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THEME Lecture: John-Carlos Perea, ϳԹ

Friday, Dec. 1, 2023

4:30 p.m.

Music 101 - Fishbowl

John-Carlos Perea, Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology, presents “Traditioning Witchi Tai To: Jim Pepper, Don Cherry, and American Indian Ways of Improvising. ”

The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom

Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023

5 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 110

Lecture on “The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom”, the latest book by P. Sainath (author of “Everybody Loves a Good Drought”)

“Twenty Dreams”: Fall 2023 Katz Distinguished Lecture

Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023

6:30 p.m.

HUB 334

Katherine McKittrick will present new work that highlights anti-colonial methodologies and the limitations of theorizing climate catastrophe and ecocide alongside race and racism.

Rights Refused: Grassroots Activism and State Violence in Myanmar with Elliott Prasse-Freeman

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023

4 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

Book talk on grassroots political activists across Burma, covering the so-called “democratic transition” from 2011-2021, and the Feb. 2021 military coup that ended that experiment.

ϳԹ Tacoma Alumni Speaker Series featuring Nick Brooks

Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023

6 p.m.

MLG 110

The Alumni Speaker Series brings alumni back to campus to share their stories and career advice with students & alumni. Meet Entrepreneur, Property Investor, & Veteran, Nick Brooks

Embracing a Human-Centric Approach to AI Development

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Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

Join us for an exploration about how we can create equitable and trustworthy AI experiences with, Dr. Arathi Sethumadhavan. She will delve into the profound impact of AI technologies on individuals and society. From biased AI systems to deepfake challenges, she will present compelling case studies that emphasize the importance of involving stakeholders to identify harms and develop effective solutions.

Machina Aesthetica, or Impressions on Art In and Out of the Machine Age

Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

Artist, writer and publisher, Paul Chan will reflect on his experiences as an artist working in and out of the domains of technology. He will talk about the various kinds of technology he has used to make work, from truetype fonts and pirated software, to datasets and machine learning frameworks. He will also present a unique perspective on artists and writers he admires, discussing how they incorporated and sometimes misused technology in their work.

ϳԹ Pandemic Project | Radical Listening Session

Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023

6 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room Walker-Ames Room

The Pandemic forever changed how we work, live, go to school, and interact as a community. Listen to recorded dialogues on the pandemic, and discuss with your ϳԹ community.

The University and Its Responsibility for Repair: Confronting Colonial Foundations and Enabling Different Futures

Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023

4:30 p.m.

Communications 120

This presentation by Sharon Stein asks how universities, and might meaningfully reckon with and enact repair for our complicity in historical and ongoing coloniality and unsustainability. Part of Activating the Third University: A Worlds of Difference Initiative.

Death is Life is Death is Life: Eco-Critical Consciousness in the Art of Maki Ohkojima

Monday, Nov. 6, 2023

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

Keijiro Suga is a poet and critic based in Tokyo. This lecture will cover his work on ethnopoetics, ecocriticism, contemporary world literature, and translation theory.