01 Apr, 2024
History & Theory
AI & the Humanities: AI is Weird
with Erik Davis
Writer, Journalist, and Lecturer
Presented in partnership with the Townsend Center for Humanities. Read more
13 Mar, 2024
History & Theory
AI & the Humanities: Artificial Intelligence and Translation
with Behrooz Ghorbani, Researcher, OpenAI
Cathy Park Hong, English, UC Berkeley
Hoyt Long, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago
Presented in partnership with the Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
04 Mar, 2024
History & Theory
Mediascapes of Postsocialism: Cuban New Media Cultures After the End of History
with Paloma Duong
Associate Professor of Latin American and Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS) Read more
26 Feb, 2024
History & Theory
Unsettling Sound Technologies: Indigenous Sonic Sovereignty and Border Politics
with Christina Leza, Professor of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies, Colorado College, and Trevor Reed, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Moderated by Sierra Edd, Indigenous Technologies Coordinator
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Art Practice Read more
12 Feb, 2024
Art, Tech & Culture
After Man: Alterhuman Ethics and Poetics at the Climate Change Tipping Point
with micha cárdenas
Associate Professor, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and Performance, Play & Design, University of California, Santa Cruz
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS) Read more
30 Nov, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Echoes from the Borderlands
with Valeria Luiselli, Leo Heiblum, and Ricardo Giraldo
Artists
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event, presented with the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Arts Research Center (ARC), the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS), co-sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry (CICI) and the American Cultures Center. Read more
29 Nov, 2023
Special Events
Echoes from the Borderlands (Audio Excerpt Listening Session)
featuring the work of Valeria Luiselli
Artist
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies special event, presented with the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT). Read more
16 Oct, 2023
History & Theory
Rerouting Media in the Living Forest
with Martina Broner
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dartmouth College, and Co-Founder of the Amazonia Section of the Latin American Studies Association
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies and Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CLAS), the Media Studies program, and the Department of Art Practice Read more
11 Oct, 2023
History & Theory
[* Postponed / New Date Forthcoming *] AI and the Humanities: Generative Creativity and Interpretation
with Timnit Gebru, Founder & Executive Director, The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR); Vikram Chandra, Writer and Co-Founder, Granthika Co.; Hannah Zeavin, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Berkeley Center for New Media, University of California, Berkeley
Presented with the Townsend Center for Humanities Read more
28 Aug, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
The ghost in the machine is me.
with Jen Liu, Artist
Moderated by Xiaowei R. Wang
Accompanied by Mia J. Chong, Dancer
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the Department of Art Practice Read more
11 Jul, 2023
Conference
ELO 2023 | Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social Change Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Special Events
The Parables Experience at MozFest Virtual
with curators ill Weaver (a Detroit-based artist and organizer. They co-founded Emergence Media and Complex Movements)
and Valencia James (a performer, maker, and researcher from Barbados, interested in the intersection between dance, theater, technology, and activism, currently pursuing an MFA in Art Practice at the University of California Berkeley)
This event is hosted by MozFest, which is part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. Read more
17 Mar, 2023
Conference
The Past into the Future: Afrofuturism and Ancient Egypt
with Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley), Max Jefferson (UC Berkeley), Ytasha Womack (Chicago), Vorris Nunley (UC Riverside), Darryl Smith (UC Berkeley), John Jennings (UC Riverside), Stanford Carpenter (University of Chicago), Claudia Attimonelli (University of Bari, Italy), Dexter Story (UCLA), Luciana Parisi (Duke University), Abu Qadim Haqq, and more.
Presented by Center of Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) with the support of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society (CSTMS), the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), and the Italian Institute of Culture, San Francisco. Read more
10 Mar, 2023
Conference
Hydrocolonialism Symposium
Featuring: Katie Anania (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Craig Cohen (UCSF), Mina Girgis (UC Berkeley), Mahmoud Hassan (Fayoum University), Isabel Hofmeyr (New York University), Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley), Mercy Mueni (TMWDP), Ibrahim Mwakare (TMWDP), Greg Niemeyer (UC Berkeley), Xitlaly Olivera (UC Berkeley), Patrick Owuor (York University), Sera Young (Northwestern University) and many more TBA.
Co-presented with the Department of Art Practice, with support from the Haas Scholars Program. Read more
08 Mar, 2023
Special Events
Ferguson Rises: Black Grief, Insurgent Memory, and the Politics of Transformation
with Rashad Arman Timmons, Abolition Democracy Dissertation Fellow, Black Studies Collaboratory and PhD Candidate African American Studies, UC Berkeley; Michael Brown Sr, Father of Michael Brown Jr. and Founder, The Michael Brown Organization/Chosen For Change; Cal Brown, Stepmother of Michael Brown Jr. and Co-Founder, The Michael Brown Organization/Chosen For Change. Read more
06 Mar, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with
Teddy Cruz, Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Fonna Forman, Professor, Department of Political Science and Director, Center on Global Justice, University of California San Diego
Co-sponsored by the Department of Architecture, the Department of Art Practice, the Arts Research Center, and the Center for Latin American Studies Read more
02 Mar, 2023
Commons Conversations
Media Ruins: Infrastructural Restitution and Building Futures in Post-Conflict Cambodia
with Maggie Jack (Syracuse University, The School of Information)
Presented by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS), and the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is co-sponsoring. Read more
13 Feb, 2023
Special Events
Digitalizing Arabic: A Story of Script Technologies
Scholar and experimentalist J.R. Osborn, examines Arabic script, which remains one of the most widely employed writing systems in the world. Reexamining its unique history opens exciting possibilities for the future of design. Read more
30 Jan, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Generative Art and Deep Learning AI
with Nettrice Gaskins
Digital artist, academic, and cultural critic
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Jacobs Institute for Design, and Media Studies Read more
07 Nov, 2022
History & Theory
Animating Cities Digitally: Processing Urban Space and Time
with Gillian Rose
Visiting Scholar in Department of Geography; Professor, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Co-sponsored by the Department of Geography and Media Studies Read more
31 Oct, 2022
History & Theory
Digital Platforms and Ancient African Knowledge Systems: Triumphs and Vulnerabilities
with Gloria Emeagwali
Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the American Indian Graduate Program, the Arts Research Center, the Department of Ethnic Studies, the School of Information, Media Studies, Native American Studies, and the Center for Race and Gender Read more
17 Oct, 2022
History & Theory
A Minor Cybernetic Hypothesis
Kelli Moore
Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University
Co-sponsored by Media Studies and the Department of Rhetoric Read more
29 Sep, 2022
Special Events
Person Specificity and Physiovalence: Performance Practice Toward Decolonizing Classical Music
with Ken Ueno
Composer, vocalist, improviser, sound artist, and Professor of Music, UC Berkeley
Presented by Berkeley Arts + Design and co-sponsored by The Department of Ethnic Studies Read more
12 Sep, 2022
Commons Conversations
Body Language: Sick and Disabled Crazy Femmes in Conversation
with Ra Malika Imhotep
Black feminist writer, performance artist, and scholar
and Caleb Luna
Artist and public scholar
Moderated by Miyuki Baker
with an introduction from BCNM's Director Gail De Kosnik
Co-presented with the Color of New Media Working Group and co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Department of English, the Department of Ethnic Studies, the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, the Center for Race and Gender, and Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Read more
29 Aug, 2022
History & Theory
Pua Case
Kumu Hula, teacher, and aloha ʻāina protector
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the American Indian Graduate Program, Arts Research Center, the Department of Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, the Center for Race and Gender, and Native American Studies Read more
14 Apr, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
George's Blues: An Investigation of George Washington Carver’s Legacy as an Artist and Cook
with Seitu Jones
Artist, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Presented in partnership the Department of Art Practice and co-sponsored by American Cultures. Read more
14 Apr, 2022
Special Events
BAMPFA Indigenous Film Series Events: Films by New Red Order
Adam Khalil in Person
Presented by BERKELEY ART MUSEUM & PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE. Co-sponsored by BCNM. Read more
13 Apr, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
Culture capture, additive defacement, and other tactics towards realizing Indigenous futures
with Adam and Zack Khalil
Filmmakers
This event is the first in a two-part series, presented with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) as part of the Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium and the Indigenous Technologies Initiative. Read more
16 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Symposium on The Media Crease
with André Brock, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Georgia Tech
and Karen Tongson, Professor of English, Gender & Sexuality studies, and American Studies & Ethnicity, and Chair of the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of Southern California
Presented in partnership with the Color of New Media Working Group. Read more
15 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Artist Talk with Dario Robleto
with Dario Robleto
Artist, Houston; ARC's Spring 2022 Artist-in-Residence
Presented by the Arts Research Center with co-sponsorship from the Departments of Art Practice and Ethnic Studies, the Latinx Research Center, and BCNM. Read more
14 Mar, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
with Margarita Kuleva
National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
Rescheduled from Spring 2020
Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, the Department of the History of Art, the Arts Research Center, and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
07 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Asian Americans in Hollywood: Breaking Through with Lasting Impact in the Industry
with Daniel Wu, Melvin Mar, Jason Lin, and Gail De Kosnik
Co-sponsored by Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. The first in a two part series on Asian Americans and AAPI in the media and entertainment industry. The event will be free of charge and open to the public, but will encourage attendees to make donations to the new Scholarship for AAPI and Media & Entertainment Creatives. Read more
14 Feb, 2022
Commons Conversations
with Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
Canada 150 Research Chair and Professor in New Media; Director of The Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University Read more
10 Feb, 2022
Special Events
BAMPFA Indigenous Film Series Events: what was always yours and never lost
Curated by Sky Hopinka
This program features works by artists from different countries—Canada, the United States, and Mexico—and homelands. Each artist makes works that traverse topics dealing directly and indirectly with Indigeneity.
Presented by BERKELEY ART MUSEUM & PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE. Co-sponsored by BCNM. Read more
07 Feb, 2022
History & Theory
Tequiologies: Indigenous Solutions Against Climate Catastrophe
with Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil
Linguist, writer, translator, language rights activist and researcher ayuujk (mixe)
Presented in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies. Co-sponsored by Alianza UCMX, Spanish & Portuguese, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program. Read more
08 Nov, 2021
Commons Conversations
Seeing is Not Enough: Citizen Videography in Israel-Palestine
with Liat Berdugo
Artist and Writer, Associate Professor, The University of San Francisco Read more
25 Oct, 2021
History & Theory
Beyond Settler Sex and Family: Kim TallBear in Conversation
with Kim TallBear
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Environment, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta
In conversation with Marcelo Garzo Montalvo
Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, San Marcos
Co-sponsored by the Center for Race and Gender, American Cultures, Anthropology, The Program in Critical Theory, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program. Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Commons Conversations
with Eric Rodenbeck
Founder, Stamen Design
Moderated by Eric Paulos
Professor in Electrical Engineering Computer Science (EECS) Read more
04 Oct, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
Colonial Practices and Cultural Repression by the Municipality against the Community Museum of the Valle de Xico but “It is our 25th anniversary and we are still here.”
with Maria Thereza Alves
Artist
Moderated by Edgar Fabián Frias
Presented in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies. Co-sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, the Center for Race and Gender, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program.
Read more
30 Sep, 2021
Special Events
Event with Edgar Fabián Frías and short film screenings Read more
28 Sep, 2021
Special Events
The New Media Working Group presents a week-long show of artworks that speculate on practices and technologies that interrupt the habituation compelled by COVID-era domestic data extraction and quotidian mediations. Read more
13 Sep, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
How Can a Maori Girl Recolonise the Screen Using Mighty Pixels
with Lisa Reihana
Artist, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Presented with Berkeley Arts + Design and co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and The American Indian Graduate Program. 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
22 Apr, 2021
History & Theory
with Elizabeth LaPensée
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice.
Image credit: Elizabeth LaPensée Read more
15 Apr, 2021
Workshops
Grad Chat: Alt Ac Careers
BCNM hosts our Grad Chat on alt academic careers with UC Berkeley grads Jennifer Lowe, Dan Perkel, and Aylon Samouha. Read more
05 Apr, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
with Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Artist, Dubai
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Arts Research Center, and the Department of Art Practice Read more
18 Mar, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy: Piracy & Capitalism Panel
with Jennifer Holt, Brewster Kahle, Alexander Dent, and Keller Easterling Read more
11 Mar, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy: Fandom & Race Panel
with andré carrington, Racquel Gates, Alfred Martin, and Rukmini Pande Read more
04 Mar, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy Keynote: “Studies in Unauthorized Reproduction”
with Kavita Philip
The President's Excellence Chair in Network Cultures at the University of British Columbia and a Professor of English with the UBC Department of English Language and Literatures Read more
01 Mar, 2021
History & Theory
A Conversation on Wildfire Ecologies
with Margo Robbins
Co-founder and President of the Cultural Fire Management Council
and Valentin Lopez
Chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
Presented in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays.
Read more
25 Feb, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy Keynote: “How should we theorize injury in fan studies?”
with Rebecca Wanzo
Professor and Chair of the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Washington University in St. Louis Read more
03 Feb, 2021
History & Theory
Indigenous Cyber-relationality: Discerning the Limits and Potential for Connective Action
with Marisa Duarte
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Co-sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, the School of Information, American Cultures, and the Center for Race and Gender. Read more
01 Feb, 2021
Special Events
Performing Cultural Exchange on Ohlone Homelands in Huichin
with Pauline Lampton, Director of Miriki Performing Arts
Corrina Gould, co-founder of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
Erica Estrada, Northern Pomo Dancer
Presented with UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays. Read more
16 Nov, 2020
Commons Conversations
Blockchain Chicken Farm and Grass Mud Horses
with Xiaowei Wang
Writer and artist; author of Blockchain Chicken Farm
& An Xiao Mina
Writer and artist; author of From Memes to Movements Read more
07 Nov, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
The Sinofuturist Trilogy: Sinofuturism (1839-2046 AD), Geomancer, and AIDOL
with Lawrence Lek
Artist, Filmmaker and Musician
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Department of Art Practice. Read more
05 Nov, 2020
History & Theory
World Re-Building: Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace and the Initiative for Indigenous Futures
with Skawennati
Artist & Co-Director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice and the Townsend Center for the Humanities.
