Isabel Pedersen, "Embodied Computing Futures"

Thursday, November 28, 2019 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)
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The University of Waterloo’s Department of English Language and Literature Speaker Series, in collaboration with the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, is hosting a talk by Isabel Pedersen on "Embodied Computer Futures."

Doors open at 2:30pm for light refreshments and a meet-and-greet with Dr. Pedersen. The talk will start at 2:45pm.

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Isabel Pedersen is Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media, and Culture and Assistant Professor at Ontario Tech University, founder and director of Decimal Lab, and editor of the forthcoming collection, Embodied Computing (MIT Press, 2020). Her talk is titled "Embodied Computing Futures." Embodied Computing is a technocultural phenomenon that draws on both wide-ranging histories and extensive imagined futures through ever-shifting narratives, some more significant than others. Advances in AI confront the body through computing devices that are worn, implanted, ingested, and moved amongst. This talk surveys some of the methodologies used by Decimal Lab to address sociotechnical implications through research creation projects, humanities archiving, and traditional scholarly work.

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Location Address: DWE - Douglas Wright Engineering Building
200 University Avenue West
Room 3522
Waterloo, ON, CA  N2L 3G1
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