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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Privacy@Michigan: Interrogating the Quiet Escalation of Tech Billionaire Influence on Detroit’s Future
DESCRIPTION:Join Chris Gilliard\, privacy researcher\, and Tawana Petty\, artist and organizer\, as they discuss the impact of big tech on the future of Detroit.\n\nAn eleven-foot Robocop statue stands prominently in Eastern Market. A defense contractor headquarters is moving to the riverfront. A drone conference is scheduled to take place on land\, in the air\, and on the water. A large billboard and an annual conference signal Palantir’s investment into Detroit as “America’s Future\,” a billion-dollar renovated “train” station and technology campus is building a drone highway\, and the World Economic Forum has its eyes on the city as a potential location for its global Davos summit.\n\nWhat does this trajectory mean for the future of a predominantly Black city that has led the country in misidentification cases by law enforcement using facial recognition\, has had a median household income hovering under $40\,000\, and has more than 50% of its youth living in poverty?\n\nDr. Chris Gilliard and Tawana Petty will interrogate these questions and more.
UID:145440-21897360@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145440
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,All Majors Welcome,big data,Big Tech,Central Campus,Community,computer science,computers,Culture,Data,Data Science,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Studies,digital technology,Discussion,Ethics,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,Human Rights\, Sustainability\, Social Impact,Humanities,In Person,information and technology,information law,information policy,information studies,information technology,Innovation,Interdisciplinary,it,Its,Lecture,michigan it,Politics,privacy,Public Policy,Social Impact,social influence,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,technology
LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room (3rd Floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260211T113402
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SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:From Babble to Babel: Children’s Language Around the World
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear native speakers share their selections of playful language from around the globe in celebration of International Mother Language Day! We're offering international treats and the option to participate in the event. Join us in the Hatcher Gallery or via Zoom (https://myumi.ch/8qddg).\n\nNursery rhymes\, tongue twisters\, and gibberish\; Mother Goose and Dr. Seuss. Children’s language can be silly\, but it’s not just fun and games. Complex verbal exercises purposely play up a given language’s nuances of sound\, syntax\, and semantics\, and so become a wonderful way to hear the voices of the world. The same lingual hijinks are equally important as conveyors of culture.
UID:143560-21893387@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143560
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor
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