Image credit: Skawennati, "Renewal" 2016 Read more
25 Oct, 2020
Special Events
Crisis and Creativity: Virtual Artists in Residence at UC Berkeley South Asia Art Initiative
With Mithu Sen
Performs conceptual and interactive multi-format byproducts which include drawing, poetry, moving images, sculptures, installations, sound
And Brendan Fernandes
Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual arts Read more
12 Oct, 2020
Commons Conversations
Cultural Heritage & Cultural Consumption
with Gu Jiang
National Center for Industry Research
Nanjing University Read more
15 Sep, 2020
Workshops
BCNM Student Orientation & Hangout
Join us for an online hangout with BCNM faculty and staff to learn more about new media at Cal! Read more
10 Sep, 2020
History & Theory
A Conversation with the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
with Corrina Gould
Lisjan Ohlone leader and co-founder of the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
moderated by Marcelo Garzo Montalvo Read more
15 Apr, 2020
Special Events
13 Apr, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
ONLINE: Neural Abstractions
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Tom White
Artist and Researcher
Victoria University of Wellington School of Design
Cosponsored by Autolab and the CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) and held in conjunction with the DH Faire.
Read more
06 Apr, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
POSTPONED: Notes on Recent Work of the Past Five Years
with William Pope.L
Artist, Chicago
Presented by the Department of Art Practice Read more
12 Mar, 2020
History & Theory
ONLINE: Feminist Open Access and Internet Publishing
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Francesca Coppa, co-founder Organization for Transformative Works
and Kristina Busse and Karen Hellekson, co-founders Transformative Works & Cultures
Co-sponsored by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, the School of Information, the D-Lab, UC Berkeley Libraries, and the Department of Film & Media Read more
26 Feb, 2020
Special Events
The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives
with Jen Schradie
Assistant Professor, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC) at Sciences Po
Co-Sponsored by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute Read more
24 Feb, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
In Search for My Robot: Emergent Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity
with Margaret Rhee
Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo; Visiting Scholar, NYU
Co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature Read more
27 Jan, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
Dancing with Robots: Expressivity in Natural and Artificial Systems
with Amy LaViers
Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab
Co-sponsored by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
22 Jan, 2020
Commons Conversations
Digital Hijras: Intersex/ tions of Postcolonial and Queer Digital Humanities
with Rahul Gairola
Murdoch University
Co-sponsored by the Color of New Media Working Group. Read more
18 Nov, 2019
Commons Conversations
Insurgent Aesthetics: Flight, Freedom, and Fantasy on the Frontiers of US Empire
with Ronak K. Kapadia
Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Co-sponsored by the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, the Center for Race and Gender, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the Gender and Women's Studies Department Read more
04 Nov, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Transience, Replication, and the Paradox of Social Robotics
with Guy Hoffman
Robotics Researcher, Cornell University
Co-sponsored by the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
21 Oct, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Leonel Moura
Artist, Lisbon
Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR), and FLAD — the Luso-American Development Foundation. Read more
30 Sep, 2019
Special Events
BCNM 2019 Seed Grant Talks
with Celeste Kidd
Psychology
and William White
Anthropology Read more
23 Sep, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
The Copper in my Cooch and Other Technologies
with Marisa Morán Jahn
Artist, Cambridge, MA and New York, NY
Co-sponsored by the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series and the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Read more
09 Sep, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Robots Are Creatures, Not Things
with Madeline Gannon
Artist / Roboticist, Pittsburgh, PA
Co-sponsored by the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
11 Apr, 2019
Special Events
Sarah Winchester and the Origins of Silicon Valley
with Homay King
Bryn Mawr College
Presented by the Berkeley Film & Media Seminar. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
04 Apr, 2019
History & Theory
The Human Body in the Age of Catastrophe
with Stefanos Geroulanos
New York University
Presented by the Department of Rhetoric, in conjunction with the Berkeley Center for New Media's History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Department of History. Read more
03 Apr, 2019
History & Theory
The Human Computer in the Stone Age: Technology, Prehistory, and the Redefinition of the Human after World War II
with Stefanos Geroulanos
New York University Read more
01 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Rhonda Holberton
Artist, Oakland
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Read more
20 Mar, 2019
History & Theory
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
with Safiya Umoja Noble
University of California, Los Angeles
Co-sponsored by the CITRIS Policy Lab Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Special Events
Affective Publics: News Storytelling, Sentiment and Technology
with Zizi Papacharissi
Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, University of Illinois-Chicago
Presented by TDPS Graduate Students, co-sponsored by BCNM Read more
06 Mar, 2019
Special Events
with Gina Marchetti
University of Hong Kong
Hosted by the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media, the Department of Film Studies, and the Center for Chinese Studies. Read more
05 Mar, 2019
Workshops
Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon 2019
The Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon is an annual event hosted in March where Wikipedians can drop in to edit with other members of the community. Read more
25 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
In and out of the Body and into the Machine
with Chico MacMurtrie
Artist, New York Read more
19 Nov, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
RESCHEDULED: Daemons Tools Art Tech
Due to air quality issues, this talk is being rescheduled for September 23rd, 2019. Please check back soon for more information! Read more
09 Nov, 2018
Commons Conversations
Designs of Destruction: The Making of Monuments in the 20th Century
with Lucia Allais
Associate Professor of Architecture, Princeton University Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Good Anthropocene: Terraforming Earth
with Kim Stanley Robinson
Author, Davis, CA
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One
Read more
19 Oct, 2018
Special Events
Hacking Politics: Symposium
Join us to explore how our political system has been — and might be — “hacked” in ways its framers could never have imagined. Read more
08 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Networked Avant-garde
with Kelani Nichole
Director, The Current; Founder, TRANSFER
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
04 Oct, 2018
History & Theory
Learning To Interact: Cybernetics and Play
with Timothy Stott
Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture
Dublin School of Creative Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology Read more
14 Sep, 2018
Commons Conversations
Love bytes and intimate machines
Analysing news media representations of human- robot interactions
with Belinda Middleweek
University of Technology Sydney Read more
12 Sep, 2018
History & Theory
Architectural Intelligence
with Molly Wright Steenson
Associate Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University
In partnership with the Department of Architecture Read more
02 May, 2018
Special Events
Come to the free Critical Making Showcase at Jacobs Hall taking place Wednesday, May 2nd from 2-3:30pm as part of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Spring Read more
27 Apr, 2018
Special Events
Berkeley Conference on Film and Media: Medium/Environment
Berkeley Film & Media’s 4th biennial conference seeks to bring together leading international media theorists working on questions of “environmental media” broadly conceived Read more
05 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Virtuality, Archaeology, and the Future of History
With rapid advances in modern documentation and interpretive technologies such as scanning, visualization, and Virtual and Augmented Reality, how must our study of the past and its material legacy adapt? Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Special Events
Art + Feminism, Race, & Justice Editathon
Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Special Events
05 Mar, 2018
Special Events
Work in the Intersections: A Black Feminist Disability Framework
with Moya Bailey
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Co-sponsored by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society; the BAD CRIPP community forum; Professor Karen Nakamura, Robert and Colleen Haas Distinguished Chair of Disability Studies; and the Disability Studies Research Cluster Read more
01 Mar, 2018
History & Theory
with Warren Sack
Chair and Professor of Film + Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz Read more
29 Jan, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Kris Paulsen
Associate Professor of History of Art and the Film Studies Program at The Ohio State University
An Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium lecture. Presented in partnership with the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series as part of Monday nights as BAMPFA. Read more
23 Oct, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Socially Engaged Internet-Art: Aesthetics of Information Ethics
with Paolo Cirio
Artist, NY
Presented in partnership with the Department of Art Practice Read more
17 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Between the Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of Mind
with Erich Hörl and Yuk Hui
Panel Discussion with Luciana Parisi, David Bates & Warren Sack
with support from the Townsend Center and the Dean of Arts and Humanities Read more
12 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Datasense: Sensor Technology and the Mediation of Sentience
with Natasha Schull
Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU
Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society
Read more
05 Oct, 2017
Commons Conversations
Reply All: Free Speech in the Age of Social Media
New media and modes of digital expression are transforming our experience of, and shaping conversations around free speech. Join us as faculty, students, and staff discuss this new landscape. Read more
25 Sep, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
with Frank Foer
National correspondent for The Atlantic and fellow at the New America Foundation.
Presented in partnership with the Graduate School of Journalism Read more
18 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Visiting Scholar Talk — Steffen Moestrup, "The Journalist as a Performative Persona"
BCNM Visiting Scholar Steffen Moestrup discusses his research on persona driven journalism. Read more
11 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Book Talk — Intelligent Infrastructure: Zipcars, Invisible Networks, And Urban Transformation
with TF Tierney
Founding Director of URL: Urban Research Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Studies Read more
14 Aug, 2017
Special Events
Digital Humanities Berkeley Summer Institute
Don't miss out on this annual series of digital humanities discussions and workshops! Read more
03 May, 2017
Special Events
Spring Critical Making Showcase
Come celebrate the projects of Design Innovation students! Read more
28 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Listening Session and Launch Party Read more
25 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
BCNM, in partnership with the School of Information and Graduate School of Journalism, turn to the particular role, and power, of digital tools to express and organize political dissent, and create greater institutional and political transparency! Read more
19 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Conveying Climate Change: New Media Art, Science, and Activism
13 Apr, 2017
History & Theory
Technology and Forensic Evidence: Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina
Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing, Affiliated Associate Professor of Law, and Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Nicholas de Monchaux on Local Code: 3659 Proposals about Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities
Join BCNM at the Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive with an author talk with Nicholas de Monchaux. Read more
04 Apr, 2017
History & Theory
Digital Doomsday: A Perspective from the Pathology Called Europe
with Jan De Vos
Postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (BE) Read more
03 Apr, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Remapping History: The Unwanted Population - CANCELED
with Tiffany Chung, internationally noted cartographer Read more
02 Mar, 2017
History & Theory
with Kavita Philip, Associate Professor of History Read more
01 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
with Adam Greenfield, information architect and designer Read more
11 Feb, 2017
Special Events
Greg Niemeyer on Hippie Modernisms at BAMPFA
Prof. Niemeyer on the latest exhibition Read more
09 Dec, 2016
Special Events
"Rogue Archives" Book Launch: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom
"Rogue Archives" is authored by Prof. Gail De Kosnik Read more
07 Dec, 2016
Special Events
Jacobs 2016 Winter Design Showcase
Jacobs Institute opens its doors to showcase students' final projects! Read more
28 Nov, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Deep Dreams: Between Inspiration and Hallucination
Mike Tyka in conversation with Josette Melchor Read more
26 Nov, 2016
Special Events
"Local Code" Book Launch: a Conversation & Reading
with Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
13 Nov, 2016
History & Theory
Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes
with Virginia Kuhn,
Associate Professor in the Division of Media Arts + Practice and Associate Director of the Institute for Multimedia Literacy in the School of Cinematic Arts at USC Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual.
