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  • ESC Curious? A Faculty & Graduate Student Mixer

    Join us for conversation, appetizers, and drinks: Wednesday, May 25 5:00 - 7:30 PM York Yard (outdoors) 1928 Packard Street, A2 48104 (map) UM Faculty and Graduate Students RSVP by Monday, May 23   ESC is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department […]

  • Lecture: Taming Corporate Power in the 21st Century

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    R0240, Ross School of Business, Lower Level 701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

      Zoom information located here: https://www.icos.umich.edu/node/809   Abstract: "There is broad consensus in the US that monopolistic corporations have grown too powerful and that we need to revive antitrust to take on the “curse of bigness.” But information and communication technologies have fundamentally altered the operations of our economy in ways that undermine the basic […]

  • ESC Mixer: Take Back the $wag

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    Ann Arbor Distilling 220 Felch St, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

      We're hosting a swag drive! ESC $WAG is an ongoing art project that examines the ethics of corporate tech swag, which is often cheaply made using unethical labor practices and frequently ends up in the trash. We invite ESC-affiliated faculty and student researchers to contribute to the ESC $WAG project by donating any corporate tech […]

  • Datatopia: The Future of Scientific Discovery Through a Data Lens

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    How to Participate:   Colloquium Public Lectures: Sept 29, 12:30 PM – 5:15 PM Wolverine Room, Michigan Union No registration is required for Colloquium Public Lectures.   Faculty Conversation Laboratory: Sept 30, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Clark Maps Library, 2nd Floor, Hatcher Graduate Library Building Register for the Conversation Library. The Conversation Laboratory is […]

  • Algorithmic Reparation Workshop

    ABOUT:   Machine learning has an inequality problem that is now widespread and well known. The field of “fair machine learning” (FML) has emerged in response, positing mathematical correctives to account for and remove direct and proxy indicators of protected class attributes–race, class, gender, disability etc–within machine learning models. Although FML predominates and continues to […]

  • Kade Crockford: A Conversation about Technology, Surveillance, and Civil Liberties

    1110 Weill Hall 735 State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    How to Participate   Registration is encouraged for "A conversation with Kade Crockford about technology, surveillance, and civil liberties" on Monday, October 3, 4:00 PM, but not required. All attendees are strongly encouraged to wear masks during the event. Campus guests are expected to complete ResponsiBLUE Guest, the daily COVID-19 symptom check tool, prior to […]

  • Natasha Schüll: Compass to Sentinel: The Automation of Self-tracking Technology

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    About: This talk draws on ethnographic fieldwork to argue that a shift is underway in the logic of behavioral guidance informing the design and use of so-called self-tracking technology, or apps, and wearable devices that sense, record, and analyze users’ data. While first-wave self-tracking technologies were designed to serve as digital compasses that could provide […]

  • Carolyn Chen: Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley

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    How to Participate: To register: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsfu2qqDIrGNHoT4OcWoRemvF4MG2dQ5we   About Carolyn Chen (Comparative Ethnic Studies, Berkeley) will be in conversation with Melissa Borja (American Culture & A/PIA Studies, UM) about her recent book, Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley. Work Pray Code explores how tech companies in Silicon Valley are bringing religion into […]

  • How To Say No To Tech — With Erhardt Graeff, Alex Hanna & Dawn Nafus

    HOW TO PARTICIPATE This event will be live-streamed via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91304715274?pwd=Qm1iL1psd3dHdW1EdTQ3RDV2TkUyUT09 (Passcode: ESC).  Registration is not required. About Students commonly ask us, “I want to work in the tech industry, but I care about ethics. What do I do if I’m faced with an unethical design?” This panel brings together people from industry and academia who […]

  • ESC Watch Party: Office Space

    HOW TO PARTICIPATE Participants are invited to attend virtually. Registration for virtual participation is required and can be found here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqf-irqzsqGtKJFC_vAaefWPBgG9XBpkYl DETAILS ESC is holding a virtual movie night, showing 90s classic: Office Space (1999)!  Prizes will be up for grabs as we play Office Space bingo.