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Culture & Computation Lab
@cucolab.bsky.social
Research lab for Computational Cultural Studies in the Department of Humanities at @uni.lu

Current topics: critical media studies, cultural language technology, digital sociality studies

Led by @questoph.bsky.social

Get in touch via cucolab.uni.lu
Watch out for the next talk by @dirkhovy.bsky.social. It approaches the question of the human condition in a digitally enriched lifeworld from a new perspective, considering the role of „AI“ in particular.

Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST.

Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
September 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We will open with a lecture by @questoph.bsky.social. It deals with how language as a symbolic form is being displaced & replaced in digitality.

„Last night of the prompts. On technology and cultural regression“

Join us on 25.09., 16:00 CEST, on site or via Webex!

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
August 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We know it’s early, but save the dates for the upcoming CuCo Lab Conversations! We have some fantastic speakers lined up for you, including @dirkhovy.bsky.social, Martina Heßler and @bildoperationen.bsky.social. And then there’s this guy: @questoph.bsky.social.

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In the last edition of our talk series for this semester, @seyfert.bsky.social from Kiel will discuss the implications of technology on social relations:

A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS).

Join us on-site or online:

Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST.

Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
May 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Watch out for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos in our talk series. Next Friday, Jannis will be

„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“

Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
April 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The first speaker this semester is Rebekah Larsen from Copenhagen. She discusses the role of conservative rural talk radio in the US media landscape, including methodological challenges in ethnographic fieldwork.

Info & a Webex link can be found here: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
February 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We are happy to announce the program of our talk series „CuCo Lab Conversations“ for the upcoming semester.

All info can be found (and will be updated) here:

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

As always, talks are also streamed on Webex, so feel free to stop by.
January 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Next week we will host the last talk of the year in our series “CuCo Lab Conversations”. Our very own Ruth Reicher will discuss pre-modern literary stagings of “extreme bodies” and their relation to current narratives of influencers.

[Talk in German]

Info:
cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
December 6, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Next Friday (22 November), @leoniedejonge.bsky.social from Groningen will visit the CuCo Lab to discuss the evolution of far right ideologies in the 21st century. We’re thrilled to host her talk.

You can join on site or online (via Webex):

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
November 15, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Next month we will host the workshop "Mensch Metapher Maschine", organized by @questoph.bsky.social, Ralf Becker and Simon Kasper. The main topic of the workshop is the complex relationship between humans and technology, with a special focus on the role of language.

Program: t1p.de/mmm2024
September 14, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Here’s the poster version of the program.
September 12, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Next Friday, we will host the first speaker for this semester, @elinorcarmi.bsky.social, who will discuss strategies for citizens to resist in the datafied society. You can join online via WebEx using the link on the info page.

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...
September 11, 2024 at 3:25 PM