Tom Sachs
Sculptor, NY
In partnership with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Art Practice Department Read more
14 Oct, 2016
History & Theory
Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene
with Paul Edwards
A continuation of the Symposium, sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
13 Oct, 2016
History & Theory
Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene
with Paul Edwards
Sponsored by the Townsend Center, the Dean of Humanities, the Berkeley Center for New Media, and the Department of Rhetoric. Read more
29 Sep, 2016
History & Theory
A Workshop on Network Analysis for Film & Media
with Miriam Posner Read more
22 Sep, 2016
& Media Student Conference
with Kristopher Fallon (Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis) and Jenny Odell (Digital Media Artist) Read more
01 Jul, 2016
Special Events
Tsar Bell at 50th Anniversary of St. John
Both Friday and Saturday, The Sts. Cyril & Athanasius Institute will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the repose of St. John. Read more
06 May, 2016
Special Events
The Origins of Japanese Comics, 1905-28
A presentation on the political origins of Japanese comic satire Read more
04 May, 2016
Special Events
Experience this season's NWMEDIA203 Showcase at Jacobs Hall Read more
17 Mar, 2016
History & Theory
Mary Flanagan will explore this rich history and point to the theoretical concerns that arise when playing critically. Read more
11 Feb, 2016
History & Theory
Machine Generated Culpability
with Ahmed Ghappour, law professor at UC Hastings Read more
16 Nov, 2015
History & Theory
Design, Geopolitics, and Planetary-Scale Computing
with Benjamin Bratton, UCSD Professor and Design Theorist Read more
02 Nov, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Working the Stack: Exploits, Topologies, Ontologies
with Julian Oliver, a New Zealander, Critical Engineer and artist based in Berlin Read more
30 Oct, 2015
Workshops
Networked Surveillance: Masterclass with Julian Oliver
A crash course in reading network topologies as political control structures, with discussions Read more
29 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Exhibition Opening
Discover the amazing works Bay area artists have produced on the theme of transparency Read more
28 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Conference
An exciting, interdisciplinary symposium on secrecy, publicity, and authenticity Read more
15 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Precarious Aesthetics Conference
Join us as we interrogate the historical, theoretical, and philosophical implications of precarious aesthetics Read more
01 Jul, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Call for Papers
The interdisciplinary conference is hosting a prize contest for best papers. Get writing! Read more
14 May, 2015
Special Events
We're co-hosting keynote addresses, lightning talks, and panel discussions on individual agency in an increasingly digital world Read more
07 May, 2015
Special Events
Critical Making Course Exhibition
Taught by Instructor Eric Paulos, GSI Emily Chen, and Lab Manager Chris Myers Read more
06 May, 2015
Special Events
Game Design Showcase and Arcade
Come to Kroeber to view student-created games! Read more
01 May, 2015
Special Events
Precarious Aesthetics Conference Call for Papers Deadline
Deadline May 1, 2015 Read more
05 Apr, 2015
Workshops
Espacio Publico, Contexto Personal
A Masterclass with Jose Carlos Martinat. Open to artists, inventors, and engineers Read more
02 Apr, 2015
History & Theory
A lecture on "Technologies of Humanity in Contemporary R&B Music"
by Alexander G. Weheliye, Northwestern Professor Read more
05 Mar, 2015
History & Theory
Against the Cultural Singularity
A lecture by Alan Liu, UCSB Profesor Read more
26 Feb, 2015
History & Theory
by Chris Goto-Jones, Leiden University Read more
23 Feb, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
by Rirkrit Tiravanija, renowned Thai artist Read more
19 Feb, 2015
History & Theory
An HTNM lecture by Elizabeth Freeman, UCD Professor Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Special Events
Queering Agriculture: Food Security in the Nation's Capital and the Crises of Reproductive American Familism
by Bailey Kier, PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park Read more
11 Dec, 2014
Special Events
Count Me In: Walking & the City
Presented by students, faculty and staff from the Global Urban Humanities program, CITRIS, BCNM, and the CITRIS Social Apps Lab Read more
19 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Human Impacts Bay Area: Innovations for the Climate Breakthrough
Join us for a night of art and conversation around innovative ways to tackle climate change Read more
13 Nov, 2014
History & Theory
Cold War Multimedia: The Democratic Surround
An HTNM lecture by Fred Turner, Associate Professor of Communication at Stanford University Read more
13 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Inter/nationalism from the Holy Land to the New World
"Encountering Palestine in American Indian Studies," a lecture by Steven Salaita Read more
04 Oct, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
Embodying Liberation: A Dialogue on Community and Healing
A lecture by Brett Cook, Read more
02 Oct, 2014
History & Theory
A lecture by Jennifer Holt (Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at UCSB) this October, held at Stephens Hall Read more
29 Sep, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
This not-to-be-missed lecture by renowned American architect, Maya Lin Read more
08 Sep, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
The Death Throes of the Desert God
An ATC lecture by John Perry Barlow, cattle rancher and Grateful Dead songwriter Read more
31 May, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
Lossy: On the Politics of Networked Flows and Degraded Systems
A part of our Arts and Technology Colloquium, Stephanie Syjuco - visual artist and educator - bestows a lecture Read more
07 May, 2014
Special Events
Critical Making Final Class Exhibition
Experience this semester's student critiques of new media Read more
17 Mar, 2014
Special Events
Prospective Student Open House
With a keynote address by Francesco Spagnolo, UC Berkeley Music Lecturer, "Mapping Diasporas: Jews, Material Culture, and the Digital Humanities" Read more
06 Mar, 2014
Special Events
We invite you to this symposium of discussions on privacy protections, surveillance methods, and resistance in our digital world Read more
06 Feb, 2014
History & Theory
A lecture by Lisa Nakamura, "Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture" Read more
02 Dec, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
From Timelapse to Timecollapse
Zhang Ga, media art curator and Professor at Tsinghua University, on "Rethinking New Media Art and Platform China" Read more
28 Oct, 2013
History & Theory
A History and Theory of New Media lecture by Eyal Weizman, architect, University of London Professor Read more
19 Sep, 2013
History & Theory
Mia Laboro: How To Do Generative Humanities
with Peter Lunenfeld, UCLA Design Media Arts Professor Read more
16 Sep, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Avatar Syndrome: Past Imperative, Future Conditional
with Allan deSouza, UC Berkeley faculty and photographer Read more
14 May, 2013
Workshops
New Media Research Workshop: “Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture”
How can we better understand how content circulates within contemporary networked culture? Participate in this exciting workshop with Sam Ford Read more
23 Apr, 2013
Workshops
New Media Research Workshop: "Gender Circuits: Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age
A presentation on technology and embodied identities, by Eve Shapiro, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Westfield State University Read more
17 Mar, 2013
Special Events
Learning Mode: College Readiness Hackathon
Develop a New Media app to make the college application process less harrowing in this CITRIS-sponsored Hackathon! Read more
14 Mar, 2013
Special Events
Disembodied: Literature and Transmission in a Digital Age
A day of presentations & panel discussions for Anthropology, Architecture, Area Studies, Comparative Literature, + Theology scholars. Don't miss it! Read more
04 Feb, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Social Prosthetics: Technology and the Human Form
A lecture by Kate Hartman, leader of wearable technology Read more
10 Dec, 2012
Special Events
We Witness: A Panel on Digital Video, Social Media, and Political Protest
A panel of leading video activists, filmmakers, + technology developers on the implications for human rights investigations, advocacy campaigns, and social justice Read more
04 Dec, 2012
Workshops
Fantasy in Videogames and Cinema: The Ludic Body in Media Convergence
Christopher Goetz on fantasies shared between videogames and cinema, starting with The Matrix Read more
15 Nov, 2012
Special Events
"Marry Me to the End of Love," an Interactive Performance
In this interactive performance, Baradaran will marry anyone he can convince to enter a temporary marriage Read more
15 Nov, 2012
Special Events
Visual Identities, Recorded Subjects and ‘Pant-Pages’ in Late Narratives in Spanish, from a Transatlantic Perspective
A lecture by Vicente Luis Mora, Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Technologies at Brown University Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Special Events
New Media Graduate Student Presentations
Three DE students (Theater, Performance, Dance Studies; New Media) will present their research this past semester. Read their fascinating presentation abstracts here Read more
14 Nov, 2012
New Media Graduate Student Presentations
Three DE students (Theater, Performance, Dance Studies; New Media) will present their research this past semester. Read their fascinating presentation abstracts here Read more
04 Oct, 2012
Special Events
The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy
with David Karpf, Assistant Prof. of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University Read more
17 Sep, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
A Tale of Two Eyes, One Brain, One Hand, and One Pen
with Ryan and Trevor Oakes, visual artists whose work has been featured in Chicago's Millennium Park and Palazzo Strozzi Museum in Florence Italy -- to name a few Read more
26 Apr, 2012
Special Events
Digital Inquiry: Forms of Knowledge in the Age of New Media
Reflections on the nature of knowledge in the digital age, a symposium Read more
26 Apr, 2012
History & Theory
with Rita Raley, Associate Prof. of English, among other distinguished appointments Read more
23 Apr, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
On Vanishing: New Mythologies for Choreography in Museums
with Jonah Bokaer, international choreographer, media artist, and artist space developer Read more
16 Apr, 2012
Special Events
From Chat to Interactives: The Evolution of the Digital Commons
A lecture by Laura Robinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Santa Clara University Read more
12 Apr, 2012
Workshops
Mutated Text: a Cross-Genre Creative Writing Workshop
In celebration of "Improper Informalities :: Strange Writing :: Eclectic Ties"
Read more
30 Mar, 2012
Special Events
The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area
Hosted at SFMoMA, featuring Nicholas DeMonchaux and the work of Buckminster Fuller Read more
13 Feb, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
All the West is Wasteland: Art in the Post-Agrarian Landscape
with Fernando Garcia Dory, artist and agro-ecologist Read more
02 Feb, 2012
Special Events
Transforming Community Through Pervasive Play
with Jeff Watson (USC) Read more
23 Jan, 2012
Special Events
Social Media and Peer Learning: From Mediated Pedagogy to Peeragogy
with Howard Rheingold, independent scholar at Stanford's Department of Communication Read more
05 Dec, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Heaven Can Wait: The Revolving Restaurant as Hypercinema
Bull.Miletic: Synne Bull and Dragan Miletic, recipients of the Bay Area Video Coalition's "Video Maker Award" Read more
18 Nov, 2011
History & Theory
Lydia Liu, in conversation with Martin Jay and David Bates on her new book, "The Freudian Robot"
The author of "The Freudian Robot: Digital Media and the Future of the Unconscious" talking to Martin Jay (History) and David Bates (Rhetoric) Read more
03 Nov, 2011
History & Theory
A History and Theory of New Media lecture by Henry Jenkins (USC) Read more
04 May, 2011
Special Events
Regents Lecture: Green Technologies – Enabling the Radical Innovations to Come (Sooner!)
A special lecture by Bill Joy, renowned technologist and partner in leading venture capital firm KPBC's Greentech Practice Read more
25 Apr, 2011
Special Events
Advancing the New Machine, Human Rights and Technology Conference
A symposium for anyone interested in uniting the tech-world and the human rights community Read more
30 Mar, 2011
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: On Common Ground, Paula Levine
Led by Paula Levine, artist and researcher whose experimental videos have shown in screenings in New York's Lincoln Centre Read more
24 Feb, 2011
Special Events
World Craft, Business and Culture of Gaming in East Asia
07 Feb, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Surfaces of Constant Simultaneity
Jose Alvarez on his own personal journey of investigation into the realms of consciousness, mysticism, spirituality Read more
24 Jan, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Rhinoceros Beetles, Kissable Frogs and other Close Encounters with Biodiverse and the Tasty Future
An Arts, Technology, and Culture Colloquium lecture by Natalie Jeremijenko Read more
11 Oct, 2010
Art, Tech & Culture
Art and the Utopian Imaginary
with Mark Tribe, artist and occasional curator whose interests include art, technology, and politics Read more
07 Apr, 2024
Announcing our Summer 2024 Research Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2024 Summer Research recipients from Geography, Music, Education, Architecture, East Asian Studies, Public Health, Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, and Film & Media. Read more
06 Apr, 2024
Mass Ornament, Exploded: TikTok Dance Challenges as Mass Culture
A new article from alum Renée Pastel in The Velvet Light Trap. Read more
04 Apr, 2024
BCNM Around the Web Spring 24
Check out our faculty and alumni around the web this Spring, 2024! Read more
04 Apr, 2024
Announcing the 2024 AAPI Media Creatives Fellow
Congratulations to Yeonhee Choi! Read more
01 Apr, 2024
Zekarias Musele Thompson and Lee Crandall at the Living Room Light Exchange
Two of our grad students are featured at tonight's Living Room Light Exchange! Read more
31 Mar, 2024
Announcing Our Spring 2024 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Yangyang Yang. Read more
21 Mar, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Spring 2024 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premiere conferences in their field. Read more
11 Mar, 2024
Mirage: Cross-Embodiment Zero-Shot Policy Transfer with Cross-Painting
New paper from BCNM faculty member Ken Goldberg. Read more
24 Feb, 2024
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36 pre-proceedings (NeurIPS 2023) Read more
22 Feb, 2024
Hannah Zeavin has a new article on the telepath and psychoanalysis in Tank. Read more
13 Feb, 2024
Nicole Starosielski teaches Introduction to Digital Infrastructure this Summer
This summer, Professor Nicole Starosielski teaches Introduction to Digital Infrastructure. The challenge of this course will be not only to learn about the infrastructures that comprise the digital "cloud," but to develop innovative representations of them, based on your own original research into the internet’s “plumbing.” Read more
25 Jan, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, the Berkeley Center for New Media pairs undergraduates with a graduate student mentor, offering them the chance to complete real, graduate level research while at Cal. We are thrilled to announce this semester's Fellows. Read more
15 Jan, 2024
Spring 2024 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications are due March 1, 2024. Read more
15 Jan, 2024
Why we don't have robot butlers yet
Read more
29 Dec, 2023
Alex Saum-Pascual Awarded 2023 Peder Sather Grant
Alex was awarded a grant for "Transformation and Disruption: The Challenges and Opportunities of AI for Human Creativity." Read more
22 Dec, 2023
Optimal Arrangement and Rearrangement of Objects on Shelves to Minimize Robot Retrieval Cost
Ken Goldberg in IEEE Transactions! Read more
21 Dec, 2023
Asma Kazmi Awarded 2023 Vagner Mendonça-Whitehead Microgrant
The award is offered by the New Media Caucus. Read more
20 Dec, 2023
Alex Saum-Pascual on L&S in the Age of AI
Alex spoke about AI and Research Innovation Across Disciplines! Read more
05 Dec, 2023
Apply to TA in Summer 2024
TA for Transforming Tech or Digital Infrastructures this summer! Read more
04 Dec, 2023
Ken Goldberg at CORL 2023
Check out the new papers Ken Goldberg and team presented at CoRL 2023! Read more
30 Nov, 2023
Announcing Our Fall 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Haya Constellation Altar, 2019, Arianna Khmelniuk Read more
29 Nov, 2023
Apply for the 2024 AAPI Media Creatives Fellowship
Applications are due March 1, 2024. Read more
26 Nov, 2023
Bernard Stiegler Digital Inquiry Keynote
Stiegler made these remarks available for view in 2016. Read more
04 Nov, 2023
Announcing BCNM's Fall 2023 Faculty Seed Grants
This semester, the Berkeley Center for New Media was thrilled to support four faculty members in their scholarship through seed grants that will help catalyze their research in new media. We are excited to congratulate these amazing artists and scholars! Read more
03 Nov, 2023
Conference Grant Reports: Xinwei Zhuang at ACADIA
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Xinwei Zhuang presented their paper on ""Encoding Urban Ecologies: Automated Building Archetype Generation through Self-Supervised Learning for Energy Modeling" at ACADIA.
Read more
01 Nov, 2023
Announcing BCNM's Fall 23 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these students working in the fields of architecture, geography, engineering, and more! Read more
30 Oct, 2023
Summer Research Reports: Alexis Wood on Digital Landscapes in Northern California
We're thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Alexis Wood on Digital Landscapes in Northern California. Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Wish Wang on Community Design
Wish Wang received an undergraduate research fellowship and was mentored by Xinwei Zhuang. Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Alexis Wood on Erosion as Method(ology) at NACIS 23
Alexis Wood (Department of Geography & BCNM DE) presented her paper, “Erosion As Method(ology): Theorizing and Mapping Structures of Feeling” at the at the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) Annual Conference. Read more
15 Oct, 2023
Julia Irwin on a History of Artificial Perception
Summer research from Julia Irwin on "Patterning Recognition: A History of Artificial Perception." Read more
14 Oct, 2023
Weiying Li on “Designing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) curriculum”.
