Are cybernetics and computer technologies ‘machines of communism’, a potential path to emancipatory coordination that is capable of hyper-complexity, or are they just the next governing techniques for boosting capitalistic exploitation, surveillance and oppression?
We proudly present our latest longform On Socialist Cybernetics, Accelerationist Dreams and Tiqqun’s Nightmares by Paul Buckermann.

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This post discusses the Supreme Court’s order mandating playing of the national anthem in all movie theatres and the incongruities that emerge from it vis-à-vis freedom of expression. The post seeks to highlight the fundamental problem of making patriotism a forced expression. In a widely criticized move, a Supreme Court bench ruled that it is […]

Book by David Abernathy: “Big data is upon us. With the ‘internet of things’ now a reality, social scientists must get to grips with the complex network of location-based data in order to ask questions and address problems in an increasingly networked, globalizing world.

Jonathan Gray at IPPR: “Digital information systems have come to play a central role in how we organise and imagine collective life in the 21st century. The limits of our world are demarcated by electronic equipment scanning the movements of the clouds and space debris above us and the oceanic currents deep below.

Prawo pokrewne wydawców jest jednym z pomysłów zaproponowanych przez Komisję Europejską w ramach europejskiej reformy prawa autorskiego. Budzi on wiele kontrowersji, szczególnie ze względu na wprowadzanie dodatkowego mechanizmu kontroli przepływu treści online.

Prawo pokrewne wydawców jest jednym z pomysłów zaproponowanych przez Komisję Europejską w ramach europejskiej reformy prawa autorskiego. Budzi on wiele kontrowersji, szczególnie ze względu na wprowadzanie dodatkowego mechanizmu kontroli przepływu treści online.

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with Berkman Klein Fellow, Kishonna L. Gray

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Using Black women’s innovative use of digital technologies via the hashtag, via reappropriating imagery, via facebook pages and gaming, Kishonna L. Gray highlights examples through a lens of Black feminism and give attention to the uniqueness of black women’s use of digital technologies.

Parent Event

Berkman Klein Luncheon Series

Event Date

Jan
10
2017
12:00pm

Iniciativa é uma das experiências mais inovadoras em educação jurídicaDuas estudantes da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) foram selecionadas para participar de uma das experiências de educação jurídica mais inovadoras da atualidade. Ana Carolina Alhadas e Julia Costa Batalha vão representar a escola na LWOW X (Edição 2017), patrocinada pelo LawWithoutWalls.

There is a need for diverse groups in the country to work on ensuring inclusion, which in turn will ensure the success of digital accessibility policies and programmes.
The article published in Hindu Businessline on December 20, 2016 quoted Nirmita Narasimhan

Durante una semana la directora de la Oficina de Igualdad de Oportunidades de Género de la Vicerrectoría de Extensión y Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Chile, y ex ministra directora del Servicio Nacional de la Mujer, visitó el Líbano para dictar una serie de conferencias relativas a violencia de género y derechos de la mujer.

El rol ecológico que desempeña la vegetación urbana y periurbana toma cada vez más preponderancia ante ciudades crecientemente contaminadas y desiguales en áreas verdes.

A partir de la segunda versión del encuentro "El científico va a la calle: diálogo directo de la ciencia nacional con la comunidad de Santiago", autoridades, estudiantes y académicos de la Facultad de Ciencias junto a comunidades educativas de 20 establecimientos de la zona poniente de Santiago, salieron a exponer los resultados de procesos de aprendizajes realizados al interior de la Universidad, promoviendo el conocimiento de una ciencia al alcance de todos.

Nuevos logos para sus cuerpos estables, el cambio de nombre de la Orquesta Sinfónica y una serie de conciertos de extensión son parte de las novedades que su director, Diego Matte, dio a conocer durante el lanzamiento de la nueva temporada del Centro.Tras una presentación de un fragmento de la obra "Dos veces Bach", que fue parte de la temporada 2016, el director del Centro de Extensión Artística y Cultural de la U.

Centre for HumData: “The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is establishing a Centre for Humanitarian Data in the Netherlands. It will be operational by early 2017 for an initial three years.
The Centre’s mission is to increase the use and impact of data in the humanitarian sector. The vision is to create a future where all people involved in a humanitarian situation have access to the data they need, when and how they need it, to make responsible and informed decisions.

Book edited by Robert W. Gehl and Maria Bakardjieva: “Many users of the Internet are aware of bots: automated programs that work behind the scenes to come up with search suggestions, check the weather, filter emails, or clean up Wikipedia entries.

PersonalData.IO is a free and open platform for citizens to track their personal data and understand how it is used by companies. It is part of the MyData movement, promoting a human-centric approach to personal data management.

Digital Asia Hub, in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet and Society, held the second AI in Asia workshop titled ‘AI in Asia: Ethics, Safety and Societal Impact’ on December 16, 2017.
Digital Asia Hub invited experts from across Asia, Europe and the U.S., including among them leading lawyers, data scientists, ethicists, engineers, social scientists, and entrepreneurs, among others. The day-long workshop consisted of five panels: AI and Ethics, AI and Law, AI and Safety, AI and Societal Impact, AI and Transparency.

“The Open Science Prize is a new initiative from the Wellcome Trust, US National Institutes of Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute to encourage and support the prototyping and development of services, tools and/or platforms that enable open content – including publications, datasets, code and other research outputs – to be discovered, accessed and re-used in ways that will advance research, spark innovation and generate new societal benefits….