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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:'Auditing AI' Book Launch & Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing is delighted to invite you to celebrate the book launch of Auditing AI with authors Christian Sandvig\, Ellery Biddle\, and Danae Metaxa! \n\nTime: Nov. 9\, 4 pm – 5 pm (Authors Discussion)\, 5 pm -7 pm (Reception with appetizers\, beer and wine)\n\nLocation: Cahoots Event Space (206 E Huron St)\n\nPlease RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/2wa4r3up\n\nAbout the book:\n\nHow tech companies\, journalists\, and policymakers can prevent AI decision-making from going wrong.\n\nOur lives are increasingly governed by automated systems influencing everything from medical care to policing to employment opportunities\, but researchers and investigative journalists have proven that AI systems regularly get things wrong.\n\nAuditing AI is a first-of-its-kind exploration of why and how to audit artificial intelligence systems. It offers a simple roadmap for using AI audits to make product and policy changes that benefit companies and the public alike. The book aims to convince readers that AI systems should be subject to robust audits to protect all of us from the dangers of these systems. Readers will come away with an understanding of what an AI audit is\, why AI audits are important\, key components of an audit that follows best practices\, how to interpret an audit\, and the available choices to act on an audit’s results.\n\nThe book is organized around canonical examples: from AI-powered drones mistakenly targeting civilians in conflict areas to false arrests triggered by facial recognition systems that misidentified people with dark skin tones to HR hiring software that prefers men. It explains these definitive cases of AI decision-making gone wrong and then highlights specific audits that have led to concrete changes in government policy and corporate practice.\n\nAbout the ESC:\nThe Center for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing (ESC – pronounced “escape”) is dedicated to intervening when digital media and computing technologies reproduce inequality\, exclusion\, corruption\, deception\, racism\, or sexism. ESC is generously supported by the School of Information\; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research\; and the Department of Communication & Media in the College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts at the University of Michigan.
UID:154564-21917935@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154564
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Book Launch,Discussion,Information and Technology,Reception,Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261117T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917243@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917244@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917245@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917246@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261121T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261121T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917247@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261124T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261124T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917250@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261125T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917251@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261126T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917252@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261127T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917253@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261128T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917254@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261201T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917257@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261202T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917258@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917259@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261027T085855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Tree of Eternity
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Eternity is an immersive\, interactive installation that explores remembrance\, loss\, and the enduring presence of those we have loved. \n\nThe installation centers on a projected tree surrounded by interactive terminal pods that control its structure.\n\nVisitors approach interactive pods positioned throughout the gallery space\, where they are invited to recall memories of people or experiences throughout their lives. Depending on the kiosk they interact with\, different effects will be present on the projected tree.\n\nAs more visitors’ memories are inputted\, the tree’s visuals adapt and change form\, demonstrating that our memories persist with us. Projection mapping creates ethereal visuals accompanied by atmospheric audio. Even when visitors aren't actively engaging with the kiosks\, the system generates ambient transmissions\, suggesting that the tree—and the memories it embodies—continues to live and grow.\n\nThe installation creates a dialogue between life and death\, presence and absence\, individual memory and collective remembrance\, inviting participants to contribute to a living memorial that persists beyond any single moment of grief or reflection.
UID:154133-21917260@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261029T131935
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270128T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - Trans Coalition-Building and Digital Activism
DESCRIPTION:Event description coming soon.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend.\n\nAdvance registration is recommended:\n\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K4_jYtqoRB-nwC-diXGR1w \n\nThis event will be recorded. A full recording will be uploaded to the DISCO Network YouTube channel within approximately one week of the event.\n\nMeet the Panelists:\n\nAlejandra Caraballo is a civil rights attorney and Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic. Her scholarship and practice address the intersection of civil rights law\, technology policy\, and institutional accountability\, with particular focus on the areas of digital privacy in areas of stigmatized healthcare around reproductive care and gender affirming care. She is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts\, and is admitted to the Southern District of New York and the Eleventh\, Ninth\, and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her litigation practice has included impact cases on healthcare discrimination\, employment discrimination\, and LGBTQ civil rights\, including work on Kadel v. Folwell\, Lange v. Houston County\, and Boston Alliance v. HHS. Alejandra’s published legal scholarship includes The Anti-Transgender Medical Expert Industry (Journal of Law\, Medicine & Ethics\, 2022) and Extradition in Post-Roe America (CUNY Law Review\, 2023). Her scholarship has been cited in law reviews\, amicus briefs\, and media coverage of LGBTQ civil rights litigation.