Weiying Li received a BCNM 2023 summer research award. Read more
05 Oct, 2023
World Building for Immersive Storytelling
Interview with Alex McDowell RDI Read more
20 Sep, 2023
Jaclyn Zhou and Caleb Murray-Bozeman to Lead New Media Working Group
We're thrilled to announce that Jaclyn Zhou and Caleb Murray-Bozeman are the new coordinators of the New Media Working Group! Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Jarvis Scholarship Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Scholarship was awarded to Kelsey Choe, Em Erce, and Anna Ma. Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Announcing Our Fall 2023 Class Grants
We are pleased to Support Alex Saum-Pascual, Lisa Wymore, and Jacob Gaboury's courses. Read more
13 Sep, 2023
Gloria Emeagwali Video & Transcript Now Online
Read more
04 Sep, 2023
Lyman Report: Rashad Timmons on Racialized Geography in Ferguson
With the support of the Lyman Fellowship, Rashad Timmons traveled to Ferguson, Missouri to engage in fieldwork and archival research for my dissertation. Read more
17 Aug, 2023
Edgar Fabian Frias at Australia's TWFineArts
16 Aug, 2023
Jacob Gaboury Reviews Uncomputable
Jacob Gaboury has published a review of Uncomputable: Play and Politics in the Long Digital Age by Alexander R. Galloway Read more
15 Aug, 2023
Valencia James & Landship Valiant Star
Read about Valencia James and Landship Valiant Star; a multimodal research project in which I am exploring the living history of the Barbados Landship. Read more
11 Aug, 2023
Dongho Shin on Digital Systems Generating Mnemonics
Read about Dongho Shin's project to develop digital systems capable of generating mnemonics—strategies that enhance memory retention, such as creating wordplay, narratives, and visuals. Read more
10 Aug, 2023
Rita Kuleva Video and Transcript Now Online
Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 History and Theory of New Media Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Paloma Duong, Erik Davis, Lauren Klein, and more! Read more
05 Jul, 2023
Fall 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications are due November 1, 2023. Read more
29 Jun, 2023
Edgar Fabián Frías' Art at Givenchy's Beauty Pride Gallery
Givenchy Beauty collaborates with three digital artists to each create a digital art piece on the metaverse platform. Read more
29 Jun, 2023
Greg Niemeyer on Art in the Age of Stable Diffusion
Watch Greg's talk at the Universität der Künste Berlin online now! Read more
28 Jun, 2023
How AI can distort human beliefs
Celeste Kidd and co-author Abeba Birhane have a new article in Science on how models can convey biases and false information to users! Read more
27 Jun, 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
20 Jun, 2023
Welcoming Hannah Zeavin Back to BCNM!
Read more
20 Jun, 2023
In the Studio with Trevor Paglen
15 Jun, 2023
Announcing BCNM's New Director Tom McEnaney
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13 Jun, 2023
Michelle Carney Featured on People of AI
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13 Jun, 2023
Conference Grant Reports: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan at Elevate
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Read more
08 Jun, 2023
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado Launches Escritura Publica
This public humanities project proposes to create a space where women can access creative writing and healing techniques as critical tools to address their experiences with different daily social problems on the island of Puerto Rico. Read more
01 Jun, 2023
Critical Computation on a Geographical Register
Clancy Wilmott has released a new research article titled "Critical computation on a geographical register." Read more
25 May, 2023
Jacob Gaboury Co-Edits Critical Inquiry
Weihong Bao, Daniel Morgan, and our own Jacob Gaboury co-edited a special issue of Critical Inquiry on Medium/Environment. Read more
19 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Graduates
Art by Tiare Ribeaux. Read more
18 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
We wish them well in their future pursuits! Congratulations Annie, Omeed, Silayan, and Sirui (Skylar)! Read more
11 May, 2023
Teddy Cruz & Fonna Forman Video & Transcript Now Online!
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02 May, 2023
Celeste Kidd on Why Aren't Babies Little Adults
Why are babies small and grownups big? Why are babies so helpless, instead of little versions of adults? Do babies know they're babies? How do babies grow? How do babies learn to talk? Read more
24 Apr, 2023
Celeste Kidd Publishes on Why We Disagree So Often
Is a dog more similar to a chicken or an eagle? Is a penguin noisy? Is a whale friendly?
Celeste Kidd and team say these absurd-sounding questions might help us better understand what’s at the heart of some of society’s most vexing arguments. Read more
15 Apr, 2023
Announcing Our Summer 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Akira Ono, Isabel Li, Nika States, Reica Ramirez, and Wish Wang! Read more
14 Apr, 2023
Morgan Ames Publishes Algorithmic Modernity
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12 Apr, 2023
Osman Khan Video & Transcript Now Online!
Read more
09 Apr, 2023
Announcing the 2023 AAPI Media Creatives Fellow
Congratulations to Minh Anh Van! Read more
06 Apr, 2023
Now Hiring: Lecturer in New Media
Next review date: Thursday, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Read more
05 Apr, 2023
CoRL Papers Published in Proceedings of Machine Learning
Ken Goldberg has been included in the Conference on Robotic Learning proceedings. Read more
03 Apr, 2023
BCNM Around the Web April 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this April! Read more
29 Mar, 2023
Kris Paulsen Co-Edits Media N
With Brian Michael Murphy, alum Kris Paulsen co-edits a special issue of Media N on Afterlives of Data. Read more
23 Mar, 2023
Announcing Our Summer 2023 Research Award Recipients
We are thrilled to share our 2023 Summer Research Fellows from Architecture, Art Practice, Design, Education, Film & Media, Geography, and Theater, Dance and Performance Studies! Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Abigail De Kosnik Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
The Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching has awarded Director Gail De Kosnik a Distinguished Teaching Award, the campus' most prestigious award for teaching. Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Valencia James Co-Curates The Parables Experience
The Parables Experience takes place at MozFest! Read more
16 Mar, 2023
Nettrice Gaskins Video & Transcript Now Online
Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of Asian studies, education, computer science, geography, film & media, rhetoric, EECS, architecture, and more! Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Announcing Our Spring 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Image credit: Karthika Baiju. Read more
06 Mar, 2023
Sonia Katyal Receives Dukeminier Award
Sonia K Katyal receives Dukeminier award for her recent writing on gender, sexuality and AI alongside undergraduate Berkeley student Jessica Y Jung. Read more
19 Jan, 2023
Asian Americans in Hollywood Video and Transcript Now Online
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17 Jan, 2023
Ra Malika Imhotep, and Caleb Luna, “Body Language Sick and Disabled Crazy Femmes in Conversation”
Artists Ra Malika Imhotep and Caleb explore the beauty that lives within them through embodied study and research as well as everyday practices of solidarity and collective liberation Read more
06 Jan, 2023
Gillian Rose Video & Transcript Now Online
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05 Jan, 2023
Spring 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications for Spring 2023 admittance are due March 1, 2023. Read more
30 Dec, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Isabel Li, Riya Manimaran, and Xiaowen Yuan! Read more
23 Dec, 2022
Digital Literature for the End of the World
Digital technologies, climate damage, algorithms, capitalocene, ecology, environmental studies, and digital literature! Read more
23 Dec, 2022
If Sex Workers Owned the Internet: a Juliana Friend Interview
If Sex Workers Owned the Internet: A Conversation with Senegalese Activists about Digital Privacy and Security Read more
23 Dec, 2022
Ken Goldberg Discusses the Biggest Robotics Trends of 2022
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22 Dec, 2022
Fall 2022 Events in Review
Thank you so much for joining us for another semester of BCNM events! We've collected our event transcripts and videos so you can tune in to amazing lectures from Pua Case, BCNM alumni Ra Malika Imhotep and Caleb Luna, Visiting Scholar Gillian Rose, and more. Read more
19 Dec, 2022
Kelli Moore Transcript and Video Now Online
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16 Dec, 2022
Yasnaya Aguilar Gil Video & Transcript Now Online
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15 Dec, 2022
Summer 2023 Courses: NWMEDIA 151AC
Transforming Tech: Issues and Interventions in STEM and Silicon Valley offered online with Matthew Berry! Read more
06 Dec, 2022
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator & Office Manager in 2023
Join us at BCNM curating and offering an exciting array of programs, including our popular Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium and Indigenous Technologies program! Read more
06 Dec, 2022
Sophia Hussain to Join AK Press
We're so sad to bid farewell to Sophia Hussain but excited for her future endeavors at AK Press! Read more
01 Dec, 2022
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
18 Nov, 2022
BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. Read more
02 Nov, 2022
BCNM at American Studies Association 2022
Ethnic Studies Associate professor Keith Feldman, History professor Hannah Zeavin, and writer and scholar Ra Malika Imhotep featured at American Studies Association 2022. 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
26 Oct, 2022
Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2023. Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Alumni Ritwik Banerji and Sivan Eldar featured at the American Musicological Society (AMS), Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), and Society for Music Theory (SMT) conference. Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Pua Case Transcript and Video Now Online
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19 Oct, 2022
Ken Goldberg at ISRR 2022
Ken Goldberg and team present at the 2022 International Symposium on Robotics Research. Read more
19 Oct, 2022
The Harms of Targeted Weight Loss Ads with Liza Gak
BCNM DE Liza Gak joins Data Skeptic to discuss her research on harmful weight loss advertising. Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Image caption: Video still of Bruno Latour lecturing at UC Berkeley, Oct. 17, 2005 Read more
06 Oct, 2022
Apply for the AAPI Media Creatives Fellowship
We are thrilled to launch the inaugural UC Berkeley Center for New Media AAPI Media Creatives Fellowship. Applications are due March 1, 2023. Read more
05 Oct, 2022
Alum Katherine Chandler writes on infrastructures of militarism and the hidden genealogies of the South African Seeker. Read more
16 Sep, 2022
Materialidad digital, algoritmos y otras abstracciones modernas.
Alex Saum-Pascual's Materialidad digital, algoritmos y otras abstracciones modernas is featured in Hispanic writings from the exocanon. Read more
11 Sep, 2022
Summer Research Report: Amanda Barnett
Read about Amanda's preparation for a Spring 2023 exhibit at Wing Luke Museum, Seattle’s Asian Pacific American history museum. Read more
10 Sep, 2022
Hannah Zeavin Reviews Lauren Berlant's New Book
Berlant’s new book, On the Inconvenience of Other People, serves as a sequel of sorts to Cruel Optimism, the work that guaranteed Berlant’s fame beyond the academy. Read more
27 Aug, 2022
Fall 2022 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media! Applications due November 1, 2022. Read more
25 Aug, 2022
Undergraduate Research: Jesse Clements
Jesse worked on Tory Jeffay's dissertation "The Forensic Imaginary." Read more
23 Aug, 2022
Summer Research Report: Lani Alden
Digital preservation and database building formed the basis of Lani's work on kabuki performances in the early twentieth century. Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Lyman Report: Julia Irwin
Julia's dissertation is titled "Patterning Recognition: A History of Automated Visual Perception." Read more
15 Aug, 2022
The 119th American Sociology Association annual meeting took place in Los Angeles on August 5-9. Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Queer Affects at the Origins of Computation
Jacob Gaboury's new article appears in the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. Read more
10 Aug, 2022
Ken Goldberg at CASE 2022
The 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) took place in in Chengdu, China and Mexico City, Mexico. Read more
28 Jul, 2022
Xiaowei Wang Co-Editor of Logic Magazine
Congratulations and best wishes to Xiaowei Wang who will co-lead Logic Magazine's pivot to becoming the first queer Black and Asian tech magazine. Read more
27 Jul, 2022
Camille Crittenden explains a technology Californians use without knowing it
The Fresno Bee goes in depth on blockchain with Camille Crittenden's expertise. Read more
22 Jul, 2022
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
21 Jul, 2022
Announcing the 2022-2023 History and Theory of New Media Season
We are excited to announce the 2022-2023 season for the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series, featuring Kelli Moore, Gloria Emeagwali, Gillian Rose, and more! Read more
18 Jul, 2022
Disruptive Ruptures: The Necessity of Black/Girlhood Imaginary
Lashon Daley published with Kenly Brown and Derrika Hunt in Meridians journal. Read more
17 Jul, 2022
Ken Goldberg at WAFR 2022
The 15th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics was held on June 22-24, 2022. Read more
13 Jul, 2022
Seitu Jones Transcript & Video Now Online
Revisit this great event with Seitu Jones on "George's Blues: An Investigation of George Washington Carver’s Legacy as an Artist and Cook" Read more
12 Jul, 2022
Adam and Zack Khalil Transcript & Video Now Online
Revisit this great event with Adam and Zack Khalil on "Culture capture, additive defacement, and other tactics towards realizing Indigenous futures.” Read more
07 Jul, 2022
Alumni Christo Sims and Jen Schradie presented at the International Communication Association's 2022 conference. Read more
01 Jul, 2022
BCNM Around the Web June 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this June! Read more
29 Jun, 2022
Ken Goldberg is among the authors of this paper on how the cloud ecosystem, barely over fifteen years old, could evolve as it matures. Read more
24 Jun, 2022
Liat Berdugo Transcript Now Online
Revisit this great event with Liat Berdugo on "Seeing is Not Enough: Citizen Videography in Israel-Palestine." Read more
23 Jun, 2022
Fall 2021-Spring 2022 BCNM Events in Review
Check out our roundup of the last year of BCNM events, featuring event details, video recordings, and transcripts! Read more
19 Jun, 2022
Damon Young Edits Special Issue of Representations
Damon Young, with Debarati Sanyal and Mario Telò, edits a special issue of Representations on Proximities — Readings with Judith Butler. Read more
16 Jun, 2022
Conference Report: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan at EDRA53 Health in Design
Haripriya shared her research at the Environmental Design Research Association Health in Design conference. Read more
03 Jun, 2022
Malika Imhotep Discusses gossypin
Ra Malika Imhotep joins Lost City Books to discuss her new collection, gossypin. Read more
03 Jun, 2022
Commons Conversations Event Transcript Now Online: Wendy Chun
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21 May, 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this May! Read more
17 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Graduates
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
16 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
Project by Jessie Mindel with Selin Longmire, Angelica Song, Bradley Russo. Read more
12 May, 2022
The Distance Cure Wins Courage to Dream Book Prize
Congratulations to Hannah Zeavin for receiving the Courage to Dream Book Prize for her book The Distance Cure! Read more
11 May, 2022
Sonia Katyal on LGBTQ+ Rights
As every day we hear new reports of laws limiting LGBTQ+ rights, UC Berkeley professors weigh in on the current experience of our LGBTQ+ community. Read more
29 Apr, 2022
Epistemic Disconnects Surrounding the US Census Bureau’s Use of Differential Privacy
Our alum danah boyd published an article in the Harvard Data Science Review with Jayshree Sarathy.
