Digital technology impacts how we connect with one another and therefore attune. Where we might mutually recognize a shared togetherness within the digital sphere, we might also discover a feeling of alienation, horror, or even seduction. These are all forms of attunement that are mediated by digital technology. In this talk, Dr. Roxanne will introduce their work on digital attunement and make connections between body memory and our use of said technology.

Tiara Roxanne is a Purhépecha (descendant) Mestiza scholar and artist based in Berlin. Dr. Roxanne’s work is dedicated to rethinking the ethics of AI through an anti-colonial and cyberfeminist lens. They are currently developing their terminology, digital attunement and the technological haunt further, which expands theory and critique regarding body memory and hauntology within socio-technical frameworks. In the recent past, they developed protocols of trust and safety online with Indigenous communities based in Central and South America. As a performance artist and practitioner, they work between the digital and the material using textile, from the space of the body as a site of refusal.

Tiara has presented at Images Festival (Toronto), Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center (NY), Trinity Square Video (Toronto), European Media Art Festival (Osnabrück), University of Applied Arts (Vienna), SOAS (London), SLU (Madrid), Transmediale (Berlin), Duke University (NC), Tech Open Air (Berlin), AMOQA (Athens), Zurich University of the Arts (Zurich), Autonomous Intercultural Indigenous University (Columbia), Utrecht University (NL), University of California (San Diego), Laboratorio Arte Alameda, (Mexico City), Fuchsbau Festival (Hannover) among others.

We strive to make our events accessible to all participants. This event will be a hybrid event with both a physical meeting space and an online meeting space. Please register in advance for the online Zoom Webinar here: https://bit.ly/3yTjO2r

Please register for the physical meeting space at the University of Michigan’s Central Campus here: https://myumi.ch/mZGnV

CART will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate, please email Eric Mancini at dsi-administration@umich.edu. Please note that some accommodations must be arranged in advance and we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible.

This event is co-sponsored by the following units:

Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing
Department of American Culture
Department of Communication & Media
Institute for Research on Women and Gender