Book Launch

Book Talk | Tejasvi Nagaraja | Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II

09/24 Thursday | 6pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU’s Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, the Past and Future of Work Working Group, and NYU’s History Department on Thursday, September 24 (6:00-7:30 PM) for an event with Tejasvi Nagaraja. He will discuss his book, Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II,…

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Archives

09/23 Wednesday | 4pm

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. This event will examine how archives and archiving—as infrastructure, epistemology, and social practice—relate to contemporary AI systems. Amelia…

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Working Group Meeting

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

09/18 Friday | 12pm

Co-coordinators: Spencer Kaplan, Maggie Jack, and Maia Silber “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…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Matthew Wolfe | Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage

09/16 Wednesday | 5:30pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Literary Reportage Program at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute on Wednesday, September 16 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Matthew Wolfe. He will discuss his new book, Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage with Colin Jerolmack…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Mona Sloane | Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life

09/14 Monday | 5:30pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the AI in Society Working Group on Monday, September 14 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Mona Sloane. She will discuss her new book, Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life, with Allison Pugh and Charlton McIlwain.  Mona Sloane, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Data Science and…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Stuart Schrader | Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves

09/09 Wednesday | 5:30pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge, the Global New Right Working Group, and NYU’s History Department on Wednesday, September 9 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Stuart Schrader. He will discuss his book, Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves, with Andrew Ross and Jeanne Theoharis. This event will be hybrid, with Zoom…

Colloquium

Social Infrastructure is Essential Infrastructure: Community Report Back in Poughkeepsie

06/23 Tuesday | 6pm

The Institute for Public Knowledge (IPK) and Gehl Studios recently released our report, Social Infrastructure is Essential Infrastructure: How Public Spaces Make the Affordable, Joyful City Possible. The study consisted of a survey of more than 1,100 people, more than 100 interviews, and numerous field visits to better understand how ordinary New Yorkers engaged with their public spaces….