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21 Apr, 2022
Noura Howell on Cracks in the Success Narrative
Noura Howell reflects on her failures in design research practice in "Cracks in the Success Narrative: Rethinking Failure in Design Research through a Retrospective Trioethnogrpahy". Read more
20 Apr, 2022
Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou on Diversity on Streaming Platforms in Pandemic Times
Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou present diversity Scores for films and television series on major streaming platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Read more
19 Apr, 2022
Jane McGonigal on the Michael Shermer Show
In Imaginable, Jane McGonigal draws on the latest scientific research in psychology and neuroscience to show us how to train our minds to think the unthinkable and imagine the unimaginable. Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Jen Schradie on the French Presidential Election
Interview with researcher Jen Schradie. Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Seed Grant Report: Jill Miller and My Mother's Titanium Hip
Photo credit: Jill Miller. Read more
13 Apr, 2022
BCNM Around the Web April 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this April 2022!
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13 Apr, 2022
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2022! Read more
12 Apr, 2022
Ken Goldberg at ICRA 2022
Check out these great papers from Ken Goldberg's AUTOLAB presented at the International Conference on Robots and Automation 2022! Read more
05 Apr, 2022
Liza Gak Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship & Tonya Nguyen Receives Honorable Mention
The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines. Read more
05 Apr, 2022
Who's Listening When You Call a Crisis Hotline
Hannah Zeavin and Yana Calou published the article in State of Mind. Read more
01 Apr, 2022
Michelle Carney on Building More Human, Helpful, and Ethical Systems
Michelle Carney talks us through tactics for building more human, more helpful, and more ethical AI + ML systems. Read more
31 Mar, 2022
Jen Schradie on the 2022 Elections
Olivier Clairouin interviews Jen Schradie for Le Monde on whether the Right has won the fight for the internet in advance of the 2022 elections. Read more
30 Mar, 2022
Amazing BCNM representation from students, faculty, and alumni at SCMS 2022! Read more
30 Mar, 2022
Pop Mythology Reviews Imaginable
'Imaginable' is the most important book you’ll read this year! Read more
29 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Research Award Recipients
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of architecture, technology, cognitive science, and more! Read more
11 Mar, 2022
Andrea Horbinski Translation of 2B-Dan in Mechademia
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10 Mar, 2022
This Thursday - 24-hour Matching Gift Opportunity for AAPI Media Creatives Fellowship
Help BCNM unlock $5,000 by making a gift of any size during Big Give Read more
08 Mar, 2022
Nabeel Siddiqui Reviews Image Objects
Jacob Gaboury's Image Objects was reviewed in Information & Culture by Nabeel Siddiqui. Read more
02 Mar, 2022
BCNM Around the Web March 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this March! Read more
01 Mar, 2022
Ken Goldberg on Simulating Polyculture Farming
Check out Ken Goldberg's article on Simulating Polyculture Farming to Learn Automation Policies for Plant Diversity and Precision Irrigation! Read more
24 Feb, 2022
Announcing the 2022 Lyman Recipient
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24 Feb, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Abigail Lomibao and Jesse Clements! Read more about their projects here! Read more
18 Feb, 2022
HTNM Video Now Online: Yásnaya Aguilar Gil
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10 Feb, 2022
Ken Goldberg at CoRL 2021
Ken Goldberg and team present "Dex-NeRF: Using a Neural Radiance Field to Grasp Transparent Objects" at the Conference on Robotic Learning. Read more
05 Feb, 2022
Bo Ruberg Publishes Trans Games Studies
Bo Ruberg's Trans Games Studies has been published in University of Michigan's Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. Read more
02 Feb, 2022
Clement Hil Goldberg Receives Creative Capital Award
Congratulations to Clement Hil Goldberg's 'Let Me Let You Go' for receiving the Creative Capital Award which supports artists who are pushing boundaries and asking challenging questions! Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Beyond Settler Sex and Family: Kim TallBear Transcript and Video Now Online
Check out the updated transcript and video for Kim TallBear's “Beyond Settler Sex and Family”. Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Maria Thereza Alves Transcript and Video Now Online
Check out the transcript and video for Maria Thereza Alves' “Colonial Practices And Cultural Repression By The Municipality Against The Community Museum of the Valle De Xico but “It Is Our 25th Anniversary And We Are Still Here.” Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Welcoming Xuan Wang: Visiting Scholar from China
Wang Xuan is the director of the technical department of the Library at Communication University of China and the former associate director of the technical department of the Media Museum. Read more
22 Jan, 2022
BCNM Around the Web January 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this January! Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Spring 2022 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
The Berkeley Center for New Media is now accepting applications for admission to the Designated Emphasis (DE) in New Media and the Graduate Certificate in New Media programs. All applications for Spring 2022 admittance are due March 1, 2022. Read more
10 Jan, 2022
Common Conversations Event Transcript Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
We're pleased to share the transcript of our Common Conversations event with founder of Stamen Design Eric Rodenbeck. Read more
06 Jan, 2022
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
06 Jan, 2022
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Ashley Mackenzie Reed and Choyang Dhontso Ponsar! Read more
04 Jan, 2022
HTNM Indigenous Technologies Event Transcript Now Online: Lisa Reihana
We're pleased to share the transcript of our Indigenous Technologies event with Maori artist and filmmaker Lisa Reihana. Read more
03 Jan, 2022
Offline Meta-RL for Safe Adaptation and Fault Tolerance
Ken Goldberg and team publish a new paper on Offline Meta-RL for Safe Adaptation and Fault Tolerance. Read more
02 Jan, 2022
Jacob Gaboury Book Chat at the Townsend Center
Jacob discusses his new book Image Objects (MIT, 2021). Read more
13 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
12 Dec, 2021
An Ode to Responsible Data Science
Alum danah boyd gives the plenary at the Microsoft Research Summit on Statistical Imaginaries. Read more
09 Dec, 2021
Amazing representation of BCNM presenting at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science! Read more
08 Dec, 2021
BCNM Around the Web November 2021
Check out the work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web! Read more
05 Dec, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías in Transcendence
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías. Read more
14 Nov, 2021
Eric Paulos, Björn Hartmann, Jingyi Li and Molly Nicholas at the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Read more
11 Nov, 2021
Pablo Paredes on Individualized Stress Detection Using an Unmodified Steering Wheel
BCNM alum Pablo Paredes co-authored a research study on detecting stress levels through steering wheel angle data. Read more
27 Oct, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Marketplace on Ambi Robotics
Marketplace spoke with BCNM faculty Ken Goldberg about Ambi Robotics, which he co-founded. Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías at Wxtch Craft
Edgar Fabián Frías was featured in the opening lecture of the Fall Cycle of Wxtch Craft - Studium Generale lecture series 2021-22. Read more
20 Oct, 2021
BCNM's Kris Paulen, Jacob Gaboury, and Hannah Zeavin presented at SLSA2021 "ENERGY": 34TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. Read more
14 Oct, 2021
Rogue Archives Reviewed in S-USIH
BCNM director Abigail De Kosnik's 2016 book Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom was reviewed by Michael J. Kramer of The Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Read more
14 Oct, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías on GIPHY Arts
BCNM graduate student Edgar Fabián Frías was interviewed alongside Nicky Rojo about their participation in GIPHY Arts' first book, Frame by Frame. Read more
13 Oct, 2021
Announcing the Fall 2021 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on media literacy, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
08 Oct, 2021
Reginold Royston on New Orality in the African Mediascape
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07 Oct, 2021
Echolocating the Caribbean Diaspora: Cathy Thomas Transcript and Video Now Online
Check out the updated transcript and video for Cathy Thomas's “Echolocating the Caribbean Diaspora”. Read more
25 Sep, 2021
BCNM Around the Web September 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this September! Read more
18 Sep, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías & Charlie Amáyá Scott on Ancestors
Edgar Fabián Frías and Charlie Amáyá Scott speak on connecting to their ancestors in "You Are Also Your Ancestors". Read more
11 Sep, 2021
The Distance Cure Reviewed in The Baffler
The Baffler reviews BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin's The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy. Read more
06 Sep, 2021
Summer Research: Julia Irwin & the Gilbreth Archives
Julia Irwin received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Read about her great work researching and writing about the archives of industrial psychologist Lillian Moller Gilbreth and her husband Frank B. Gilbreth. Read more
06 Sep, 2021
Summer Research: Erica Deeman, Fast Fashion, & Jamaica
Erica Deeman received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Read about her great work exploring the cultural heritage of her ancestors and expressing her findings through a video performance. Read more
04 Sep, 2021
Ken Goldberg at IROS 2021
Several papers co-written by Ken Goldberg were presented at IROS 2021. Read more
02 Sep, 2021
Edgar Fabian Frias Speaks to Bunny Michaels about Queer Ancestors
The conversation with Bunny Michaels is part of Edgar's Queer, Trans & Gender Variant Ancestors Project. Read more
01 Sep, 2021
Edgar Fabian Frias Speaks to Michael Espinoza about Queer Ancestors
Edgar Fabián Frías and Michael Espinoza speaks on identity and ancestry in "I Am A Spiritual Being Because Of My Queerness". Read more
01 Sep, 2021
E&T Reviews Hannah Zeavin's The Distance Cure
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30 Aug, 2021
Summer Research: Hala Kaddoura on Joy
Hala Kaddoura received a BCNM summer research award to advance her art practice. She traveled to Lebanon to begin a new project on joy. Read more
21 Aug, 2021
BCNM Around the Web August 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni around the web this August! Read more
20 Aug, 2021
Summer Research Dispatch: Tonya Nguyen on Mutual Aid Organizations' Use of Technology
Tonya Nguyen shares her findings on how mutual aid organizations can scale effectively, especially when making decisions about the technology they should use and its impact on their communities. Read more
19 Aug, 2021
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jessie Mindel on Kaleidoscope
Jessie Mindel was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Molly Nicholas and team on building a new web-based, collaborative design classroom tool. Read more
17 Aug, 2021
Summer Research Dispatch: Edgar Fabián Frías and the Queer, Trans & Gender Variant Ancestors Project
You can now watch Edgar's conversations with leading artists on Queer, Trans & Gender Variant Ancestors. Plus, look out for billboards near you! Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Announcing the 2021-2022 History and Theory of New Media Season
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence. Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Pablo Paredes on the Invisible Future of Health Monitoring
Pablo Paredes features on Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health's The Invisible Future of Health Monitoring. Read more
29 Jul, 2021
Camille Crittenden: Keep Public Meetings Open Through Technology
Camille published this important call to California to keep public meetings open with the technologies we've used during the pandemic. Read more
28 Jul, 2021
De La Pauvreté, De L'Image Riche by Jacob Gaboury
Jacob published De La Pauvreté, De L'Image Riche in LA HAUTE ET LA BASSE DÉFINITION DES IMAGES: Photographie, cinéma, art contemporain, culture visuelle. Read more
27 Jul, 2021
It was a whirlwind year for BCNM and we're so proud to share some of our greatest hits from 2021. Read more
27 Jul, 2021
Ra Malika Imhotep in Our Work is Everywhere
Ra Malika Imhotep was published in this volume, an illustrated oral history of Queer and Trans resistance. Read more
26 Jul, 2021
We're Hiring: Fall 2021 Work Study Student Assistant
Join the BCNM Events & Communications team! Read more
25 Jul, 2021
Molly Nicholas, Eric Paulos, and alum Cesar Torres all featured amazing new work at DIS 2021. Read more
24 Jul, 2021
Janaki Vivrekar on Transforming Social Media Interfaces with Embodied Constraints
Janaki Vivrekar discusses the critical designs that make up our digital social media experiences in her new technical report. Read more
23 Jul, 2021
BCNM Around the Web July 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this July! Read more
22 Jul, 2021
Jacob Gaboury Publishes Image Objects
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22 Jul, 2021
Gail De Kosnik Awarded American Cultures Excellence in Teaching Award
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20 Jul, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Insights Robotics
Ken Goldberg speaks on opportunities for robots in the e-commerce supply chain in an interview with RoboGlobal Insights. Read more
06 Jul, 2021
Fall 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
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30 Jun, 2021
Fandom + Piracy: Event Videos and Transcripts Available
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25 Jun, 2021
Lashon Daley's Coming of (R)Age
Lashon Daley's article on Black girl rage in film and literature has been published in the UChicago Journal of Women and Culture in Society. Read more
19 Jun, 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this June! Read more
19 Jun, 2021
Transcript Now Online: Indigenous Games
Check out the transcript for Elizabeth LaPensee's "Indigenous Games"! Read more
15 Jun, 2021
Ken Goldberg and Team on Orienting Novel 3D Objects
Ken Goldberg and team recently published a paper titled "Orienting Novel 3D Objects Using Self-Supervised Learning of Rotation Transforms." Check it out! Read more
14 Jun, 2021
Jacob Gaboury on Digital Visual Material: Surfaces
Jacob Gaboury recently spoke about "As Below, So Above: Surface and Depth in the Computational Image" at the Digital.Visual.Material symposium. Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Ken Goldberg's Autolab at ICRA 2021
Check out these great papers from Ken Goldberg's AUTOLAB presented at the International Conference on Robots and Automation 2021! Read more
08 Jun, 2021
Choyang Ponsar on The Forensic Imaginary
Choyang Ponsar received a BCNM undergraduate research fellowship to work on A Forensic Imaginary under the mentorship of Tory Jeffay. Read more
03 Jun, 2021
Transcript Now Online: Piracy & Capitalism
Check out the transcript for the Piracy & Capitalism Panel! Read more
29 May, 2021
Miyoko Conley in the Bay Area Playwright's Festival
BCNM alum Miyoko Conley's play Human Museum will be featured in the 44th Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Read more
28 May, 2021
Camille Crittenden on Blockchain for the Public Good
Camille Crittenden, Executive Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, was recently featured in the All About Blockchain podcast, where she discussed the future social benefits of blockchain innovation. Read more
27 May, 2021
Camille Crittenden Excellence in Management Award
Congratulations to BCNM's Camille Crittendon for receiving the Berkeley Staff Assembly’s 2021 Excellence in Management Award! Read more
27 May, 2021
Jane McGonigal's SuperBetter in Clinical Trials
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26 May, 2021
Transcript Now Online: Christiane Paul
Check out the updated transcript for Christiane Paul's HTNM lecture, "Online: Art & AI"! Read more
25 May, 2021
BCNM Around the Web May 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web in May! Read more
23 May, 2021
Transcript Now Online: Fandom & Race
Check out the updated transcript for the Fandom + Race Panel! Read more
21 May, 2021
Congratulating our 2021 Graduates
These students have been pivotal to the new media landscape at Cal, and we are excited to see the incredible future work they undertake in their respective fields.
