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Long Stack Histories: Gender, Digital Culture, AI

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Mar 7

What is the future for tech feminism in an AI era - & what resources can the past offer in generating a response to this future?
12 March, 2-4pm, discussion with Prof Caroline Bassett (University of Cambridge) in SHL Digital IRL & online. Info & register www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

What is the future for technological feminism in an AI era – and what resources can the past offer in generating a response to this future?

This session on ‘DIY digital preservation’ will offer practical insights into the core concepts and tools of digital preservation.

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Jan 29

In a week of AI & machine learning news, TODAY’s online #Visible WikiWomen, presented by Whose Knowledge is more pertinent than ever. This event is FREE and open to all
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visiblewik...

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Jan 20

#VisibleWikiWomen Lab hosted by Whose Knowledge 29 Jan FREE ONLINE event www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... The endeavor of collecting images, categorizing & labeling them is itself a form of politics. Who decides what images mean & what kinds of social & political work those representations perform?

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Jan 6

SHL Digital springs into 2025 with our DMA workshop programme, starting with DIY Digital Preservation www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... & #VisibleWikiWomen - www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

DIY Digital Preservation

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Dec 3

3 GREAT SPEAKERS at the SHL Digital research forum: Ian Winters (The Domestic Light Project), Daniel Millum (AI & the Tricontinental Revolution) & Jo Walton (The Cloud & the Climate -Digital Sustainability) domesticlight.art

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Mechanical Slavery: Freedom, Subjection, Automation

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M. Beatrice Fazi @mbfazi.bsky.social · Nov 25

Super seminar today at @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social - Seb Franklin presenting work from his next monographic project.

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Nov 22

Another great FREE seminar from SHL Digital this autumn - Mechanical Slavery: Freedom, Subjection, Automation.
Monday 25 November, 2-3:30pm. Join us IRL or via zoom. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mechanical...

In the decades following the invention of the electronic digital computing machine, slavery was used with remarkable frequency...

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Nov 22

SHL Digital artist in residence 2024 (Daisy Stewart-Darling) in partnership with The Living Coast, ONCA and FABRICA - Developing a Creative Biosphere Aligning artist practises with The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere - fabrica.org.uk/events/devel...

Fabrica

Fabrica is a space where everyone can experience art. Located in a Grade II listed, former regency church in Brighton, Fabrica presents a varied programme of events from film screenings, talks, group ...

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Nov 20

SHL Digital Autumn newsletter out today mailchi.mp/04bc9b430846...

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Nov 15

SHL Digital Co-Director Dr. Sharon Webb discusses the problem of historical, societal bias in code & data sets used to develop AI. Sharon explains the need to change research cultures, environments & practices in tech. www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Image of Dr. Sharon Webb, Co-director of the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Nov 6

Another great FREE seminar from SHL Digital this autumn - Mechanical Slavery: Freedom, Subjection, Automation. Monday 25 November, 2-3:30pm. IRL & online all welcome! www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Mechanical Slavery: Freedom, Subjection, Automation

In the decades following the invention of the electronic digital computing machine, slavery was used with remarkable frequency...

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Oct 23

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A presentation from Misha Ewen at SHL forum on Census of Early Modern Enslavers which aims to reinterpret the development of slavery in 17C Barbados & its impacts upon British society by analysing biographies of the 2,190 enslavers named in the 1679 Barbados census.

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Whose South Downs? Creative and critical explorations of Sussex landscapes and seascapes

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Oct 18

Whose South Downs? Creative and critical explorations of Sussex landscapes and seascapes: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whose-sout...

Discover the many heritages in local landscapes with artists, writers, countryside walkers and advocates from Writing Our Legacy.

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Museum Games is composed of interviews, criticism, impressions, descriptions, histories, case studies & profiles - connected by a common thread

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Oct 18

MUSEUM GAMES event 28 Oct, 2-3:30PM with Prof. Raiford Guins. (Indiana University)https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/news-and-events/events?id=65700

Museum Games

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Oct 4

SHL Digital launches its autumn seminar series on 28 October with Museum Games. This event is led by Professor Raiford Guins (Indiana University). Diverse pieces connected by a common thread: the collection & exhibition of video games at museums. Full events schedule here: bit.ly/3ZOvzT1

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Jul 31

Catch up on what's been going on in SHL Digital in our summer 2024 newsletter mailchi.mp/a82d296d29e5...

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab seed funding symposium 2024 - hybrid event

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Jun 20

SHL seed funding symposium 2024 - hybrid event
x 6 exciting projects
• Connecting with Local Food Systems
• Socio-Tech AI Applications in China & UK
• Embodied AI Performance
• Loneliness chatbot
• Electronic believers
• Mothers uncovered
info & tickets www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Come to hear about the ongoing work of the six seed-funded projects from SHL 2024 call. Presentations, Q&A, and panel discussion. In person or online.

24-hours to envision a sustainable future

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Jun 20

MUSIC LECTURING JOBS AT SUSSEX UNI
Full time Lecturer in Music: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/f94a9fc7...

Part time (0.3) Lecturer in Music Technology:
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/247bf2ab...

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · May 14

A lack of vision for a sustainable future is a barrier to achieving one. So how do we come up with an informed & inspiring vision? On 9 June Chris Sandom & Jo Walton UoS & artist Daniel Locke plan to stay up for 24hrs to draw a comic that will envision a more sustainable future. bit.ly/3wpUosh

What does sustainability look like? The lack of a vision of a sustainable future is a major barrier to achieving one.

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Festival of Ideas: Bird Bath Installation - Brighton Festival

Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · May 8

Festival of Ideas: Bird Bath Installation - Sun 5 - Sun 12 May 2024, St Peter's Church, Preston Park. Open to the public and filled with spring bird song recorded in local nature reserves and recovery sites.
brightonfestival.org/whats-on/KoT...

Created by meditator and broadcaster Alistair Appleton (Mindsprings) and musician and ecoacoustician Alice Eldridge (University of Sussex).Bird Bath transforms beautiful buildings into restorative spa...

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Apr 22

How can artists help us shift our perceptions and support the conservation of our shared natural heritage, for our own health & wellbeing? SHL & ONCA welcome Daisy Stewart-Darling as artist in residence 2024 to explore Multispecies Flourishing thelivingcoast.org.uk/artist-resid...

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Mar 20

SHL Digital newsletter out today mailchi.mp/645dda179d16...

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Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social · Mar 13

DIY Signal Processing: Distortion workshop in flow today.

Adam & Alex lead students to build a simple distortion circuit. This hands-on workshop will develop students' DIY soldering skills & explore the differing musical character of components & how they transform a signal. bit.ly/4c6ad7g

Students working with soldering irons and tech equipment