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
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
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
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
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
Join Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts.
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
February 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts.
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
Join Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts.
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
February 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts.
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
📍LSA 1040
🌐Zoom: https://buff.ly/3WIlzZd
Register:
In-person: https://buff.ly/4gr1a1F
Virtual: https://buff.ly/40CeJWg
#SiliconValley
Join us for our 📚DSI Lecture Series with Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on 🗓️Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts. Check it on our website: https://buff.ly/40YXgbX
#SiliconValley #TechImperialism #TechCapitalism
#SiliconValley #TechImperialism #TechCapitalism
February 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join us for our 📚DSI Lecture Series with Erin McElroy & Matt Bui on 🗓️Feb. 18 @ 3 PM for "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Explore gentrification & tech’s global impacts. Check it on our website: https://buff.ly/40YXgbX
#SiliconValley #TechImperialism #TechCapitalism
#SiliconValley #TechImperialism #TechCapitalism
Today's the day! Join us for AMPLIFY, our DSI Student Showcase at 2:00 pm ET in NQ Space 2435. Check out our students' amazing research projects, creative works, and more!
February 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today's the day! Join us for AMPLIFY, our DSI Student Showcase at 2:00 pm ET in NQ Space 2435. Check out our students' amazing research projects, creative works, and more!
It's that time of the year!! Join us tomorrow, Feb. 4 from 2:00-5:00 pm ET for AMPLIFY, our annual DSI Student Showcase 💻🎧 🎮Check out DS student projects including zines, poetry anthologies, XR films, and more! The showcase will be housed in the North Quad Building in Room 2435.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's that time of the year!! Join us tomorrow, Feb. 4 from 2:00-5:00 pm ET for AMPLIFY, our annual DSI Student Showcase 💻🎧 🎮Check out DS student projects including zines, poetry anthologies, XR films, and more! The showcase will be housed in the North Quad Building in Room 2435.