Artwork by Tina Piracci Read more
08 May, 2021
Ken Goldberg's Ambi Robotics Emerges from Stealth
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08 May, 2021
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2021! Read more
07 May, 2021
Fandom & Piracy: Kavita Philip Transcript Now Online
Check out the transcript for Kavita Philip's "Studies in Unauthorized Reproduction"! Read more
05 May, 2021
ATC Transcript and Video Now Online: Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Check out the updated transcript for Lawrence Abu Hamndan's "The Sonic Image" Read more
25 Apr, 2021
David Bamman on Characterizing English Variation on Social Media
BCNM member and School of Information professor David Bamman co-published a paper titled, "Characterizing English Variation across Social Media Communities with BERT." Read more
21 Apr, 2021
HTNM Transcript Now Online: Margo Robbins & Valentin Lopez
Check out the updated transcript for Margo Robbins and Valentin Lopez's "A Conversation on Wildfire Ecologies." Read more
21 Apr, 2021
BCNM Mourns the Passing of Beth Bird
Elizabeth Rebecca Bird was a PhD candidate in Film & Media, a DE in New Media, filmmaker, and activist. She will be missed. Read more
17 Apr, 2021
BCNM Around the Web April 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this April! Read more
17 Apr, 2021
Celeste Kidd Receives Janet Taylor Spence Award
BCNM faculty member Celeste Kidd is a recipient of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for her work on knowledge acquisition! Read more
15 Apr, 2021
Fandom & Piracy: Rebecca Wanzo Transcript Now Online
Check out the updated transcript for Rebecca Wanzo's “How should we theorize injury in fan studies?”. Read more
11 Apr, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Summer Research Fellows
Image by Edgar Fabián Frias. Read more
02 Apr, 2021
Celeste Kidd in Under the Cortex
UC Berkeley Assistant Professor of Psychology Celeste Kidd was featured on the Under the Cortex podcast to discuss her research as a winner of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions. Read more
31 Mar, 2021
Miyoko Conley Receives Outstanding GSI Award
Miyoko Conley, a TDPS and DE student at Berkeley, has been awarded the Outstanding GSI Award for her work as a GSI in NWMEDIA 151AC: Transforming Tech. Read more
29 Mar, 2021
Announcing the Spring 2021 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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16 Mar, 2021
Interview with Trevor Paglen in Archives of American Art
Trevor Paglen was recently interviewed by the Archives of American Art! Read more
09 Mar, 2021
Rita Lucarelli on Crocodile Mummies in Ancient Egypt
Rita Lucarelli, a UC Berkeley Associate Professor of Egyptology, spoke about crocodile mummies in the Fiat Vox podcast.
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05 Mar, 2021
Make a Big Impact on the Future with the Big Give
This year, arm the next generation of innovators with the tools to build just and equitable technological futures through the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
03 Mar, 2021
Abigail De Kosnik on Border Technologies and Racism
Abigail De Kosnik recently wrote a reflection for United Nations Special Rapporteur E. Tendayi Achiume on border technologies and racism. Check it out! Read more
02 Mar, 2021
HTNM Transcript Now Online: Marisa Duarte
Check out the updated transcipt for Marisa Duarte's Indigenous Cyber-relationality: Discerning the Limits and Potential for Connective Action! Read more
01 Mar, 2021
danah boyd & Gail De Kosnik on the New Normal
danah boyd & Gail De Kosnik were featured in an article from the Pew Research Center and Elon University on Imagining the Internet, predicting how technology, climate change, and politics will effect a post-Covid-19 world. Read more
19 Feb, 2021
Reginold Royston on Podcasts and the Study of Africa
BCNM alum Dr. Reginold Royston was a featured panelist discussing the impact of the digital technology on research, teaching, and public engagement. Read more
18 Feb, 2021
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by 13 BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
14 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Critical Perspectives in Technology
Bo Ruberg is a guest on the sixth episode of public lecture series "Critical Perspectives on Technology." Read more
13 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg Wins Stonewall Book Award
Congratulations to BCNM alum Bo Ruberg for receieving a Stonewall Book Award! Read more
11 Feb, 2021
Virtual exhibition UUU (Unbounded Unleashed Unforgiving: Reconsidering Cyberfeminism in 2021) recently opened and features BCNM's Alex Saum-Pascual and Jill Miller! Check it out! Read more
09 Feb, 2021
Jane McGonigal on The Knowledge Project
Jane McGonigal was recently interviewed by The Knowledge Project on her work and beliefs on video games. Read more
08 Feb, 2021
BCNM Around the Web February 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this February! Read more
01 Feb, 2021
Jen Schradie Publishes on COVID in France
Jen Schradie recently published a paper on COVID-19 in France, titled "L'année de la Covid en France ou l'histoire d'un double confinement." Read more
30 Jan, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, the Berkeley Center for New Media pairs undergraduates with a graduate student mentor, offering them the chance to complete real, graduate level research while at Cal. We are thrilled to announce this year's Fellows. Read more
29 Jan, 2021
BCNM Around the Web January 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this January! Read more
24 Jan, 2021
Clancy Wilmott PI on Presidential Chairs Fellowship
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23 Jan, 2021
We're Hiring: Spring 2021 Student Assistant
Join the BCNM Events and Communications team! Read more
21 Dec, 2020
BCNM Fall 2020: Events In Review
We’re so thankful to everyone who tuned in for our events this past semester. Keep reading for a round-up of our events and speakers! Read more
16 Dec, 2020
danah boyd on Why the US Govt Needs a VP of Engineering Not a CTO
danah boyd recently wrote an article on Linkedin titled "The US Federal Government Needs a VP of Engineering, not a CTO." Read more
09 Dec, 2020
Spring 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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01 Dec, 2020
Xiaowei Wang interviewed by Severance author Ling Ma in Wired
Xiaowei Wang recently spoke with Ling Ma on their book Blockchain Chicken Farm for Wired. Read more
30 Nov, 2020
Ken Goldberg's AutoLab at ICRA 2020
Check out these great papers from Ken Goldberg's AUTOLAB presented at the International Conference on Robots and Automation 2020. Read more
25 Nov, 2020
HTNM Indigenous Technologies Event Transcript Now Online: Corrina Gould
We're pleased to share the transcript of our first Indigenous Technologies event with Sogorea Te' Land Trust co-founder Corrina Gould. Read more
25 Nov, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
24 Nov, 2020
Commons Conversations Video and Transcript Now Online: Blockchain Chicken Farm
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17 Nov, 2020
HTNM Transcript Now Online: Skawennati
Check out the updated transcipt for Skawennati's World ReBuilding: Aboriginal Territories in CyberSpace and the Initiative for Indigenous Future! Read more
13 Nov, 2020
Jill Miller's Holding it Together
Jill Miller features in Palo Alto Art Center's exhibition "Holding it Together" Read more
13 Nov, 2020
ATC Transcript Now Online: Lawrence Lek
Interested in getting the transcript for Lawrence Lek's great talk on "The Sinofuturist Trilogy: Sinofuturism (1839-2046 AD), Geomancer, and AIDOL"! We have you covered! Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing our 2020 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2020 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students!
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12 Nov, 2020
Xiaowei Wang's The Future of Memory Highlighted at UCLA
Xiaowei Wang's The Future of Memory project was recently featured by the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. Read more
11 Nov, 2020
Gail De Kosnik Joins C2I2 Scholars Council
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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
06 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web November 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this November! Read more
04 Nov, 2020
Pablo Paredes Featured in El Mercurio
BCNM Alum Pablo Parades is featured in El Mercurio, where he speaks of his projects related to mental health. Read more
03 Nov, 2020
Undergraduate Research Fellowships 2021
Applications are now open and are due December 1, 2020. Read more
31 Oct, 2020
Eric Paulos Receives BCNM Faculty Seed Grant
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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
19 Oct, 2020
Bo Ruberg on The Gendered Emotional Labor of Video Game Live Streaming
Bo Ruberg's and Amanda Cullen's article has been published on Digital Culture and Society! Read more
15 Oct, 2020
Ken Goldberg at IROS 2020
Several papers co-written by Ken Goldberg were presented at IROS 2020. Read more
14 Oct, 2020
Now Accepting Applications for 2021 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2021. Read more
13 Oct, 2020
Bo Ruberg At the Crossroads Video Online Now
Missed out on Bo Ruberg's amazing talk on their new book "The Queer Game Avant-Garde" for At the Crossroads? Check out the video online now! Read more
13 Oct, 2020
Andrea Horbinski in Careers for Historians in the Tech Industry
BCNM alumn Andrea Horbinski features in a round table discussion on the role of historians in the tech industry. Read more
12 Oct, 2020
Claudia von Vacano on Building STEAM for DH and Electronic Literature
Claudia von Vacano publishes an article on Electronic Book Review! Read more
09 Oct, 2020
Eric Paulos Spearheads Remote Making at Berkeley
"We want to be able to support (students), their projects, their ideas, and their innovations." Read more
02 Oct, 2020
HTNM Video Now Available: Sogorea Te' Land Trust
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29 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web October 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
29 Sep, 2020
Revisited: "Pope L's Notes on the roll of the artist when the world has always been on fire?"
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24 Sep, 2020
Xiaowei Wang & An Xiao Mina on WeChat
Xiaowei Wang and An Xiao Mina publish "WeChat Has Both Connected Families and Torn Them Apart" in Slate. Read more
03 Sep, 2020
Alum Trevor Paglen Featured in Wall Street Journal Magazine
Trevor Paglen was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal Magazine on his work in art and artificial intelligence. Read more
01 Sep, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Chris Chan & International Art Collaborations
COVID-19 curtailed travel, but Chris Chan continued to develop relationships with artists in China and Taiwan. Read more
31 Aug, 2020
Björn Hartmann on Bridging Asymmetrical Communication Between External and VR Users
The paper is being presented at the 2020 ACM User Interface Software and Technology conference. Read more
21 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Kevin Lo Returns to Digital Art
Kevin Lo and his longtime collaborator were excited to present their art in physical space, but have no returned to the digital realm in light of COVID-19. Read more
18 Aug, 2020
BCNM Around the Web August 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this August! Read more
16 Aug, 2020
Submit to Queer / Trans / Digital
Alum Bo Ruberg co-edits this great new series from NYU Press. Read more
15 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on Spatial Perception of the Pediatric Built Environment
Haripriya is working on a mixed-methods study on enhancing patient experience through collaborative design of patient spaces in pediatric hospital environments using immersive technology. Read more
10 Aug, 2020
Announcing the 2020-2021 History and Theory of New Media Season
This year, we are thrilled to share that our theme for the 2020-2021 series is Indigenous Technologies. Read more
06 Aug, 2020
Alum John Scott on Inclusion in the Transition to Remote Teaching
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05 Aug, 2020
Watch Ken Goldberg in Sim2Real Debates
Ken Goldberg was invited to a workshop to debate with other well-known researchers on the impact of Sim2Real on robotics Read more
30 Jul, 2020
We're Hiring: Fall 2020 Student Assistant
Join the BCNM Events and Communications team! Read more
29 Jul, 2020
Fall 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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24 Jul, 2020
Mechademia Guest-Edited by Andrea Horbinski Published
The issue on "Transnational Fandom" is available via the University of Minnesota Press. Read more
20 Jul, 2020
Bo Ruberg Publishes On LGBTQ Identities Challenging Norms of Demographics
"In the era of algorithms and big data [...] the issue of who is or is not “counted” profoundly affects visibility, access, and power in the digital realm." Read more
29 Jun, 2020
Rebecca Abraham on Rachel Chen's Magical Musical Mat
Creating sound based interactions raises questions: what makes a sound interesting? When is repetition boring, and when is it musical? Read more
17 Jun, 2020
BCNM Around the Web June 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussions around the work of our faculty and alumni in June 2020! Read more
03 Jun, 2020
George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Tony McDade. We say their names in order to express our horror and rage at the ongoing crisis of anti-Black police violence in this country and across the world. Read more
30 May, 2020
Electronic Literature Final Projects
Check out the awesome final projects for Alex Saum-Pascual's Electronic Literature class! Image credit: Sergio Cabada Ortiz, Las abajeñas
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14 May, 2020
BCNM Around the Web May 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in May 2020! Read more
12 May, 2020
HTNM Video Now Online: Feminist Open Access Publishing
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30 Apr, 2020
Conference Grants: William Morgan on Machine Learning and the Digital Realization of Deleuze
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29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
Photo: Bowen Wei. Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Trevor Paglen Talks to Kate Crawford at Pace
Trevor Paglen spoke to Kate Crawford at the Pace Gallery about "Art, Politics, and AI in the Time of COVID-19". Read more
27 Apr, 2020
The Berkeley Center for New Media to Join the College of Engineering
The Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is thrilled to share that the College of Engineering (COE) will become our new administrative home on July 1, 2020. Read more
23 Apr, 2020
Eric Paulos' Research on Familiar Stranger Helping to Combat COVID-19
BCNM Professor Eric Paulos' past research on Familiar Stranger from 2003 has been revived by MIT researchers in a plan to combat COVID-19. Read more
21 Apr, 2020
Announcing Our 2020 Summer Research Fellows
We are thrilled to share our 2020 Summer Research Fellows from Anthropology, Architecture, Art Practice, Music, and Rhetoric! Read more
20 Apr, 2020
Learning to Smooth and Fold Real Fabric Using Dense Object Descriptors Trained on Synthetic Color Images
Aditya Ganapathi et al., including our own Ken Golberg, on robotic fabric manipulation. Read more
20 Apr, 2020
The COVID Cookbook from Jill Miller's AP Class
Jill Miller's UC Berkeley class, Food Fight/Art 160, transitions to remote learning, developing the "COVID Cookbook." Read more
16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! Read more
12 Apr, 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! Read more
12 Apr, 2020
Camille Crittenden Featured on UC IT Blog
Camille Crittenden was featured on the UC IT Blog, participating in a Q&A interview about her work at CITRIS and her experience as a woman in tech. Read more
12 Apr, 2020
New Course: NWMEDIA 151AC
We're offering a new course this fall, NWMEDIA 151AC: Transforming Tech! Don't miss out! Read more
08 Apr, 2020
CITRIS Invention Lab Producing COVID-19 Supplies
Image: Dan Chapman. Read more
03 Apr, 2020
HTNM Revisited: Feminist Open Access & Internet Publishing
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01 Apr, 2020
Greg Niemeyer in CalMatters on Online Education
Greg Niemeyer, UC Berkeley associate Professor, on online education in the midst of COVID-19.
