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Events
Databites
Our flagship series features conversations that challenge the power and purpose of data-centric technologies and explore how they can advance the public interest.
Data & Society at 10: Foreseeable Futures
danah boyd, Janet Haven, Charlton McIlwain, Michelle Miller, Alondra Nelson, John Palfrey, Zara Rahman, Ranjit Singh, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Xiaowei Wang, Felicia Wong
Black Maternal Health is in Crisis. Can Technology Help?
Mary Fleming, Ijeoma Uche, Joan Mukogosi
Doing the Work: Therapeutic Labor, Teletherapy, and the Platformization of Mental Health Care
Linda Michaels, Melody Li, Mei Wa Kwong, Livia Garofalo
Generative AI’s Labor Impacts: Adaptation
Livia Garofalo, Jeff Freitas, Quinten Steenhuis, Aiha Nguyen
Policy Engagement
Timely conversations on issues of technology policy and governance, with expert analysis and insight.
Network Book Forum
Public discussions of recent books on technology and society, featuring authors and members of the D&S network.
Data In/Visibility
Nikita Shepard, Harris Kornstein, Patrick Keilty, hosted by Joan Mukogosi
Caring for Digital Remains
Tamara Kneese, Tonia Sutherland, moderated by Tamara K. Nopper
Disrupting DC: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City
Kafui Attoh, Katie Wells, and M. R. Sauter, hosted by Alexandra Mateescu
Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Secrets in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
Dan Bouk and Alex Hanna, hosted by Ronteau Coppin
Workshops
Our workshops bring together a broad community of interdisciplinary thinkers to dive into urgent and evolving issues.
Trust Issues
Sareeta Amrute, Livia Garofalo, Robyn Caplan, Joan Mukogosi, Tiara Roxanne, and Kadija Ferryman
Digital Doppelgangers
Livia Garofalo and Ireti Akinrinade
The Social Life of Algorithmic Harms
Emanuel Moss and Jacob Metcalf
Parables of AI in/from the Global South
Rigoberto Lara Guzmán and Ranjit Singh