UM Digital Studies Institute
@umichdigital.bsky.social
We study ethical, social, and aesthetic implications of digital technologies - particularly focusing on digital media & race, disability, gender, and power.
Ann Arbor, MI
Website: digitalstudies.umich.edu
Ann Arbor, MI
Website: digitalstudies.umich.edu
Today’s the day!📢 Join us for “Forging Feminist Futures from 'Creepy' Technologies: The Politics of Smart Tech and Liberation Dreams”
with Neda Atanasoski & Nassim Parvin.
🗓 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall (10th floor) + Zoom
💻 Register now: myumi.ch/W6MWd
with Neda Atanasoski & Nassim Parvin.
🗓 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall (10th floor) + Zoom
💻 Register now: myumi.ch/W6MWd
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today’s the day!📢 Join us for “Forging Feminist Futures from 'Creepy' Technologies: The Politics of Smart Tech and Liberation Dreams”
with Neda Atanasoski & Nassim Parvin.
🗓 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall (10th floor) + Zoom
💻 Register now: myumi.ch/W6MWd
with Neda Atanasoski & Nassim Parvin.
🗓 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall (10th floor) + Zoom
💻 Register now: myumi.ch/W6MWd
👀 Less than a week away! Join us at “Forging Feminist Futures from 'Creepy' Technologies: The Politics of Smart Tech and Liberation Dreams” with Neda Atanasoski & Nassim Parvin.
🗓 Tue, Sept 30 | 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom
🔗 Register: myumi.ch/W6MWd
🗓 Tue, Sept 30 | 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom
🔗 Register: myumi.ch/W6MWd
September 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
👀 Less than a week away! Join us at “Forging Feminist Futures from 'Creepy' Technologies: The Politics of Smart Tech and Liberation Dreams” with Neda Atanasoski & Nassim Parvin.
🗓 Tue, Sept 30 | 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom
🔗 Register: myumi.ch/W6MWd
🗓 Tue, Sept 30 | 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom
🔗 Register: myumi.ch/W6MWd
Mark your calendars for an amazing event next week!!
Our event, Fear of Asian Tech: Chips, Platforms, and Social Networks, is coming up at the end of this month!
We're thrilled to host Christopher Fan, Janice Lobo Sapigao, and Tony Shyu on SEPTEMBER 25th at 4 PM EST!
Learn more & register to attend by visiting the link in our bio, or myumi.ch/P3mjg
We're thrilled to host Christopher Fan, Janice Lobo Sapigao, and Tony Shyu on SEPTEMBER 25th at 4 PM EST!
Learn more & register to attend by visiting the link in our bio, or myumi.ch/P3mjg
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Mark your calendars for an amazing event next week!!
What do smart dust, credit scores & sexcams have in common? Find out in “Forging Feminist Futures from 'Creepy' Technologies” with Atanasoski & Parvin, part of the DSI Lecture Series.
🗓 Sept. 30 | 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom
🎟 Register: myumi.ch/QwGnk
🗓 Sept. 30 | 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom
🎟 Register: myumi.ch/QwGnk
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
What do smart dust, credit scores & sexcams have in common? Find out in “Forging Feminist Futures from 'Creepy' Technologies” with Atanasoski & Parvin, part of the DSI Lecture Series.
🗓 Sept. 30 | 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom
🎟 Register: myumi.ch/QwGnk
🗓 Sept. 30 | 3–4:30 PM
📍 1010 Weiser Hall + Zoom
🎟 Register: myumi.ch/QwGnk
We have an amazing lineup of programming through the DISCO Network for the 25-26 academic year! Learn more below🪩We hope to see you there!
With the start of the semester around the corner, we're excited to share (some of) our upcoming events for the 2025-26 academic year!
Mark your calendars 📅 for these panel discussions, each are open the public and HYBRID. CART will be provided.
Learn more and register at the link in our bio 🔗
Mark your calendars 📅 for these panel discussions, each are open the public and HYBRID. CART will be provided.
Learn more and register at the link in our bio 🔗
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We have an amazing lineup of programming through the DISCO Network for the 25-26 academic year! Learn more below🪩We hope to see you there!
At Digital IDEAS, we watched "Humans in the Loop" — a film that showcases the invisible labor behind AI systems.
