Research & Arts Based Workshop and opportunity to participate in a short film project!
Thursday 25th May | 10am - 11am (workshop), 11am -11.45am (film project) | Hopkinson Lecture Theatre, New Museum Site
An interdisciplinary research & visual arts based workshop and opportunity to contribute your thoughts and experiences to a short creative film.
Isabelle Higgins, a final year PhD candidate in the Sociology Department at the University of Cambridge, whose research explores the power of algorithms in reproducing structural inequalities, and Josh Vyrtz, an interdisciplinary visual artist whose work engages with the politics of algorithmic visibility and digital shame, are working together on this project.
For many of us, our use of social media algorithms shapes our everyday lives. The workshop leaders seek to create a space for participants to collectively discuss and understand how these highly personalized interactions with machine learning shape our everyday, embodied realities. The workshop will be structured around exploring different academic and artistic approaches to the study of our algorithmic experiences, alongside time for participant questions and discussion. It will also be a chance to learn about both Isabelle and Josh’s work.
The workshop will be of interest to those who study media and culture, marginality & exclusion in the digital age and those who are interested in thinking more about interdisciplinary academic/artistic collaborations. Following the workshop, there will be the option to stay behind and contribute to Isabelle and John's short film project (more details to be explained on the day)!
Isabelle and John look forward to seeing you and discussing your algorithmic lives together!
