Discussion

Discussion | From Empire to NYPD: Immigration, Colonial Policing, and the Making of Law Enforcement

04/02 Wednesday | 5:30pm

Join IPK for a panel discussion, From Empire to NYPD: Immigration, Colonial Policing, and the Making of Law Enforcement, on Wednesday, April 2 (5:30-7:00 PM). The origins of policing in New York are deeply connected to empire and immigration enforcement. This panel will trace how colonial policing tactics—used to control populations abroad—were brought home, shaping…

Discussion

Book Talk | Linda Gordon | Seven Social Movements That Changed America

03/31 Monday | 5:30pm

“History doesn’t repeat itself but sometimes it rhymes:” KKK and American fascists of the 1920s-30s.   A talk from Linda Gordon’s new book, Seven Social Movements That Changed America Followed by a conversation with Steven Hahn Co-sponsored by the NYU Department of History Monday, March 31st (5:30-7:00 PM) Linda Gordon is the Florence Kelley Professor of…

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Privacy

03/26 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. Please register here. This event will shed light on how AI systems impact privacy and consider pathways for…

Discussion

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

03/05 Wednesday | 5:30pm

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…

Workshop

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

02/28 Friday | 12pm

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…

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Museums

02/24 Monday | 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. Please register here. This event will critically examine the implications of integrating AI systems into museums as spaces…

Discussion

Discussion | Polycrisis and the Problem of Preparedness

02/19 Wednesday | 5:30pm

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…