We spoke with filmmaker Aranya Sahay about Western biases in AI, and the laboring bodies in the Global South who train those norms into the machine.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
We spoke with filmmaker Aranya Sahay about Western biases in AI, and the laboring bodies in the Global South who train those norms into the machine.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
June 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
At Digital IDEAS, we watched "Humans in the Loop" — a film that showcases the invisible labor behind AI systems.
We spoke with filmmaker Aranya Sahay about Western biases in AI, and the laboring bodies in the Global South who train those norms into the machine.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
We spoke with filmmaker Aranya Sahay about Western biases in AI, and the laboring bodies in the Global South who train those norms into the machine.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
Digital IDEAS Day 4 → A dynamic panel on Harnessing Reparative AI with Ellie Abrons, Germaine Halegoua, Matt Bui, and Erykah Benson.
What does AI look like when it’s rooted in justice—not just efficiency?
A powerful conversation on repair, design, and digital futures.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
What does AI look like when it’s rooted in justice—not just efficiency?
A powerful conversation on repair, design, and digital futures.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
June 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Digital IDEAS Day 4 → A dynamic panel on Harnessing Reparative AI with Ellie Abrons, Germaine Halegoua, Matt Bui, and Erykah Benson.
What does AI look like when it’s rooted in justice—not just efficiency?
A powerful conversation on repair, design, and digital futures.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
What does AI look like when it’s rooted in justice—not just efficiency?
A powerful conversation on repair, design, and digital futures.
#DigitalIDEAS #CriticalAI
Digital IDEAS Day 3 → Ariel Hasell critically reflects on Elon Musk’s tweet: “You are the media now.”
In today’s media ecosystem, emotional virality beats credibility.
Who gets to speak—and who gets heard—is shaped more by engagement than expertise.
#DigitalIDEAS #MisinformationMachine
In today’s media ecosystem, emotional virality beats credibility.
Who gets to speak—and who gets heard—is shaped more by engagement than expertise.
#DigitalIDEAS #MisinformationMachine
June 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Digital IDEAS Day 3 → Ariel Hasell critically reflects on Elon Musk’s tweet: “You are the media now.”
In today’s media ecosystem, emotional virality beats credibility.
Who gets to speak—and who gets heard—is shaped more by engagement than expertise.
#DigitalIDEAS #MisinformationMachine
In today’s media ecosystem, emotional virality beats credibility.
Who gets to speak—and who gets heard—is shaped more by engagement than expertise.
#DigitalIDEAS #MisinformationMachine
Forget innovation. This morning at Digital IDEAS Day 3, Shannon Mattern reminded us that maintenance is radical.
We talked about care as a method, refusal as a practice, and the politics of keeping things running.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministInfrastructures
We talked about care as a method, refusal as a practice, and the politics of keeping things running.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministInfrastructures
June 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Forget innovation. This morning at Digital IDEAS Day 3, Shannon Mattern reminded us that maintenance is radical.
We talked about care as a method, refusal as a practice, and the politics of keeping things running.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministInfrastructures
We talked about care as a method, refusal as a practice, and the politics of keeping things running.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministInfrastructures
This afternoon at Digital IDEAS Day 2 → Sheila Murphy on Silicon Valley Frontiers 🧠✨
A sharp dive into the metaphors, myths, and media that keep Big Tech dreaming of expansion.
What happens when the “future” is just a repackaged past?
#DigitalIDEAS #SiliconValleyFrontiers
A sharp dive into the metaphors, myths, and media that keep Big Tech dreaming of expansion.
What happens when the “future” is just a repackaged past?
#DigitalIDEAS #SiliconValleyFrontiers
June 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This afternoon at Digital IDEAS Day 2 → Sheila Murphy on Silicon Valley Frontiers 🧠✨
A sharp dive into the metaphors, myths, and media that keep Big Tech dreaming of expansion.
What happens when the “future” is just a repackaged past?
#DigitalIDEAS #SiliconValleyFrontiers
A sharp dive into the metaphors, myths, and media that keep Big Tech dreaming of expansion.
What happens when the “future” is just a repackaged past?
