Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group on Tuesday, April 22nd at 5:30 PM for a lecture by Reece Peck, “More than Money and Algorithms: The Cultural Roots of Trump’s Alt-Media Strategy.” Following the presentation, Peck will be in conversation with Erica Robles-Anderson and Douglas Rushkoff. This presentation examines…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, April 23rd (5:30-7:00 PM) for a book talk with Rodney Benson. He will discuss his new book How Media Ownership Matters with Anya Schiffrin and Steven Waldman. Drawing on extensive interviews and a comparative analysis of more than 50 news outlets in the US, Sweden, and France,…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, April 28th (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Dalton Conley. He will discuss his book The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture with Susan Dominus and Byungkyu Lee. Dalton Conley is the Henry Putnam University Professor in Sociology and a faculty affiliate at the…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, April 30th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Cristiana Giordano and Greg Pierotti where they will discuss Affect Ethnography: Exploring Performance and Narrative in the Creation of Unstories. They will be in conversation with Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan and Joe Salvatore. Praise for Affect Ethnography “In…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Thursday, May 1st (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Jonathan Tarleton. He will discuss his book Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons, with Sophie Gonick and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. Jonathan Tarleton is a writer, urban planner, and oral historian. He previously served…
RSVPCo-coordinators: Jacob Remes, Maia Silber, and Caitlin Zaloom “The Past and Future of Work” group will situate ongoing conversations about the impact of technological change on the 21st-century workforce within histories and institutions of labor. Together, participants will examine the rise of artificial intelligence, the emergence of “gig” platforms, and the transition to remote work…
RSVPAt the start of World War II, millions of Americans believed that mass media had brought European fascists to power. Today, many are once again convinced that media — social media — are driving the rise of authoritarianism. Historians Ben-Ghiat (NYU) and Turner (Stanford) compare and contrast these claims. Together they explore how mass and…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge, the Center on Modernity in Transition, and the Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity on Wednesday, May 7th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Niobe Way. She will discuss her new book Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture with Carol Gilligan…
RSVPNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event. Please register here. This event will discuss how AI’s predictive properties are entangled with social classification and the…
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