be a member of the regular SFU faculty (tenured, tenure-track, and/or lecturer track).
- Have a letter of support from their department chair for the fellowship proposal and proposed course.
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The Digital Democracies Instituteβs (DDI) Data Fluencies (DF) 2.0 Project is sponsoring a semester-long fellowship for Simon Fraser University faculty members. Fellows are expected to develop one new course related to their humanities-engaged research on AI.
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Careers & Opportunities
View job opportunities with SFU School of Communication - Faculty, Staff and Student Postings
π¨ Hiring Alert!
We're on the lookout for engaged SFU Faculty members for SFU Faculty Fellows in Teaching Multivocal AI.
Find more info here: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Compensation: $5,000 and an MA TA for the course!
#Hiring #SFUFaculty #CMNS #DDI #datafluencies
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On how not to do sentiment analysis:
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
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Stay tuned for upcoming lectures and videos from the Fall Speaker Series at the DDI. To get on the invitee list for the Series, DM us your email ID and your institution!
#ContemporaryArts #Academics #SFU #SpeakerSeries
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YouTube video by Digital Democracies Institute
Claudette Lauzon - Technics and Termites: Swarm Intelligence in Art and Visual Culture
On July 9 of this year, we had the privilege of hosting Dr. Claudette Lauzon (@claudettelauzon.bsky.social)
from @scasfu.bsky.social for a talk entitled 'Technics and Termites: Swarm Intelligence in Art and Visual Culture'.
To view their full lecture, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFY2...
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Technofascism | HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Dr. Chun poses the question, "What role does technology play in the re-emergence of global fascisms?" in this keynote organized at the #GlobalFascisms exhibition, organized by Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin.
More info at www.hkw.de/en/programme...
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π Upcoming Keynote titled 'Technofascism' by @whkchun.bsky.social (Director, DDI) at @hkw-berlin.bsky.social on September 12, 19:15 PM CEST at Miriam Makeba Auditorium as part of an exhibition titled 'Global Fascisms'.
Entry FREE!
#keynote #berlin #hkw #globalfascisms
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Technofaschismus | HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt
www.hkw.de/programme/gl...
Technofaschismus
Wendy Chun
Global Fascisms
Keynote
Fr., 12.9.2025
19:15
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Co-hosted by the DDI, @sfu-fhs.bsky.social, and The School for International Studies, Dr. Erikson's book launch is a conversation between her and critics Anke Kessler and Iveoma Udevi-Aruevoru.
πThe Teck Gallery, SFU Harbour Centre
β° 4 PM - 6 PM
π« FREE ENTRY!
#Anthropology #HealthSciences #SFU
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Author Meets Critics: Dr. Susan Erikson's Book Launch
Dr. Susan Erikson, SFU Distinguished Professor, launches her book 'Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance'
π Event Alert: Join in for an electric conversation with Dr. Susan Erikson, an SFU Distinguished Professor, who studies highly complex political economies that shape human health.
Link - investable.eventbrite.ca
#BookLaunch #Investable #SFUVancouver
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π¨ Academic Position Alert π¨ I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at SFU in Metro Vancouver. The candidate will work on a project studying the (un)intended consequences of platform regulations for journalism.
The position is funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant.
www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
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π’ Happening today, 2 PM PT: Join us for a hybrid talk titled 'The Celestial Latent Space of Benevolent Knowledge' by Evan Donahue, an outgoing member of the DDI team. The talk will cover his research during his time at the lab and beyond.
DM to register!
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Wendy Chun giving a lecture
What a lovely day - full room and then some for @whkchun.bsky.socialβs brilliant talk on LLMs and the return of critical theory co-hosted by Data Loss and @mariaa.bsky.social at the @aicentre.dk
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Itβs been such a wonderful week hosting @whkchun.bsky.social as part of the #dataloss @erc.europa.eu project. Last night we were treated to a brilliant talk at the @aicentre.dk on shared archeologies of LLMs and lit theory, co-hosted with @mariaa.bsky.social β¨β¨β¨
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Stay tuned to our #SpeakerSeries in the coming Fall term, as we hear from experts, September - December! Got any suggestions/recommendations for a Speaker? Let us know in our DMs!