#DigitalIDEAS #SiliconValleyFrontiers
Digital IDEAS Day 2 💻💥
Today’s keynote with Sarah Sharma brings us into the world of feminist techno-logics, where time is political, infrastructures are gendered, and refusal is a method.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministTechnoLogics
Today’s keynote with Sarah Sharma brings us into the world of feminist techno-logics, where time is political, infrastructures are gendered, and refusal is a method.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministTechnoLogics
June 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Digital IDEAS Day 2 💻💥
Today’s keynote with Sarah Sharma brings us into the world of feminist techno-logics, where time is political, infrastructures are gendered, and refusal is a method.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministTechnoLogics
Today’s keynote with Sarah Sharma brings us into the world of feminist techno-logics, where time is political, infrastructures are gendered, and refusal is a method.
#DigitalIDEAS #FeministTechnoLogics
Digital IDEAS has entered the chat.
🌎 36 scholars
🌡️ 1 heat wave
💥 Infinite ideas about productive malfunctioning
Let’s make (and break) things — critically. #DigitalIDEAS
🌎 36 scholars
🌡️ 1 heat wave
💥 Infinite ideas about productive malfunctioning
Let’s make (and break) things — critically. #DigitalIDEAS
June 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Digital IDEAS has entered the chat.
🌎 36 scholars
🌡️ 1 heat wave
💥 Infinite ideas about productive malfunctioning
Let’s make (and break) things — critically. #DigitalIDEAS
🌎 36 scholars
🌡️ 1 heat wave
💥 Infinite ideas about productive malfunctioning
Let’s make (and break) things — critically. #DigitalIDEAS
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UPCOMING: Join us in-person or virtually for a conversation about Building the Indigenous Internet, with Ashley Cordes, Majerle Lister, and @lnakamura.bsky.social
🗓️ Monday, April 14, 2 - 3:30 PM ET
📍 Weiser Hall 10th Floor, UMich & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/130932
🗓️ Monday, April 14, 2 - 3:30 PM ET
📍 Weiser Hall 10th Floor, UMich & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/130932
April 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
UPCOMING: Join us in-person or virtually for a conversation about Building the Indigenous Internet, with Ashley Cordes, Majerle Lister, and @lnakamura.bsky.social
🗓️ Monday, April 14, 2 - 3:30 PM ET
📍 Weiser Hall 10th Floor, UMich & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/130932
🗓️ Monday, April 14, 2 - 3:30 PM ET
📍 Weiser Hall 10th Floor, UMich & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/130932
Thank you to our #GivingBlueday donors!! Your financial support enables us to train the next generation of scholars, creatives, technologists, and policymakers thinking critically about emerging tech issues from a lens of social justice. We appreciate you!
Digital Studies Institute (DSI)
Join me in supporting what you love about LSA this Giving Blueday!
myumi.ch
March 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Thank you to our #GivingBlueday donors!! Your financial support enables us to train the next generation of scholars, creatives, technologists, and policymakers thinking critically about emerging tech issues from a lens of social justice. We appreciate you!
On #GivingBlueDay, we’re not just raising funds, we’re raising voices. Your donation to the DSI supports our commitment to the intersection of technology and social justice. Let’s pave the way for a brighter digital future!
Digital Studies Institute (DSI)
Join me in supporting what you love about LSA this Giving Blueday!
myumi.ch
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
On #GivingBlueDay, we’re not just raising funds, we’re raising voices. Your donation to the DSI supports our commitment to the intersection of technology and social justice. Let’s pave the way for a brighter digital future!
Big shoutout to everyone who’s already donated to the DSI for #GivingBlueDay! Your generosity empowers the next generation of tech-savvy changemakers! 💻💡🤖
Digital Studies Institute (DSI)
Join me in supporting what you love about LSA this Giving Blueday!
myumi.ch
March 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Big shoutout to everyone who’s already donated to the DSI for #GivingBlueDay! Your generosity empowers the next generation of tech-savvy changemakers! 💻💡🤖
When you donate to @UmichDigital on #GivingBlueday, you support research & programming on the social implications of technology & our shared digital futures. Help us train the next generation so that tech is shaped with equity and social justice at heart: myumi.ch/D81J6
March 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When you donate to @UmichDigital on #GivingBlueday, you support research & programming on the social implications of technology & our shared digital futures. Help us train the next generation so that tech is shaped with equity and social justice at heart: myumi.ch/D81J6
Rise and shine for #GivingBlueDay! Start your day off right by donating to the DSI 🤖 🌞 Help us train the next generation of scholars thinking critically about tech and social justice 💻🌐📱 Donate here:
Digital Studies Institute (DSI)
Join me in supporting what you love about LSA this Giving Blueday!
myumi.ch
March 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Rise and shine for #GivingBlueDay! Start your day off right by donating to the DSI 🤖 🌞 Help us train the next generation of scholars thinking critically about tech and social justice 💻🌐📱 Donate here:
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Join us for a conversation with Tara Fickle, Ian Shin, and @originalsp.in about TikTok, DeepSeek, and the fear of Chinese tech in nationalist times!
