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Call for papers: special issue on interdisciplinary AI
After successfully completing a 2-day workshop in Amsterdam on October 2022 on the ethical, social, and regulatory aspects of AI (un)fairness, we are now pleased to announce the following call for papers and welcome new paper submissions on AI (un)fairness to Minds and Machines | Call for papers: interdisciplinary perspectives on the (un)fairness of artificial intelligence (springer.com). The deadline for full paper submissions is 31 May 2023. In this Special Issue, we will explore the interdisciplinary perspectives of AI (un)fairness. The Special Issue is guest edited by members of the interdisciplinary project Human(e) AI funded by the University of Amsterdam as a Research Priority Area.
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A Call for (Global) South to North Methodological Approaches in Critical AI Studies
Join us on Thursday, May 11th, from 17:00 to 18:00 CET for a new conversation!
In this talk, Dr Andrea Medrado and Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos, interrogate ideas of artificial intelligence (AI) for social good, drawing inspiration from Participatory Action Research (PAR) and the work of Latin American thinkers such as Freire and Fals Borda. Presenting data from participatory workshops conducted in London with a diverse group of students, activists and tech workers, they analyse two transversal themes - AI for social good? and decolonial perspectives of AI - and delve into three concepts - autonomy, empathy and dialogue. They propose a South-North flow and utilise PAR approaches that stem from Latin America.
This is an attempt to challenge the ways in which the North’s centrality is taken for granted when it comes to epistemologies, experiences, and pieces of knowledge related to AI. They argue that PAR can not only empower marginalised communities in the Global South; we can also learn more from its application in the Global North, in contexts where people deal with different struggles. Yet, there are constraints in applying PAR. These are related to how scholarship is organised in the Global North, often with the aim to generate top-down impact, which stands in opposition to the open agenda and bottom-up approach of PAR. Still, much can be learned from this research journey. Inspired by Fals Borda’s (2003) “sentipensante” notion, they embrace an “epistle-method-philosophical” approach in which making, thinking and feelings are all combined. Rather than following the AI hype, they argue that more is to be learned from everyday AI stories, which we must tell, listen to and share in pluriversal ways.
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Special webinar "Digital Transformations in Latin American News Landscape" by Humane Conversations, IAMCR & DMSO
On the 5th of May, 2023, at 4:30 PM CET, we will be joined by four esteemed speakers, Professor Pablo J. Boczkowski from Northwestern University in the USA, Prof. Mireya Márquez Ramírez from Ibero-American University in Mexico, Dr Silvia Ximena Montaña-Niño from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and Dr Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos from University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Federal University of São Paulo in Brazil.
The Latin American news media landscape has undergone significant changes in recent years due to the widespread adoption of digital technologies. Our panel of experts will discuss the impact of these digital transformations on journalism and news media in the region, including changes in news production, distribution, consumption, and business models. This webinar will be of interest to academics, journalists, media practitioners, and anyone interested in the role of digital technologies in shaping the Latin American news media landscape. Join us for an engaging and insightful discussion on digital transformations in Latin American news media.
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Missed one of our last Humane Conversations? Listen to this talk, moderated by our postdoctoral researchers, Randon Taylor, and Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos, with Claudia Aradau, Professor Dr in International Politics at King's College University London, and our RPA's Principal Investigator and Professor in Digital Humanities Tobias Blanke, on their latest book, "Algorithmic Reason: the Government of Self and Other."
Want to know more? Check out our YouTube channel!
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