Discussion

Discussion | Polycrisis and the Problem of Preparedness

02/19 Wednesday | 5:30pm

  •  February 19, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Today, at the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 outbreak, the threat of cascading crises looms large. Climate catastrophe. Infectious disease. Runaway artificial intelligence. New hazards that stretch our political imagination, and challenge our capacity to plan. In this conversation, Andrew Lakoff (author of Planning for the Wrong Pandemic), Eric Klinenberg (author of 2020), and moderator (more…)

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Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Museums

02/24 Monday | 4pm

  •  February 24, 2025
     4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

NYU’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 critically examine the implications of integrating AI systems into museums as spaces (more…)

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Workshop

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

02/28 Friday | 12pm

  •  February 28, 2025
     12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Co-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 (more…)

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Discussion

Book Talk | Webb Keane | Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination

03/05 Wednesday | 5:30pm

  •  March 5, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication on Wednesday, March 5th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Webb Keane. He will discuss his new book Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination with Gideon Lewis-Kraus and Natasha Schüll. Webb Keane is the George Herbert (more…)

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Discussion

Book Talk | Hilke Schellmann | The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now

03/12 Wednesday | 5:30pm

  •  March 12, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU Journalism, and the AI in Society Working Group on Thursday, March 12th (5:30-7:00 PM) for a book talk with Hilke Schellmann. He will discuss his book The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now with Ed (more…)

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Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Privacy

03/26 Wednesday | 4pm

  •  March 26, 2025
     4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

NYU’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 shed light on how AI systems impact privacy and consider pathways for (more…)

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Discussion

Book Talk | Alice Driver | Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company

04/09 Wednesday | 5:30pm

  •  April 9, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Past and Future of Work Working Group on Wednesday, April 9th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Alice Driver. She will discuss her new book Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company with Roger Horowitz and Eyal Press. (more…)

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Workshop

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

04/11 Friday | 12pm

  •  April 11, 2025
     12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Co-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 (more…)

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Discussion

Book Talk | Rodney Benson | How Media Ownership Matters

04/23 Wednesday | 5:30pm

  •  April 23, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join 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. Rodney Benson is Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication and Affiliated Faculty in Sociology at New York University. He is the (more…)

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Book Talk | Cristiana Giordano & Greg Pierotti | Affect Ethnography: Exploring Performance and Narrative in the Creation of Unstories

04/30 Wednesday | 5:30pm

  •  April 30, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join 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. Cristiana Giordano is an associate (more…)

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