📅 Monday, March 31, 4-6 PM ET
📍Weiser Hall 10th Floor, University of Michigan & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/132520
📅 Monday, March 31, 4-6 PM ET
📍Weiser Hall 10th Floor, University of Michigan & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/132520
March 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Join us for a conversation with Tara Fickle, Ian Shin, and @originalsp.in about TikTok, DeepSeek, and the fear of Chinese tech in nationalist times!
📅 Monday, March 31, 4-6 PM ET
📍Weiser Hall 10th Floor, University of Michigan & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/132520
📅 Monday, March 31, 4-6 PM ET
📍Weiser Hall 10th Floor, University of Michigan & Zoom
More info and register: events.umich.edu/event/132520
Critical data studies, AI, platform cultures, post-truth internet, abolitionist tech—if your research engages digital studies in radical ways, we want you at Digital IDEAS @UmichDigital 📅June 23-27, 2025 📍 Ann Arbor, MI ✍️ Apply by Mar. 21: myumi.ch/G2WzP
March 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Critical data studies, AI, platform cultures, post-truth internet, abolitionist tech—if your research engages digital studies in radical ways, we want you at Digital IDEAS @UmichDigital 📅June 23-27, 2025 📍 Ann Arbor, MI ✍️ Apply by Mar. 21: myumi.ch/G2WzP
Join Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
March 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
#DigitalStudies #DigitalIDEAS2025
This year, we ask:
🔹 What does intellectual work mean in times of crisis?
🔹 How can academia extend beyond institutions?
🔹 How do we think about repair, longevity & survival?
📅 Jun. 23-27
📍 Ann Arbor, MI
✍️ Apply by Mar. 21
🔗 bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
This year, we ask:
🔹 What does intellectual work mean in times of crisis?
🔹 How can academia extend beyond institutions?
🔹 How do we think about repair, longevity & survival?
📅 Jun. 23-27
📍 Ann Arbor, MI
✍️ Apply by Mar. 21
🔗 bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
March 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#DigitalStudies #DigitalIDEAS2025
This year, we ask:
🔹 What does intellectual work mean in times of crisis?
🔹 How can academia extend beyond institutions?
🔹 How do we think about repair, longevity & survival?
📅 Jun. 23-27
📍 Ann Arbor, MI
✍️ Apply by Mar. 21
🔗 bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
This year, we ask:
🔹 What does intellectual work mean in times of crisis?
🔹 How can academia extend beyond institutions?
🔹 How do we think about repair, longevity & survival?
📅 Jun. 23-27
📍 Ann Arbor, MI
✍️ Apply by Mar. 21
🔗 bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
Join Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
March 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies #TransTech
Join us for a DSI Book Talk with Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies
March 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join us for a DSI Book Talk with Oliver Haimson & Kishonna Gray on March 12 @ 3 PM for a talk on how trans experiences shape technology and innovation.
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies
📍 NQ 2435
Register In-Person event: buff.ly/42Gyi2r
Register Virtual event:https://buff.ly/430l6pl
#TransTechnologies
Applications are open! 📢 Join us for the 5th Annual Digital IDEAS Summer Institute at @umichdigital.bsky.social(June 23-27, 2025). A week of critical digital studies, activism, & public intellectualism.
Apply by March 7, 2024! #DigitalIDEAS2025
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
Apply by March 7, 2024! #DigitalIDEAS2025
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
February 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Applications are open! 📢 Join us for the 5th Annual Digital IDEAS Summer Institute at @umichdigital.bsky.social(June 23-27, 2025). A week of critical digital studies, activism, & public intellectualism.
Apply by March 7, 2024! #DigitalIDEAS2025
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3XgA0Ed
Apply by March 7, 2024! #DigitalIDEAS2025
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3XgA0Ed