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DSSN Annual Symposium: “We’ve been here all along.”: DH and (in)visible labor

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In December 2021, librarian and technologist Andromeda Yelton published “'Just a few files’: technical labor, academe, and care” in response to an academic article that dismissed the work required to host digital humanities projects. “...he labor conditions of your techies’ work lives are an important part of that plan” she argues, after breaking down the […]

PLASMA presents Elia Vargas

112 Center for the Arts (Screening Room)

The Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ will host a presentation by Dr. Elia Vargas, Visiting Assistant Professor in Media Study. Dr. Elia Vargas is an artist and a scholar working across multiple mediums, ranging from video and sound to writing and performance, focused on naturecultural media practices. His […]

UB Libraries screening of KILLER OF SHEEP, a film by Charles Burnett

305 Silverman Library, Capen Hall Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY, United States

In honor of Black History Month, the UB Libraries will present a screening of Killer of Sheep, a film by legendary black filmmaker Charles Burnett. Dr. Donte McFadden, Director of the UB Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, will present opening remarks. About Killer of Sheep Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts […]

PLASMA screening of ONE BIG BAG, a film by Every Ocean Hughes

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Please join the Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ in the cinema space at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center for a screening of Every Ocean Hughes's film One Big Bag (40 min, 2021). This event is free and accessible to all. About One Big Bag A millennial death doula […]

PLASMA presents Every Ocean Hughes

112 Center for the Arts (Screening Room)

The Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ welcomes Every Ocean Hughes. This hybrid presentation follows a free screening of Every Ocean Hughes's film One Big Bag on Friday, February 24 at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Every Ocean Hughes, a.k.a. Emily Roysdon, is a transdisciplinary artist and writer. Every’s […]

DSSN: Derek R. Strykowski “A Musicologist Learns R: Experiments in Historical Data Visualization” (Online Only)

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The Digital Scholarship Studio and Network (DSSN) welcomes Derek Strykowski. Strykowski (Clinical Assistant Professor, Music) will present on his visual guide project and his experience learning R! First launched in 2020, A Visual Guide to Some Nineteenth-Century Composers and Their Publishers (https://dstrykowski.shinyapps.io/visualguide/) is an R-based data visualization project that illustrates the publishing activities of (at […]

Technoculture Research Workshop: M. Beatrice Fazi, “Two Definitions of Digital Theory”

538 Clemens

The Technoculture Research Workshop welcomes M. Beatrice Fazi from the University of Sussex. In this talk, M. Beatrice Fazi will advance two parallel propositions that aim to define what digital theory is. First, she will argue that digital theory is a theory that investigates the digital as such and, second, that it is a theory […]

DSSN Roundtable: ChatGPT, the Use of AI, and UB (Online Only)

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The University of Buffalo is hosting a roundtable discussion on the topic of ChatGPT, the cutting-edge language model developed by OpenAI. The event will bring together experts from various fields to discuss the implications and applications of this technology. This promises to be a thought-provoking and enlightening conversation on the future of AI and its […]

PLASMA presents Oliver Husain and Kerstin Schroedinger, “Hypericin Yellow Movie: A Performance-Lecture”

112 Center for the Arts (Screening Room)

Hypericin Yellow Movie: A Performance-Lecture  Hypericin is a phytochemical produced by the flowering plant St John’s wort. The plant has been used medicinally in different cultures for centuries, primarily as an antidepressant. In this performance-lecture Kerstin Schroedinger and Oliver Husain relate the flower to health, skin, light, and film by discussing their use of St […]