News & Events
Sexy Algorithms & Postdigital Intimacies
In the next episode of the ❤️ Summer of Love ❤️ Adrienne Evans (University of Coventry) and Shuaishuai Wang (University of Amsterdam) explore postdigital cultures of intimacies and their interplay with algorithmic configurations of gender and sexuality. Join them and Carolina Bandinelli (University of Warwick) for the next episode of the Summer of Love.
July, 8th 16:00 17:30 BST
The Dating Divide
Love is a Smartphone
The ❤️ Summer of Love❤️ continues with Lik Sam Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Jamie Hakim (King's College London). Their research projects focus on dating apps and their relationships to different sexual scenes and identities. Join them and Carolina Bandinelli (University of Warwick) to further explore the political and cultural implications of digital intimacies.
June, 9th 15:00-16:30 BST
A Matinée with robots (Summer of Love Series)
Kate Devlin (King's College London) and Belinda Middleweek (The University of Technology Sidney) have extensively researched the ways in which we interact with robots, and how this may affect the future of love, sex and care. Bring a cup of coffee to join them and Carolina Bandinelli (University of Warwick) in the next episode of the ❤️ Summer of Love ❤️ dialogues.
June, 3rd 10:00 - 11:30am BST
A.I. Just Wanna Have Fun! (Summer of Love series)
New Research Article
Want to understand how young Chinese people navigate political feelings on social media?
Check out Wenhao Bi's new article in the journal Cultural Studies. Learn more about Wenhao's research here.
CDI Summer of Love
CDI's Summer of Love is a series of events presented by Warwick's Carolina Bandinelli on the topics of love, romance, dating, desire and digital technology.
from Media with Love
Our ❤️ Summer of Love ❤️ launch event features Mark Deuze (University of Amsterdam) and Ania Malinowska (University of Silesia). In their research, both Mark and Ania are looking at the entanglement between love and digital technologies. Join them and Carolina Bandinelli (University of Warwick) to dwell on and wonder about how media make us love, and how love makes media.
May, 13th 16:00 - 17:30 BST
Workshop: An Introduction to Computer Vision for Humanities research
Date: May 11, 2021
Time: 10:00am - 1pm (BST)
Facilitator: Daniel van Strien (British Library)
Over the last 10 years, the field of computer vision, which seeks to gain a high-level understanding of images using computational techniques, has seen rapid innovation. This workshop will begin with an overview of how these methods have been applied to humanities research, including examples drawn from the Living with Machines project. The second half of the workshop will provide a hands-on overview of the process of creating an image classifier using deep learning-based computer vision methods.
Inquiries Series: Lana Swartz and Rachel O'Dwyer discuss New Money: How Payment Became Social Media, April 16th
April 16, 2021, 4-5pm (GMT), 11-12 (EDT)
CDI's Nate Tkacz is joined by Lana Swartz (University of Virginia) and Rachel O'Dwyer (National College of Art and Design, Dublin) to discuss Swartz's recently published New Money: How Payment Became Social Media (Yale University Press, 2020).
Register here to join on Zoom.
