Lecture Archives - Edinburgh Futures Institute

Listening to Misrecognition. A Critical Data Studies talk by Thao Phan

A digital slide with highlighted text reads: “Thao Phan: listening to misrecognition. What is the sound of racialization? How might we listen to misrecognition? What does machine error tell us about the precision of racism and how can the tools of a racist system be used to transcribe new forms of resistance?” The words "misrecognition" and "about" are highlighted in green.

Part lecture-part performance, this event brings together critical work on race and algorithmic culture with artistic experimentation.

Christopher O’Neill, The face of the child, the face of the corpse, and the life-death of the biometric trace

Explores how modelling of the face of the child and the face of the corpse enframes ‘life-death’ within a new iteration of the biopolitical order.

Who Owns the Future? Reimagining Education from AI to Abundant Imagination

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A public lecture delivered by Professor Ruha Benjamin of Princeton University.

Centre for Investing Innovation Guest Lecture: Sahra Ghalebikesabi

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Join the Centre for Investing Innovation for a guest lecture featuring Sahra Ghalebikesabi, Google DeepMind.

Inaugural lecture: Professor Oliver Escobar

A promotional banner for a lecture by Professor Oliver Escobar titled "Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world?" at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.

Join us to celebrate Oliver Escobar’s professorship at his inaugural lecture.

Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS) Annual Lecture 2024 – Professor Alex Gil

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Join Professor Alex Gil, Senior Lecturer and Associate Research Faculty of Digital Humanities in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, in the Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS) Annual Lecture 2024.

CTMF Flagship Lecture with Professor C. Thi Nguyen

Promotional banner for a lecture entitled "Value Capture and Algorithmic Policies: Outsourcing our Values to Technology" by Professor C. Thi Nguyen. Event details: 18th October, 6:00-7:30pm BST, at Edinburgh Futures Institute, with a reception following.

Join this Centre for Technomoral Futures Flagship Lecture event with award-winning author and philosopher, Professor C. Thi Nguyen, on technology’s role in shaping human values.

Inaugural Lecture of Professor Shannon Vallor

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Join us for the inaugural lecture of Professor Shannon Vallor.

Independent Accounts: Stories of Expertise and Politics in the New York City Budget since 1989

An event flyer for "Independent Accounts" by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, featuring Professor Dan Buck. The event, about the NYC budget since 1989, is on May 13 from 10am-12pm at High School Yards and online. Includes NYC-themed illustrations.

Join Professor Dan Bouk for ‘Independent Accounts: Stories of Expertise and Politics in the New York City Budget since 1989’.

Listening to Misrecognition. A Critical Data Studies talk by Thao Phan

Join us to challenge, create, and make change happen.