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Upcoming Event: Collective Memory at Canada’s Prison for Women by Lisa Guenther on April 17

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Presented by the Department of Humanities

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2024 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

GREAT LAKES RESEARCH CENTER 202

In her talk, Lisa Guenther will reflect on this question as a supporter of the P4W Memorial Collective, a group of women who did time in the Kingston Prison for Women (P4W). The prison closed in 2000, and it is now owned by a private developer who is turning it into luxury condos and a retirement home. In the midst of this development, the Collective is creating a memorial garden and outdoor gallery in honour of those who died in the prison, and those who continue to live and die in prisons across so-called Canada. The aim of this memory work is not only to preserve the past, but also to change the future, so that people will never again die in the name of justice.

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Upcoming Event: Mosaic For Earth on April 20

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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024 | 7:30 PM

ROZSA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra and Michigan Tech Choirs celebrate Earth Day with a presentation of Dwight Bigler’s Mosaic for Earth. The new 14-movement work celebrates the wonders of nature and explores humanity’s impact on the environment and our responsibility towards it.

For more information, visit the Michigan Tech Events Calendar.

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Read Our April Member Newsletter

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The Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture has published our latest newsletter, available to the campus community here. IPEC has several collaborative, interdisciplinary funding applications underway that we are proud to report on. Check out our affiliates upcoming events, and see our April 12 deadline for faculty and graduate student seed funding.

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IPEC Social Event: March 21, 4:00-6:00 PM

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Save the date for this semester’s IPEC Social Event! We welcome returning, new and prospective members to join us.

When: March 21, 2024 from 4:00-6:00pm

Where: Walker 139, IPEC Office

What: A general meeting to welcome members to the updated IPEC office space.

We will provide light refreshments during the event.

Contact Director Stefka Hristova, shristov@mtu.edu, for more information.

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This Week’s IPEC Programming

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We have two great events scheduled this week!

  1. Guidance for (Land) Acknowledgement Statements in Ojibwa Homelands
    • CANCELED Thursday, November 30 from 5:00-6:30pm in Walker 120A
    • See event page for more information.
  2. Algorithmic Culture Brown Bag with Stefka Hristova and Soonkwan Hong
    • Friday, December 1 from 12:00-1:00pm in Peterson Library (Walker 3rd Floor)
    • Description: The sheer presence of algorithms poses existential questions about how deeply computational mechanisms have come to permeate everyday life. Join IPEC’s Director and Associate Director in discussing biases and unintended consequences of algorithms and AI.
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This Week’s IPEC Programming

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Cayuse Training, 11/14 9-10:00 AM, Library Room 242

Join us tomorrow from 9-10:00 AM in Library Room 242 for Cayuse Training! Register for the session to attend.

Research Proposal Writing Workshop, 11/16 6:30-7:30 PM, Walker 107

On Thursday, we’re collaborating with the Graduate Student Government and Ecosystem Science Center for a Research Proposal Writing Workshop, geared toward Graduate Students. Visit GSG’s website for more information about the event.

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This Week’s IPEC Programming

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Dr. Jason Archer’s Guest Appearance on IPEC’s podcast streams tomorrow, November 7! In our third episode, host Kendall Belopavlovich and Jason discuss his research in human machine communication, haptics, and sensory studies. Check out our podcast page for more.

On Thursday, the Graduate Student Government will be facilitating a 3 Minute Thesis competition. The finals will be held from 6-8:00pm, November 9, at the Great Lakes Research Center.

Finally, Friday is set to see IPEC members Charles Wallace and Susanna Peters facilitate a Computer Science Colloquium from 3-4:00pm in Rekhi 214. This event is also available as a webinar. See the event page for more details!

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Featured Member: Jason Archer

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Jason Archer

Featured Member

This month, we’re featuring the work of one of the institute’s executive committee members, Dr. Jason Archer.

Jason is an Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Technologies, Director of Communication, Culture, and Media, and Human Machine Culture Research Area Lead for IPEC.

According to Jason, “I situate my research at the nexus of communication, media studies, science and technology studies (STS), and sensory studies, with emphasis on human-machine communication and haptics. I am currently working on projects related to human machine culture: robotic touch and sociality, surgical robotics and sociotechnical constructions of disability, and haptic holograms.”

Events

During this year’s 41 North Film Festival, Jason will be hosting a panel with Steven Walton and Charles Wallace after the screening of the film Time Bomb Y2K on November 2, 7:00 pm.

We’re excited to delve into Jason’s research in this month’s episode of the IPEC Presents Podcast, streaming on Spotify and Apple Podcasts November 7, at 6:00 am.

Human Machine Culture Research Area

The Human Machine Culture research area seeks diverse researchers interested in examining cultural debates about communicative machines (social robots, virtual agents, chatbots, and other AI entities), critiquing the culture of communicative machine development, investigating social practices arising from the integration of these machines into everyday life, and exploring the potential for novel artistic and expressive forms emerging through human machine configurations.  

The research area aims to establish connections between researchers of diverse disciplines, in areas of humanities, arts, sciences, and engineering to address the complexity and consequences of Human Machine Culture. 

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