Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. The Digital Underground: Theory+Practice (January 28, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80728 80728-20777544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 28, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Digital Studies Institute

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98985906314.

You are invited to the new DSI’s research group, “The Digital Underground: Theory+Practice” (DIG-undr). "DIG-undr" is a project of the Tangent Lab, an open-ended research collective founded by Imani Cooper Mkandawire (DSI+Comparative Literature) and Irina Aristarkhova (DSI+Stamps School) to imagine and engender inclusive machines. Our group seeks to mine affinities and tensions between digital theory and various forms of practice (industry, art, design, activism), as well as the academy and its “outside” (the publics, the users, digital infrastructure).

The group will meet once a month in January, February, March and April 2021. This is an open research group and our first meeting will be on January 28, 2021, 2-4 pm on Zoom. At this first meeting we will discuss pressing research challenges related to theory+practice configurations, unique intellectual community around theory+practice collaborations at the DSI, and brainstorm a collective project. In Winter 2021, we are particularly interested in digital theory around AI, data science, machine learning, social robots, VR/AR and art, architecture, design and activism (democracy, racial justice, feminism, social change). Please see the poster attached herewith.

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Other Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:36:56 -0500 2021-01-28T14:00:00-05:00 2021-01-28T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Digital Studies Institute Other digitalug
King Talks (January 28, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80360 80360-20707779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 28, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham students will communicate the relevance of their work to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in a TED-talk style. This year’s MLK Symposium theme is: “Where do we go from here?”
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/BoW8l.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:15:33 -0500 2021-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 2021-01-28T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Graduate School Livestream / Virtual
Conversations on Europe. A Q&A with Sheri Hagen, director of At Second Glance (January 29, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80121 80121-20564750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for European Studies

Sheri Hagen is a Nigerian-German director, screenwriter, actress, and founder of the production company Equality Film GmbH. Born in Lagos, she grew up in Hamburg and has lived and worked in Berlin since the 1990s. After training as a stage actress, Hagen then appeared in numerous film productions and television series, before returning to theater in 2010. Across her career, Hagen has worked on film projects as author, director, and producer. *Auf den zweiten Blick (At Second Glance)* is her debut film as a director. It won awards at the Filmfest Emden-Norderney (2012) and the Kirchen Filmfestival Recklinghausen (2013).

Registration for this Zoom webinar is required at https://myumi.ch/jxo3w. Those who register will receive the link and password to view the film *At Second Glance (Auf den zweiten Blick)*.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:22:15 -0500 2021-01-29T14:00:00-05:00 2021-01-29T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Sheri Hagen