\n\nCeleste Trianon is a transfeminine jurist and activist\, based out of Montréal (in the traditional lands of the Kanien'keháka) and active all across Canada. Celeste holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Université de Montréal and a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto). She is currently working with the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund in Toronto\, while completing her lawyer licensure process with the Law Society of Ontario. Through Juritrans\, the legal clinic she founded prior to starting her first law degree\, over a thousand trans people in Québec\, Nova Scotia and other provinces have been able to get information and accompaniment in applying for legal name changes. Celeste has created opportunities for 2SLGBTQ+ law students to be involved with their own community through partnerships with various Canadian law schools. She has equally coordinated several judicial interventions defending the rights of trans people\, both at trial (notably in A.B. v. Québec Minister of Education) and at the Supreme Court of Canada (namely Hak/EMSB and UR Pride). In her capacity as a content creator\, she has built a following of 22\,000+ on Instagram\, primarily through breaking the news on developments in transgender issues in Canada. Celeste maintains Canada's Anti-Trans Risk Map\, a resource extensively used in academia\, conferences\, and even by trans U.S. citizens seeking to flee their country.\n\nMeet the Moderator:\n\nM. Remi Yergeau is a Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies and Communication and an associate professor of Communication and Media Studies at Carleton University. They also direct the Digital Accessible Futures Lab as a part of the DISCO Network. Remi is an autistic academic\, and their scholarly interests include rhetoric & writing studies\, digital studies\, trans and queer rhetorics\, disability studies\, and theories of mind. Their book\, Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness (Duke UP\, 2017)\, is a winner of the 2017 Modern Language Association First Book Prize\, the 2019 CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Book Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship\, and the 2019 Rhetoric Society of America Book Award. Along with 13 colleagues from DISCO\, Remi is a co-author of Technoskepticism (Stanford UP\, 2025).\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
UID:150719-21910002@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150719
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Digital Culture,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Gender Studies,Trans Studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261104T133118
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T153000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - From Community Center to Content Farm: New Modes of Digitality for Black Women and Girls
DESCRIPTION:Event description coming soon.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend.\n\nRefreshments will be provided to the first 100 attendees.\n\nA corresponding networking opportunity with the panelists will be available for undergraduate and graduate students. Interested students may register for this session using the same form as the main event. More information coming soon. \n\nAdvance registration is recommended:\n\nRegister to attend in-person: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/111880\n\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jmr7uP-iSuyjO0RgeRTl1Q\n\nThis event will be recorded. A full recording will be uploaded to the DISCO Network YouTube channel within approximately one week of the event.\n\nMeet the Panelists:\n\nDr. Aria S. Halliday is an award-winning author who specializes in the study of cultural constructions of black girlhood and womanhood in material\, visual\, and digital culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Her research is published in venues such as The Black Scholar\, Cultural Studies\, Feminist Theory\, Girlhood Studies\, and Women\, Gender\, and Families of Color.  She is the author of Black Girls and How We Fail Them (UNC Press\, 2025) and Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture (University of Illinois Press\, 2022). She edited and introduced The Black Girlhood Studies Collection (Women’s Press\, 2019). She was an Institute for Citizens and Scholars Career Enhancement Fellow (2020-2021)\, a Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin (2022-2023)\, and the 2021 Stuart Hall Foundation x Cultural Studies Award winner for her article “Twerk Sumn!: Theorizing Black Girl Epistemology in the Body.” Currently\, she is the Marie Rich Endowed Professor in Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and program in African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. She’s working on two books\, A Black Feminist Guide to Automobility\, and In a 90s Kind of World: Black Girls and Women in Popular Culture. She is also the owner and founder of Plume & Prosper\, a wellness retreat experience.\n\nNessa Keddo is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Media\, Diversity and Technology at King’s College London. She is Programme Director for MA Global Media Industries and the Department’s EDI Lead. Nessa’s research explores the intersection of diversity practices and technological deployment in the media industries. More recently with the onset of automated praxis through generative AI\, her work explores the affordances and challenges of digitised and platform labour\, particularly for marginalised practitioners and independent creators. Nessa’s research is grounded in critical approaches to the embedding of diversity practices in the media industries. She is co-author of the upcoming book Race\, Racism and Diversity in the Cultural and Creative Industries (2025)\, which focuses on the business case for diversity\, specifically since the commercialisation of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.\n\nAshleigh Greene Wade is Associate Professor of Digital Studies\, jointly appointed in Media Studies and African American Studies. Broadly speaking\, her work traverses the fields of Black girlhood studies\, digital and visual media studies\, Black Feminist theory\, and digital humanities. Wade has a Ph.D. in Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and is an alumna of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies Fellowship Program. Her work on digital Blackness appears in The Black Scholar\, National Political Science Review\, Women\, Gender\, and Families of Color\, Visual Arts Research\, and Camera Obscura: Feminism\, Culture\, and Media Studies. Wade’s forthcoming monograph\, Black Girl Autopoetics: Agency and Possibility in Everyday Digital Practice (Duke University Press)\, explores the role of Black girls’ digital practices in documenting and preserving everyday Black life.\n\nDr. Rianna Walcott is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland\, and Associate Director of the Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab as part of the DISCO Network. An alumna of the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP)\, Dr. Walcott earned her PhD in Digital Humanities at King's College London for her research on Black (and specifically Black British) communication practices and digital media\, locating the evolution of a hybrid ‘Black British’ identity within the wider Black diaspora. She combines digital research\, Black feminist praxis\, decolonial studies\, arts and culture\, and mental health advocacy in her work. In the time left over\, she moonlights as a jazz singer.\n\nMeet the Moderator\n\nCatherine Knight Steele is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland - College Park where she directs the Black Communication and Technology lab (BCaT) as a part of the Digital Inquiry\, Speculation\, Collaboration\, & Optimism (DISCO) Network funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She is a 2024-26 Just Tech Fellow. Her research focuses on race\, gender\, and media\, with a specific emphasis on Black culture and discourse and digital communication. She examines representations of marginalized communities in the media and how groups resist oppression and practice joy using online technology to create spaces of community. \n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149740
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,digital humanities,Digital Media,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,digital technology,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Feminism,Gender
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