Moderated by Eric Paulos
Professor in Electrical Engineering Computer Science (EECS) Read more
30 Aug, 2021
Commons Conversations
Echolocating the Caribbean Diaspora
with Cathy Thomas
Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Moderated by BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik
Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for Race and Gender.Read more
12 Oct, 2020
Commons Conversations
Cultural Heritage & Cultural Consumption
with Gu Jiang
National Center for Industry Research
Nanjing University Read more
14 Feb, 2018
Commons Conversations
Commons Conversations: Adolf Loos After the Death of Adolf Loos
This talk revisits the life and work of Adolf Loos during the architect’s lifetime, but also beyond his death in 1933. Read more
17 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
Degrees of Visibility
with Ashley Hunt
co-director of the California Institute of the Arts' Photography and Media Program Read more
03 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
Designing for Truth
with Joris Maltha, CatalogTree co-founder Read more
01 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
with Adam Greenfield, information architect and designer Read more
13 Feb, 2017
Commons Conversations
Our Landscape Futures
with Geoff Manaugh, NYT best-selling author Read more
27 Jul, 2023
Fall 2023 BCNM Events
Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers this fall! Featuring multi-disciplinary visual artist Jen Liu, UC Irvine Professor of Electronic Art & Design Jesse Colin Jackson, Indigenous Technologies lectures by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon and Dartmouth Professor Martina Broner, an “AI & The Humanities” roundtable discussion with Black in AI co-founder Timnit Gebru,plus so much more! Read more
31 Oct, 2022
Commons Conversations Event Transcript Now Online: Ken Ueno
Check out the video and transcript from this incredible conversation. Read more
22 Jul, 2022
Fall 2022 BCNM Events
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Featuring BCNM poet alums Ra Malika Imhotep and Caleb Luna, UCB Professor of Music Ken Ueno, Indigenous Technologies, and more! Read more
03 Jun, 2022
Commons Conversations Event Transcript Now Online: Wendy Chun
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06 Jan, 2022
Spring 2022 BCNM Events
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
07 Dec, 2021
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: Liat Berdugo
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05 Dec, 2021
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
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30 Jul, 2021
Fall 2021 BCNM Events
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers and online events! Featuring more events from our Indigenous Technologies Initiative, the artists Lisa Reihana and Maria Thereza Alves, and more. Read more
24 Nov, 2020
Commons Conversations Video and Transcript Now Online: Blockchain Chicken Farm
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11 Nov, 2020
Commons Conversations: Gu Jiang Video Now Online
Check out the fantastic conversation we had with Professor Gu Jiang on Cultural Heritage and Cultural Consumption. Read more
10 Nov, 2020
Commons Conversations: Gu Jiang Transcript Now Online
Interested in getting the transcript for Prof. Gu Jiang's great talk on Cultural Heritage and Cultural Consumption! We have you covered! Read more
Silicon Valley move aside! Xiaowei Wang discusses how the Chinese countryside has become a new tech frontier. Read more
20 Oct, 2020
Xiaowei Wang's Blockchain Chicken Farm in Guardian
As Chinese demand for pork grows and grows, traditional small-scale farms are being replaced by vast, AI-assisted operations that feel more like smartphone factories than bucolic countryside havens. Read more
19 Oct, 2020
Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang Reviewed in the NYT
Clive Thompson from NYT reviewed Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang. Read more
11 Aug, 2020
Fall 2020 BCNM Events
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers!
Architecture professor Ines Weizman spoke at length about the life and legacy of Adolf Loos, delving into the work he left behind and how debates over ownership persist to this day. Read more
Revisiting our lovely event with Geoff Manaugh who offered students and the public an insight into the design of cities and their unintentional impacts through the lense of "burglary." Read more
