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ESC Center @MichiganESC

The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing at the University of Michigan. Header art by @OriginalWaffles

Joined March 2019
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🌐 Join us for “Trans Ecologies of the Real and the Virtual in Contemporary Art” with micha cárdenas, part of the DSI Lecture Series. @UmichDigital 🗓 Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026 | ⏰ 3:00 PM ET 📍 Online (via Zoom) 🔗 Register: myumi.ch/G23ey
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9 Oct 2025
Welcome to the cyborg studio. 🤖🎨 UMSI @UM_Stamps associate professor Sophia Brueckner blends sci-fi, design and digital ethics in classrooms that imagine entirely new futures for tech. Explore her visionary teaching ✨🔭 myumi.ch/D8RPy
Sophia Brueckner sitting at a table covered with camouflage patterned materials and garments in her home studio decorated with similar themed artworks. A ladder and additional camouflage items are displayed around the room.

ALT Sophia Brueckner sitting at a table covered with camouflage patterned materials and garments in her home studio decorated with similar themed artworks. A ladder and additional camouflage items are displayed around the room.

Sophia Brueckner standing in her home studio filled with electronic equipment and components, with a window showing greenery outside.

ALT Sophia Brueckner standing in her home studio filled with electronic equipment and components, with a window showing greenery outside.

Sophia Brueckner sits at a worktable covered with colorful patterned fabric, threads and tools, diligently embroidering a camo print baseball cap.

ALT Sophia Brueckner sits at a worktable covered with colorful patterned fabric, threads and tools, diligently embroidering a camo print baseball cap.

Sophia Brueckner standing in her open garage art studio with artwork, materials and furniture around. Two white chairs are placed outside the garage.

ALT Sophia Brueckner standing in her open garage art studio with artwork, materials and furniture around. Two white chairs are placed outside the garage.
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As Artificial Intelligence claims increasing influence over our lives, it’s easy to believe AI’s creeping dominance is inevitable. But is it? @_KarenHao will talk about Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI at Rackham Auditorium on October 20th. Stay tuned!
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Please save the date for the upcoming new talk on "Forging Feminist Futures from `Creepy` Technologies: The Politics of Smart Tech and Liberation Dreams."
UM Digital Studies Institute@UmichDigital
23 Sep 2025
👀 A week away! Join us at “Forging Feminist Futures from 'Creepy' Technologies: The Politics of Smart Tech and Liberation Dreams” with Neda Atanasoski & Nassim Parvin. 🗓 Tue, Sept 30 | 3–4:30 PM 📍 1010 Weiser Hall Zoom 🔗 Register: myumi.ch/W6MWd
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🏛️ Art, AI & resistance! Elisa Giardina Papa discusses her video installations Cleaning Emotional Data & U Scantu with Lisa Nakamura @lnakamur . 📅 April 1, 2025 ⏰ 3:00-4:30 PM 🌐 Zoom: bit.ly/3ArOQz8 🔗 Register: myumi.ch/pkrey

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#DataHeresy #QueerIncomputable #DSILectureSeries #AI #MachineVision #DigitalStudies #CriticalAI #TechJustice #DataPolitics #AIandSociety #HegemonicAI #ColonialTech #AlgorithmicBias #SurveillanceCapitalism #ArtAndTech #MediaStudies #FeministAI #QueerTheory #EthicsInAI
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16 Mar 2025
Looking forward to discussing the history of Shenzhen Electronics Industry with Center for Ethics, Society $ Computing (ESC) $  the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies @UMich Thank you Silvia Lintner for the invite si.umich.edu/about-umsi/even…
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Join Erin McElroy & Matt Bui @matthew_bui on Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts. 📍LSA 1040 🌐Zoom: umich.zoom.us/j/92772860898 In-person: myumi.ch/Jwy95 Virtual: bit.ly/4fuhmzc
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#SiliconValley #TechImperialism #TechCapitalism #HousingJustice #SocialJustice #RacialDispossession #EconomicInequality #Postsocialism #GlobalInequality #ResistanceMovements #Gentrification #UrbanDisplacement #TechCulture #DigitalGeography #CriticalGeography #EthnographicResearch
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#SiliconValley #TechImperialism #TechCapitalism #HousingJustice #SocialJustice #RacialDispossession #EconomicInequality #Postsocialism #GlobalInequality #ResistanceMovements #Gentrification #UrbanDisplacement #TechCulture #DigitalGeography #CriticalGeography #EthnographicResearch
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Mark your calendars for the LGBTQ VR Museum Open House! 🌈✨ Immerse yourself in groundbreaking digital experiences that celebrate queer history and stories. Dates: Oct. 7 & 10; Location: 2001 Modern Languages Building. Register here: myumi.ch/zXyd9

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#LGBTQVRMuseum #DSI #JustXRFuturesLab #VR #XR #DigitalArt #QueerHistory #Accessibility #Inclusivity
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with our co-sponsors: @UM_CommStudies, @UMichDigital, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Just XR Futures Lab, @umichLSAtech, Search Engines, @UMSpectrumCtr, and @LGBTQ_VR_Museum
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Join us on Oct. 1 (3-4:30 pm ET) for "Digital Technology & Body Memory"! This talk explores how tech shapes connection & feelings (joy, fear, desire). Dr. Roxanne, a Purhépecha Mestiza scholar/artist, will delve into "digital attunement." Register: bit.ly/3MRI0pw

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Dr. Roxanne will be in conversation with Rebecca Uliasz: @beccauliasz #UofMEvents #DigitalAttunement #BodyMemory #AIethics #Cyberfeminism
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Our co-sponsors include: Digital Studies Institute: @UMichDigital Department of American Culture: @umichAMCult Department of Communication & Media: @UM_CommStudies Institute for Research on Women and Gender: N/A
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Join Professor @whitneypow on Sept. 24 @ 3:00 pm for ESC co-sponsored DSI Lecture. Learn about the history of determinism through the world of the Bally Astrocade, a game console designed by trans programmer and game designer Jamie Faye Fenton. Register: bit.ly/3MKp4ci
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#randomness #history #technology #queerhistory #transhistory #glitchart #ballyastrocade #computationalmedia
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The other co-sponsors are: Department of English Language and Literature: @UM_English, Digital Studies Institute: @UMichDigital, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and Spectrum Center: @UMSpectrumCtr
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25 Apr 2024
What are algorithms, and how do they affect our everyday lives? UMSI’s Patricia Garcia demystifies algorithms on @michigan_public’s “Stateside” program, explaining why they should be used as tools — not automatic decision makers. myumi.ch/qVwE8 @thebigfiveone

Stateside: Monday, April 15, 2024

Tensions rise between Israel and Iran, demystifying the algorithms of everyday life, and the risks of freighters to the Mackinac Bridge

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