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21 Mar, 2020
POSTPONED: Margarita Kuleva & William Pope.L
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this events have been postponed to Fall 2020. Read more
13 Mar, 2020
Ken Goldberg on How AI Amplifies Human Competencies
Ken Goldberg was interviewed on AI and machine learning for the Rotman School of Management's Winter 2020 magazine issue. Read more
09 Mar, 2020
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: Rahul Gairola
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05 Mar, 2020
Jen Schradie Interviewed for "The Data Driving Democracy"
Jen Schradie was recently interviewed in "The Data Driving Democracy," a research paper by Christina Couch. Read more
05 Mar, 2020
Announcing the Spring 2020 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on digital tools, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
27 Feb, 2020
Francis McKay Receives Research Position at Oxford
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24 Feb, 2020
Abigail De Kosnik and Clement Hil Goldberg in Social Memory, Cultural Movements, and Digital Media
"Trans Memory as Transmedia Activism" was published as a chapter in Social Memory, Cultural Movements, and Digital Media Read more
24 Feb, 2020
Review of Jane McGonigal's Future Thinking Course
Belgian newspaper De Tiljd reviews Jane McGonigal's "Futures Thinking Specialization" classes on Coursera. Read more
20 Feb, 2020
Malika Imhotep Wins Award for Critical Writing
Gulf Coast announced the winner of the 2019 Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing, Ra Malika Imhotep, for her essay "On Retrieval." Read more
20 Feb, 2020
Announcing the 2020 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
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20 Feb, 2020
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by eight BCNM students, faculty and alumni! Read more
19 Feb, 2020
Irene Chien Joins Board of the Journal of Visual Culture
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12 Feb, 2020
Greg Niemeyer Receives CLTC Grant
The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity awarded Greg Niemeyer one of its inaugural grants for his music video project, "SweetWire." Read more
12 Feb, 2020
Jacob Gaboury Townsend Assistant Professor Fellow
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11 Feb, 2020
Bo Ruberg on the Precarious Labor of Queer Indie Game Makers Reprinted in TV & Media
Bo Ruberg was featured in Television and New Media's special issue, "Contested Formations of Digital Game Labor." Read more
11 Feb, 2020
Inaugural Media + Environment Published, Co-edited by Alum Alenda Chang
Alum Alenda Chang is one of the co-editors for the inaugural ecomedia research journal, Media+Environment. Read more
07 Feb, 2020
Miyoko Conley's Human Museum Live Feb 12
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies presents Miyoko Conley's Human Museum as part of the New Play Reading Series! Read more
06 Feb, 2020
Commons Conversation Revisited: Rahul Gairola
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06 Feb, 2020
DE Juliana Friend and alum Reginold Royston presented their riveting research at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting last year. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Last year, both BCNM students and alumni presented compelling new research at annual meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts 2019. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Stuart Geiger at CSCW 2019
Stuart Geiger talks about the "various trends in the lengths of published papers in ACM CSCW from 2000-2018" at CSCW 2019. Read more
03 Feb, 2020
Alum Clement Hil Goldberg on Queer and Trans Culture and the Parlour Club
Goldberg writes about their experience searching for a queer bar in Los Angeles and how the San Francisco scene lacks what LA was able to cultivate. Read more
30 Jan, 2020
Camille Crittenden at Transatlantic Sync
Executive Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute Camille Crittenden spoke in a panel about ethics in technology at Transatlantic Sync, a conference aimed at connecting Silicon Valley and Germany on issues of technology and innovation. Read more
28 Jan, 2020
Announcing Our 2020 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, the Berkeley Center for New Media pairs undergraduates with a graduate student mentor, offering them the chance to complete real, graduate level research while at Cal. We are thrilled to announce this year's Fellows. Read more
27 Jan, 2020
Visit Xiaowei Wang's Exhibition '女 Nǚ: Other Half of The Sky'
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20 Jan, 2020
Conference Grants: Juliana Friend on Senegalese Ethics and Pornography
Juliana Friend, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented her research on "Porn, Pop-Ups, National Purity: Everyday Ethics and Digital Pornography" at The American Anthropological Association. Read more
17 Jan, 2020
Bo Ruberg in Oxford Bibliographies
Bo Ruberg contributed to an overview on the work in Feminist and Queer Game Studies for Oxford Bibliographies. Read more
16 Jan, 2020
We're Hiring: 2020 Student Assistants
Join the BCNM communication and events team! Read more
10 Jan, 2020
ATC Video Now Online: Madeline Gannon
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20 Dec, 2019
BCNM Around the Web December 2019
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
18 Dec, 2019
danah boyd Publishes on Networked Media Ecosystems
Is media silence as powerful in shaping public discussion as deliberate rhetoric? If so, do editorial boards need to strategically amplify certain speech? Read more
16 Dec, 2019
Ken Goldberg Publishes on Deep Learning Transfer
Hate making your bed? This new bed finds a fun new robotic solution! Read more
27 Nov, 2019
Spring 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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20 Nov, 2019
Conference Grants: Will Payne on Liminal Mapping with Pseudo-Spatial Charts
Will Payne, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented his research on spatial data at the NACIS annual meeting. Read more
20 Nov, 2019
Conference Grants: Miyoko Conley on the Nebulous Transnational Fandom Archive
Miyoko Conley, a recipients of our Fall 2019 Conference grant, presented her research on transnational fandoms at the annual Fan Studies Network-North America (FSN-NA) conference. Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
05 Nov, 2019
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator!
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), an interdisciplinary research center that studies and shapes media transition and emergence from diverse perspectives. Through critical thinking and making, we cultivate technological equity and fairness in our classrooms, in our communities, and on the internet. Read more
02 Nov, 2019
BCNM Around the Web November 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg, Alex Saum, Claudia von Vacano and Jacob Gaboury; and alumni Trevor Paglen, Bo Ruberg, Alenda Chang and Jen Schradie. Read more
22 Oct, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
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16 Oct, 2019
BCNM is hosting three scholars from the Berggruen Institute this year. Learn more about who they are and what they're researching! Read more
16 Oct, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Chico MacMurtrie
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07 Oct, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
12 Sep, 2019
Camille Crittenden: Part of California Government Blockchain Working Group
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10 Sep, 2019
Lyman Dispatch: Cherise McBride
Chelsea McBride shares how the support of the Peter Lyman fellowship has opened up more resources for her to focus on her research. Read more
05 Sep, 2019
Asma Kazmi Receives 2019 Hellman Fellowship
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04 Sep, 2019
BCNM alumni, faculty, and students will present at the National Women's Studies Association 2019 conference in San Francsico. Read more
02 Sep, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux Named the 2019-2024 craigslist Distinguished Chair in New Media
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01 Sep, 2019
BCNM around the Web September 2019
More in the media from faculty Abigail De Kosnik, Nicholas de Monchaux, Ken Goldberg, and Tom McEnaney; and alumni Jenni Higgs, Andrea Horbinski, Jane McGonigal, Trevor Paglen, Ritwik Banerji and Jen Schradie. Read more
29 Aug, 2019
Zeynep Tufekci on Digital Infrastructures That Serve Humanity
(TED photo by Ryan Lash via Flickr) Read more
21 Aug, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: Juliana Friend on Sutura
Juliana traveled to Senegal to study shifting notions of digital privacy and publicity. Read more
20 Aug, 2019
Alex Saum Pascual and Kyle Booten discussed wideranging topics including e-lit's social function and art in the age of mechanical reproduction! Read more
19 Aug, 2019
We're Hiring: 2019-2020 Student Assistants
Join the BCNM communication and events team! Read more
16 Aug, 2019
Rebecca Levitan Summer Dispatch: Polychromy in Athens
This summer, Rebecca traveled to Athens to study architectural sculpture and figural graffiti using cutting edge imaging. Read more
14 Aug, 2019
Alex Saum-Pascual at New Approaches to Transmedia Language Pedagogy International Conference
Alex presented the keynote at this fantastic interdisciplinary conference. Read more
12 Aug, 2019
BCNM Faculty, Students, Staff Advise on and Support Proposed Legislation on Digital Media Literacy
Senator Klobuchar has introduced Digital Media Literacy legislation at the 116th Congress, with support from several BCNM faculty, students, and staff.
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05 Aug, 2019
Camille Crittenden in Brahms in Context
Camille Crittenden contributed the chapter on "Vienna" to the book Brahms in Context. Read more
04 Aug, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen at Art Encounters Biennial
Romania's Art Encounters Biennial running Sept 20-Oct 27 features alum Trevor Paglen. Read more
18 Jul, 2019
Jacob Gaboury on Screenshots for Fotomuseum
Jacob writes for the blog Still Searching on a history and theory of the computer screenshot. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from a stellar season, featuring luminaries such as Roxane Gay and Adam Savage! Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
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11 Jul, 2019
BCNM presented their latest research at the CM Designing Interactive Systems 2019 conference on Contesting Borders and Intersections. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Commons Conversations 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights for this responsive series that delves into the impact of new media on our current political and public climate. Read more
10 Jul, 2019
Berkeley Talks: #SandraBlandMystery: Aaminah Norris on the transmedia story of police brutality
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10 Jul, 2019
Bo Ruberg on the Precarious Labor of the Queer Indie Game Maker
Bo's article appeared in a Special Issue of Television & New Media on Contested Formations of Digital Game Labor. Read more
09 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
08 Jul, 2019
Fall 2019 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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06 Jul, 2019
Black Feminist Theory Study Atlas Co-created by Malika Imhotep Now Available
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01 Jul, 2019
Announcing the New Berkeley Center for New Media Director
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25 Jun, 2019
Malika Imhotep at Cosmic Mumbo Jumbo
Cosmic Mumbo Jumbo, a screening program curated by Erin Christovale, followed by a conversation between the curator and Ra Malika Imhotep. Read more
22 Jun, 2019
Welcoming Keith Feldman to BCNM's Executive Committee
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19 Jun, 2019
Alum Alenda Chang Co-Editor of Media + Environment
Alenda serves as one of the founding co-editors of a new journal, Media + Environment. Read more
16 Jun, 2019
Arianna Ninh on Alterwear
Arianna Ninh received a BCNM Undergraduate Research Fellowship to work on Alterwear under the mentorship of Molly Nicholas. Read more
11 Jun, 2019
Jacob Gaboury on Regimes of Identification
Jacob Gaboury recaps an incredible year as a 2018 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant recipient. Read more
09 Jun, 2019
Ken Goldberg's TechCrunch Video Now Online
Ken spoke to Michael Jordan on Artificial Intelligence: Minds, Economies and Systems that Learn. Read more
07 Jun, 2019
Stefanos Geroulanos HTNM Video Now Online
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06 Jun, 2019
William White on the Digital Heritage of People's Park
William White received a 2019 Faculty Seed Grant for "The People's Park Digital Heritage Project." Read more
30 May, 2019
Revisited: Art as Critique Conference
Felix Rosen recaps ARC’s Art as Critique Conference from March 1, 2019, which BCNM was thrilled to co-sponsor. Read more
27 May, 2019
Ken Goldberg Co-Chairing AI & Inclusivity Signature Initiative
The Initiative seeks to work on systems for AI that integrate data, algorithms, context, and human values. Read more
19 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
19 May, 2019
Alum Jenni Higgs Publishes Learning as Movement in Social Design-Based Experiments
The article, written with Kris Gutiérrez, José Lizárraga, and Eduardo Rivero, was published in Human Development 2019, volume 62! Read more
12 May, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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07 May, 2019
Jessica Adams on Virtual Reality Narratives at the AAAL
Jessica presented "Envisioning the Globe: Symbolic Competence in 360-Degree, Virtual Reality Narratives" at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference. Read more
03 May, 2019
"Within These Walls" & its sequel "Dreams of Flight"
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03 May, 2019
Cesar Torres on Actuators at TEI
César presented "A Conversation with Actuator" at TEI 2019 on behalf of the Hybrid Ecologies Lab. Read more
30 Apr, 2019
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Publishes "Straight Paths through Queer Walking Simulators"
Alum Bonnie Ruberg publishes new article in Games and Culture! Read more
28 Apr, 2019
HTNM Revisited: Stefanos Geroulanos
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19 Apr, 2019
Grace Gipson at MSU Comics Forum
Talking Comics and (Dis)ability in the Midwest at the 2019 Michigan State University Comics Forum. Read more
16 Apr, 2019
Miyoko Conley on K-Pop at SCMS
Miyoko Conley presented "Designing a K-pop Audience: Asian American Performance in KPOP the Musical" at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference. Read more
15 Apr, 2019
HTNM Revisited: Safiya Noble
Photo by Adriel Olmos. Read more
14 Apr, 2019
ATC Revisited: Rhonda Holberton
Photo by Malachi Tran. Read more
10 Apr, 2019
Kirsten Chen Curates Play Me Love You
BCNM undergrad Kirsten Chen curates a virtual reality art show at Swim Gallery! Read more
02 Apr, 2019
Eric Paulos a Mentor at the C&C Graduate Student Symposium
The Creativity and Cognition Graduate Student Symposium provides a forum in which students have a unique opportunity to meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. Read more
23 Mar, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Kim Stanley Robinson
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22 Mar, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Kelani Nichole
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21 Mar, 2019
Announcing our Spring 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Yuanpei Zhuang. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Ken Goldberg on Ethics in AI
The New York Times hosted the New Work Summit. Read more about the recommendations Ken Goldberg and other experts made regarding the ethics of artificial intelligence.
