Madhumita Murgia & Georgina Voss: The Systems Which Govern Us
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, two fascinating technology writers reveal the disorientating extent to which we are already governed by AI and complex systems.
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James Crawford: Traces of the Past
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, join Shetland-born author James Crawford as he talks about his latest work, Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland.
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Words from the Wards: Jennifer Williams
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, hear stories capturing the memories and experiences of the Edinburgh Futures Institute building in its previous life as a hospital.
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A Conversation about the Edinburgh Conversations
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomFrom their personal knowledge, our conversationalists will discuss the success of the original Edinburgh Conversations in the 1980s, and how in the context of the current global situation, the approach might be replicated.
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Speculative Futures Meet-Up #3: Futures Boardgames
South Block 60-64 Osborne Street, Glasgow, Scotland, United KingdomSpeculative Futures Central Scotland is delighted to invite you to an in-person evening event about Futures Boardgames.
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FinTech Scotland Festival
Fintech Scotland Festival will take place between 25 September 2024 and 04 October 2024 across Scotland.
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Tech Tuesdays #3: Automation – Your New Business Partner
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomExplore how automation and artificial intelligence could run the back office of your tourism or hospitality business.
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Open Methods for Digital Conservation of Historic Musical Instruments
Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThis talk discusses work carried out at the NEMUS project on the topic of digital conservation of historic stringed instruments.
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Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with Ameca
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA panel event featuring author Jeanette Winterson, robotics expert Ingo Keller, and advanced humanoid robot Ameca.
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Wikidata, biographical lives, and linked infrastructures of women’s work 1870-1950
Room 0.10, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghA project deep dive by James Baker, Director of Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton.
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Literature is not a Luxury with Bernardine Evaristo
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA conversation with award-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo about arts provision in the education system, the importance of creativity in young people, and how creativity positively impacts society as a whole.
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Rooting Decolonial Education: Routes for Repair and Liberation
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomAs part of Black History Month, this event will engage with Black presence and Black Studies in relation to education.
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The Future of Education: Crisis
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomThe intersecting, planetary-scale crises we face bring new urgency to the debate about the purpose of education. Climate catastrophe, widening inequalities, conflict, pathogen spillovers, new diseases, failures of governance and technology acceleration all challenge us to ask again what education might be, and what we need it to do.
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The Future of Education: Utopia
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series.
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The Politics of Numbers: Queer Data and the Counting of LGBTQ Communities
Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghDr Kevin Guyan shares his work on queer approaches to the collection, analysis and presentation of data.
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A digital economy in crisis: Palestine’s tech sector and the road to economic recovery
MacLaren Stuart Room (G.159) University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EdinburghThis event brings Gaza Sky Geeks in conversation with researchers at the University of Edinburgh to discuss how Palestine's digital economy can remain resilient in the current crisis.
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Video Games: Play and Pedagogy
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThis event will discuss topics such as the role of video games in shaping our world and human development, and the gamification of education.
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Beyond Precarity: Imaginaries, Constraints, and the Meaning of Platform Work
This talk with Arturo Arriagada will analyse the daily routines and economic pressures faced by today's digital workers.
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Contesting Computing: Imagining Feminist Technofutures
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThis discussion considers the role education has played in developing our technological landscape and how it can help work towards a fairer future.
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Here Be Dragons: The Challenges of Pursuing Responsible AI
Reid Concert Hall Bristo Square, Edinburgh, United KingdomA talk by danah boyd.
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Technomoral Conversations: What the Majority World Can Teach Us about AI
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomIn this Technomoral Conversations panel, we will hear from leading voices from the Majority World on what they have learned from and about AI, and the issues and visions they would like to see taken up.
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Future Library and Futures Literacy: Making Futures from Where We Are
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA panel event marking the 10-year anniversary of Katie Paterson’s 100-year artwork, Future Library.
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The Future of Education: AI
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series.
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The Future of AI at School
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis event will bring together key figures from the Scottish education landscape to talk about AI in schools and our education futures.
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