Discussion

Discussion | Polycrisis and the Problem of Preparedness

02/19 Wednesday | 5:30pm
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  •  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…)

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Museums

02/24 Monday | 4pm
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  •  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…)

Screening

Movie Screening | Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit

02/12 Wednesday | 5:30pm
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  •  February 12, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the NYU History Department on Wednesday, February 12th at 5:30 PM for a screening of Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit, winner of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. After the screening, the film’s Senior Historical Advisor, Tom Sugrue, will sit down with Eric (more…)

Discussion

Book Talk | Niobe Way | Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture

05/07 Wednesday | 5:30pm
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  •  May 7, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Developmental psychologist Niobe Way’s timely new book offers an in-depth study of what boys and young men teach us about the culture we have created—one in which we value money over people, toys over human connection, and achievement over kindness. In conversation with Carol Gilligan and Shahrzad Sabet, Way will explore how this “boy” culture (more…)

Discussion

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

04/30 Wednesday | 5:30pm
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  •  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. Praise for Affect Ethnography “In (more…)

Discussion

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

03/05 Wednesday | 5:30pm
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  •  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…)

Workshop

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

05/02 Friday | 12pm
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  •  May 2, 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…)

Workshop

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

04/11 Friday | 12pm
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  •  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…)

Workshop

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

02/28 Friday | 12pm
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  •  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…)

Workshop

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

01/24 Friday | 12pm
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  •  January 24, 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…)