📢 Happening Dec 3, 12.30 PM PST: Join us for a hybrid talk by Dr. Iván Chaar López 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

🚨 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. 📆 Nov 20, 6 PM 📍 SFU Harbour Centre, Room 2270 events.sfu.ca/event/46062-...

🚨 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

On how not to do sentiment analysis: doi.org/10.1007/s001...

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...

📆 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

www.hkw.de/programme/gl... Technofaschismus Wendy Chun Global Fascisms Keynote Fr., 12.9.2025 19:15

📆 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 @sfucmns.bsky.social

🚨 Academic Position Alert 🚨 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/...

📢 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! @sfucmns.bsky.social

What a lovely day - full room and then some for @whkchun.bsky.social’s brilliant talk on LLMs and the return of critical theory co-hosted by Data Loss and @mariaa.bsky.social at the @aicentre.dk

It’s 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 ✨✨✨

📆 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

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

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 «Techno-Fascism and Democracy». Very much looking forward to it!

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

🗣️ Happening Today! Visiting scholar seminar: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆? by Johan Lau Munkholm. 📆 June 6 🕔 3-5 PM 📍 SFU Vancouver, Room HC 1500 Organized by @enda-b.bsky.social, and supported by the DDI, and open to everyone!

Exciting new research on hate raids, from my time with the Digital Democracies Institute, has just been published. Congrats to the team! @pipsipirate.bsky.social , Maria Sommers, @albertolusoli.bsky.social, and @whkchun.bsky.social 🎉 doi.org/10.1177/1470...