Berkeley Center for New Media

Check out the awesome talks and quotes from our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this past March! #robots #videogames #tech #diaspora #surveillance http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//4/bcnm-around-the-web-march-2021

How can we righteously direct the energy of our digital repertoire? LOVED Marisa Duarte's #IndigenousTech talk on Indigenous Cyber Relationality, & we highly recommend you comb through this amazing presentation through the transcript - now available here! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//htnm-transcript-now-online-maris

Loved this Fiat Vox episode featuring Rita Lucarelli speaking about crocodile mummies! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//rita-lucarelli-on-crocodile-mumm

"What started as a critique evolved into a study of our human response to nature in the digital context." - @ken_goldberg talking about his artwork telegarden in this great interview! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//what-can-a-robot-do-with-ken-gol

"Rather than replacing human surgeons, an emerging new generation of robots will assist surgeons by performing tedious subtasks" - @ken_goldberg talking with Medical Design on the future of robots! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//4/ken-goldberg-on-medical-design

What we're reading: new paper from @bjo3rn, Eldon Schoop and Forrest Huang - "UMLAUT: Debugging Deep Learning Programs using Program Structure and Model Behavior"! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//bjrn-hartmann-on-debugging-deep-

Want to follow along the Indigenous Technologies speaker series with readings? A collaboration between our #IndigenousTech speakers and staff, our Indigenous Technologies syllabus is now live! We'll be updating the document continuously throughout the year and link to other syllabi we've learned from. https://docs.google.com//1iGAMyOc4Bpz_TwXBOPofyU9opB9/edit

Missed the incredibly powerful #htnm2020 talk with the Sogorea Te' Land Trust's @corrina_gould & Marcelo Garzo Montalvo on #IndigenousTech? You can now view it online here: http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//htnm-video-now-available-sogorea

How do teachers understand and us digital discourse to support language arts instruction? Check out this new paper from @JMHiggs published in Research in the Teaching of English! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//jenni-higgs-on-digital-discourse

UPCOMING ON NOV. 16: Creative Director at Logic Magazine Xiaowei Wang and researcher An Xiao Mina will join us for a conversation about trans-Pacific internet culture and social change. Join us to learn more about the internet and technology's increasingly significant role in society. https://bit.ly/3cASJ4I

Time to prepare for the future with the First Five Minutes w/ alum @avantgame! This forecasting game is fun, fast, and increases motivation to act! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//the-first-five-minutes-of-the-fu

Super fun video from Tata Communications & @ken_goldberg on their studies into how #AI can diversify human thinking! Check it out!! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//ken-goldberg-and-tata-communicat

Want to know more about Ghana’s global cyberculture? You MUST read @raroyston in his new publication "Configuring Ghana's Diaspora" in African Diaspora! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//reggie-royston-on-configuring-gh

How has technology become a place of intersection between art and cultural dialogue for Indigenous people? Join us and @Skawennati on November 5th to find out! https://bit.ly/307l0L6

How lucky are we? @alexsaum & @elikaortega have made their interviews w/ experts on digital literary arts available to the public! Check out these great conversations from their grad seminar! (& we're pleased to have helped support some of these!) http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//interviews-on-the-digital-litera

Nothing is quite the same as seeing Pope.L live on @zoom_us for an @cal_atc lecture, hosted by Art Practice & @brklyartsdesign, but this fifteen minute highlight is top notch! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//pope-l-video-highlights-now-onli

AMAZING work from @celestekidd & the @KiddLab on what we believe in the internet era. Think those on the opposite side of spectrum from you believe in false news? Ruh roh... turns out we all do to a certain extent! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//seed-grants-recipient-celeste-ki

"Wang has written a nuanced and thought-provoking account" - rave review for @xrw in the @nytimes for #BlockchainChickenFarm! Read this great book! And hear her speak w/ An Xiao Mina 11/16! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//blockchain-chicken-farm-by-xiaow

#THEDAYHASCOME: Lawrence Lek will be speaking virtually today to discuss his art, music, and film background on a data-driven future and his recent work on Sinofuturism. https://bit.ly/33GWP74

.@trevorpaglen "has become known as one of the foremost artists drawing attention to the power and ubiquity of surveillance technology." Can't disagree w/ the @nytimes assessment of our alum! From a great article featuring his exhibition at the @cmoa! http://bcnm.berkeley.edu//4058/praise-for-trevor-paglen-at