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About the speaker:
@claudettelauzon.bsky.social is an associate professor of contemporary art history in the School for the Contemporary Arts at @sfu.ca | @scasfu.bsky.social.
She is currently completing a manuscript on the gods and monsters of technomilitary culture.
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π July 9th, 12.30 PM PT: Hear from Dr. Claudette Lauzon at the DDI's Speaker Series, with a talk titled 'Technics and Termites: Swarm Intelligence in Art and Visual Culture'.
DM to register for our hybrid session at Burnaby and online!
#DDI #Talks #VisualCulture
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The Man in the Rectangle - Trailer
An underachieving actor poses as an AI-generated photographer in a staged reality workshop, challenging photographers to question their work, its human connection,β¦
Graduate student Joseph Methuselah recently completed work on a short documentary titled "The Man in the Rectangle", which he co-wrote and co-produced.
The film had its world premier at SXSW London this month from June 2-7.
vimeo.com/1081706218
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Program | Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes
Save the date: On June 26, I'll be at the CHCI Annual Meeting in Berlin. Together with Wendy Chun @whkchun.bsky.social, Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Zahid R. Chaudhary @zahidrc.bsky.social & Paul Feigelfeld we'll discuss Β«Techno-Fascism and DemocracyΒ».
Very much looking forward to it!
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Happening this week: Dr. Matthew Ellis (Portland State University) will address the Institute at a talk entitled 'Against the History Machine' on June 11 (Wednesday) at 12.30 PM PST.
Interested in joining? DM us for talk details!
@sfucmns.bsky.social
#SpeakerSeries #DDISFU
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The School for the Contemporary Arts in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is part of the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology at Simon Fraser University.
postdoc @ university of copenhagen, "Data Loss: the politics of disappearance, destruction and dispossession in digital societies"
researching internet histories, web archives, platform temporalities
katiemackinnon.xyz
Associate Prof @ University of Copenhagen. Author of: "The Politics of Mass Digitization" (MIT Press), editor of "Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data" (MIT Press) and "(W)archives: Archival Imaginaries, War, and Contemporary Art" (Sternberg)
Distinguished Professor of Linguistics @SFU. Discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, NLP, sentiment analysis, social media language, language of misinformation. she/her
PhD Candidate at Simon Fraser Universityβs School of Communication.
Game Studies and Esports Researcher
π₯οΈ benscholl.com
Critical Media Theory + Science and Technology Studies + Literature + CS.
Associate Prof. of DH, AI, and Media somewhere.
VP, @litsciarts.org
π: Computation, Political Economy, Infrastructures, History, Games, Design, SF.
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Not a professional account.
Trying to figure out who I am before I throw myself back into grad school.
AI's an attention sink.
Always historicize!
he/him
As Canadaβs engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create and share knowledge that generates real change.
new media artist and researcher based between NYC and western massachusetts. faculty @ UMass Amherst art department. views my own. β¨ roopavasudevan.com
Founded in 1974, Critical Inquiry is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the best critical thought in the arts and humanities.
Histories of computation; infrastructure; affects; interests in queer thoughts.
Too many fantasies π«§πͺοΈ
Multi-ingredient melancholic creature βοΈ
She/her can do art and other stuff π¨πΈβοΈ
phd @ sfu, data fluencies fellow @ ddi. wrote algorithmic authenticity (meson press, 2023). I research how people use and abuse data, knowledge, masculinity, and theory
Youth media and community-engaged research, parent, activist for media democracy and crazy sports fan.
StΓ³:lΕ, Cheam First Nation. Associate Professor, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University. Author of Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada.
Communication and Labour Studies prof at SFU. Forza Roma, ovunque e comunque.
Associate Prof. School of Communication at SFU and Enzo's Mum.
Academic Cosmopolitan in an in-between space, trying to find the contact zone. Everything about media and digital (policy) mutations & related interactions.