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15 Mar, 2019
Gail De Kosnik Co-Edits Special Issue of Transformative Works and Cultures Published
Co-edited with andré carrington, the issue's theme is "Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color." Read more
15 Mar, 2019
Sonia Katyal in Fast Company on Automated Decision Making
Fast Company features Katyal's article in writing about the conflict between civil rights and artificial intelligence. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Announcing the Spring 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
We're to our extraordinary The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Alum Margaret Rhee Receives Best Book Award from AAAS
The Association for Asian American Studies selected her book for an award in Poetry. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux on Space Suits of the Future in Pacific Standard
The future of space suits and what it means for space exploration. Read more
12 Mar, 2019
Sonia Katyal on How to Lift the Veil Off Hidden Algorithms
Katyal examines the civil rights in our algorithm future. Read more
10 Mar, 2019
Sonia Katyal on Private Accountability in the Age of AI
The UCLA Law Review published Sonia Katyal's paper on accountability and artificial intelligence. Read more
07 Mar, 2019
Roger Antonsen and Greg Niemeyer's Network Paradox in Oslo
Greg Niemeyer and Roger Antonsen discuss Network Simulation, first presented in San Francisco, with DJ Spooky at Norway's Kunstnernes Hus. Read more
28 Feb, 2019
Alum Christo Sims Interview in CITAMS ASA Newsletter
Christo Sims, winner of the 2019 CITAMS Book Award, was interviewed in the CITAMS ASA winter newsletter. Read more
26 Feb, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Publishes "The Revolution That Wasn't"
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25 Feb, 2019
Music & Architecture: Selected Bibliography Compiled by Alum Tiffany Ng
Alum Tiffany Ng's Music & Architecture: Selected Bibliography is available on Humanities Commons Read more
21 Feb, 2019
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by thirteen BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
19 Feb, 2019
Alex Saum-Pascual at MLA Commons
Alex Saum-Pascual attended the 2019 Chicago Modern Language Association Convention, presenting her research on the intersection of digital humanities and Hispanic studies. Read more
14 Feb, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Eugene Jarvis Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Fionce Siow. Read more
14 Feb, 2019
Abigail De Kosnik in Unwatchable
Abigail De Kosnik is a contributor to the 2019 essay anthology, edited by Nicholas Baer, Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Gunnar Iversen. Read more
04 Feb, 2019
Now Accepting Applications for our 2019-2020 Faculty Seed Grants
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29 Jan, 2019
Spring 2019 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due March 1, 2019. Read more
28 Jan, 2019
Ken Goldberg in Bloomberg Review
Goldberg was quoted in an article on the development of robotic stunts performed at Disney theme parks. Read more
28 Jan, 2019
Alum Andrea Horbinski Guest Editor for Mechademia
Mechademia focuses on Japanese popular culture, and the isuse will detail "Transnational Fandoms." Read more
07 Jan, 2019
Trevor Paglen on NPR's Morning Edition
Alum Trevor Paglen discusses his art's focus on hidden structures of data collection and mass surveillance. Read more
03 Jan, 2019
Ken Goldberg in IEEE Transactions in Automation Guest Editorial
Ken Goldberg and other IEEE luminaries call for greater openness around reproducible benchmarks. Read more
19 Dec, 2018
William Morgan at UNSW Law
WIlliam Morgan's article "Big Data’s Accursed Share: Locating
Waste in the Infosphere"and art installation brought together new media and environment. Read more
04 Dec, 2018
Announcing our Summer 2019 Courses
This summer, learn how to critically analyze and help shape developments in new media. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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26 Nov, 2018
ATC Revisited: Kim Stanley Robinson
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07 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Joyce Lee at EPIC
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07 Nov, 2018
Tom McEnaney Finalist for MSA First Book Prize
Acoustic Properties: Radio, Narrative, and the New Neighborhood of the Americas (University of Illinois Press, 2017) by Tom McEnaney made it onto the short list for the First Book Prize. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Alum Andrea Horbinski Publishes on 90s Female Media Fans in Internet Histories
BCNM alum Andrea Horbinski looks at gender differences in 1990s fandoms, publishing her research in peer-reviewed jorunal Internet Histories. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Alum Jane McGonigal Creates Ethical Toolkit
Jane McGonigal developed a toolkit to help keep many large Silicon Valley tech companies, as well as start-ups, keep their priorities and ethics in check. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Andrew Atwood in Project Journal
Andrew Atwood was featured in Issue 7 of Project Journal at Archinect Outpost. Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Published on Straight-Washing in TWC
Alum Bonnie Ruberg published article on straight-washing in the Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures. Read more
24 Oct, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen's Art Acquired by Stanford's Denning House
Alum Trevor Paglen's two dye sublimation prints were recently acquired by Stanford University. Read more
12 Sep, 2018
Alex Saum-Pascual on #PostWeb at IberoAmericana
Join Alex in Madrid for a book talk on her amazing new work #PostWeb! Read more
12 Sep, 2018
Alum Chris Gates Publishes on Nostalgic Travel in Videogames
Chris Goetz's analysis on 1990s and early 2000s video games was published in research journal Loading... Read more
10 Sep, 2018
Lyman Dispatch: Grace Gipson on Unleashing Your Inner Superhero
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30 Aug, 2018
Summer Teaching Dispatch: Justin Berner and New Media Reading and Composition
Justin Berner taught New Media R1B: "What is an @uthor?" this summer. Read more
23 Aug, 2018
Announcing the Fall 2018-Spring 2019 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
From architectural intelligence to cybernetics and play, algorithms of oppression to the human computer in the stone age, we have a fantastic line up for this year's program! Read more
20 Aug, 2018
The Electronic Literature Organization's 2018 Conference, Mind The Gap, took place in Montréal August 13th to 17th! Read more
09 Aug, 2018
Summer Research Dispatch: Yang Liu on VR
This summer, Yang Liu developed UNREAL, a Virtual Reality project for architectural design. Read more
19 Jul, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at DIGRA 2018
The Digital Games Research Association held their 2018 conference with the theme "The Game is the Message." Read more
09 Jul, 2018
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado at the LASA 2018 Conference
Yaira presented "Portable memory, on/offline cultures and transgressions to the nation in Jorge E. Lage’s Archivo." Read more
28 Jun, 2018
Fall 2018 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due November 1, 2018. Read more
28 Jun, 2018
Ken Goldberg at CODAME 2018
This year's Art+Tech festival was themed #ARTOBOTS and featured Ken Goldberg as a speaker! Read more
25 Jun, 2018
Alex Saum-Pascual Publishes #Postweb!
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25 Jun, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at the Riga Biennial
Running from June 6 to October 28, 2018, the Riga Biennial reflects on change. Read more
13 Jun, 2018
Alum Clement Hil Goldberg at Outfest LA
Clement Hil Goldberg's Our Future Ends plays at Outfest Los Angeles this July 13, 2018! Read more
30 May, 2018
We're Hiring! - Office Manager & Events Coordinator Wanted!
The Berkeley Center for New Media and Arts Research Center are hiring an Office Manager and Events Coordinator to maintain and develop their programs. Read more
28 May, 2018
2018 Seed Grants: Rita Lucarelli & the New Media of the Book of the Dead
The BCNM Faculty Seed Grant Program awarded $5000 to Rita Lucarelli (Near Eastern Studies) to digitally transposition Egyptian coffins into 3D models. Read more
28 May, 2018
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Marissa Ahmed on Music, Improvisation, Ethnography
Marissa Ahmed was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Ritwik Banerji on his research about human sociality and algorithmic ethnography. Read more
27 May, 2018
After the Private Self with Damon Young
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26 May, 2018
2018 BCNM Seed Grants: Jacob Gaboury and Queer Computing
Jacob Gaboury (Film & Media) received $5000 to examine the relationship between digital technologies and queer identity as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
18 May, 2018
Undergraduate Research Dispatches: Claudia Ruslim on Gourmet Gentrification
Claudia Ruslim, recipient of a BCNM undergraduate research fellowship, was selected to act as a research assistant to Will Payne. Read more
16 May, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on the Human Contexts of Computation and Data at UC San Diego
The University of California, San Diego invited alum Stuart Geiger to present a talk on his research. Read more
07 May, 2018
Shannon Jackson on Systemic Crises in European Theater
Associate Professor at BCNM, Shannon Jackson, was a keynote speaker at a London conference held by the Goethe-institut. Read more
07 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Executive Leadership Conference on Robots in Consumer Packaged Goods
Ken Goldberg attended the annual Executive Leadership Conference to discuss Can Robots Really Handle Consumer Packaged Goods?. Read more
03 May, 2018
Congratulating our 2018 New Media Undergraduate Certificate Class
Congratulations to these four stellar women, who have made a big impact at Cal in the New Media space. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Through funding from the 2018 BCNM Conference Grant, Harry Burson attended and shared his research at SCMS 2018. Read more
27 Apr, 2018
Jacob Gaboury Published in Grey Room
BCNM faculty Jacob Gaboury's research on the computer screen has been published in Grey Room, a peer-reviewed academic journal that includes articles from the fields of architecture, art, media, and politics. Read more
23 Apr, 2018
Announcing our 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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18 Apr, 2018
Announcing 2018 Summer Research Awards
Congratulations to this year's Summer Research Award recipients! We are excited to support the amazing work these students will be completing over the summer. Read more
11 Apr, 2018
ATC Revisited: Irena Haiduk
Graduate ATC Liaison, KC Forcier, revisits Irena Haiduk's ATC Lecture that took place last month. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
The BCNM Guide to CHI 2018
Overwhelmed by the amazing panels at CHI 2018? Make your CHI experience a BCNM one with our guide to where our students, faculty, and alumni will be presenting! Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Announcing the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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19 Mar, 2018
Ken Goldberg at CITRIS Silicon Valley
Ken Goldberg will be attending the CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum, a new monthly series from CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, on April 5. Read more
16 Mar, 2018
HTNM Revisited: "Software Arts" with Warren Sacks
Recap of the Software Arts, the last HTNM lecture of the year! Read more
16 Mar, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Open Source Stewart Platform
We've collected Ken Goldberg and AutoLab's video and papers on their open-source Stewart platform design into one post. Read more
02 Mar, 2018
Alum Andrea Horbinski at Beyond Academia Conference
Horbinski spoke at the Beyond Academia Conference as part of the Media and Communication panel. Read more
26 Feb, 2018
Jacob Gaboury a 2018 Media Archaeology Lab Resident
BCNM faculty Jacob Gaboury was selected as one of 10 fellows for the 2018 Media Archaeology Lab's residency program. Read more
20 Feb, 2018
Announcing the Lyman 2018 Fellowship Recipients
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06 Feb, 2018
Ken Goldberg and Dex-Net in Technology Review
Ken Goldberg and Dex-Net 2.0 was featured in Technology Review's round up of 2017 robots. Read more
06 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Keynote at Ways of Knowing Conference
Alum Trevor Paglen and Wendy Hui Kyong Chun were Keynote Speakers at Ways of Knowing Cities Conference by the Center for Spatial Research at Columbia.
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04 Feb, 2018
Humanizando la Deportación/Humanizing Deportation Video Now Online
If you couldn't make it out to the Humanizing Deportation conference back in December, there is now a video of the talk available on Youtube for public consumption. Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Culture of the Future in Moscow
Ken Goldberg participated in arts 'laboratory' at NCCA, Moscow Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger at All Things in Moderation Conference
Stuart Geiger presented on Wikipedia algorithms at UCLA's All Things in Moderation Conference Read more
25 Jan, 2018
BCNM Now Accepting Applications for 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grants
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25 Jan, 2018
Introducing our Spring 2018 Research Assistants
Each year, the BCNM selects four graduate student projects that we believe will both interest and prove engaging to undergraduates. Undergraduates apply to be a research fellow and once selected, they have the opportunity to work on high-level research in concert with our graduates, who mentor them on research methods. Read more
23 Jan, 2018
Congratulations to our Spring 2018 Graduating Undergraduates!
Congratulations to Shangjun (Jenny) Jiang and Allison Nguyen our Spring 2018 Graduating Undergraduates! Read more
22 Jan, 2018
Spring 2018 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduate students are now invited to apply for Spring 2018 admission into the BCNM program. Read more
05 Dec, 2017
Ken Goldberg on The Next Billion Seconds
Ken Goldberg was featured on the podcast, The Next Ten Billion Seconds. Read more
03 Dec, 2017
Lashon Daley at the National Women's Studies Association Conference 2017
As one of the recipients of the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant, Lashon Daley received funding to attend and present her research findings at the 2017 National Women's Studies Association Conference. Read more
03 Dec, 2017
BCNM Seed Grant Funded New Cadavre Exquis by Neyran Turan Receives Award
Neyran Turan, recipient of a BCNM seed grant, received an honorable mention from the 2017 Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Awards. Read more
28 Nov, 2017
Ken Goldberg in A Berkeley View of Systems Challenges for AI
Ken Goldberg collaborated with 16 other Berkeley researchers in composing a paper on their perspectives of systems challenges for AI. Read more
20 Nov, 2017
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort
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17 Nov, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Games Studies Reviewed in First Person Scholar
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg (with Adrienne Shaw), has been reviewed in First Person Scholar. Read more
13 Nov, 2017
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado Part of "Boricuas in Berkeley" Aiding Puerto Rico
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado, a BCNM graduate student, joins Boricuas in Berkeley to aid Puerto Rico. Read more
13 Nov, 2017
ATC Revisited: Michael Rock
We revisit Michael Rock's talk as part of the Art, Technology, and Culture speaker series. Read more
07 Nov, 2017
Alum Trevor Paglen in Conversation with Hito Steyerl in Porto
Trevor Paglen and Hito Steyerl participated in a Forum of the Future discussion. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
ATC Revisited: Paolo Cirio, "Socially Engaged Internet-Art"
Revisiting Paolo Cirio's ATC speaker event about activism and social commentary through art. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Experts on Building Faster, More Secure AI Systems
Ken Goldberg, member of RISElab and Chair of IEOR, comments on possible methods to control the AI challenges that are appearing. Read more
22 Oct, 2017
Revisited: Frank Foer, "World Without Mind"
Revisiting Frank Foer's ATC speaker event about his new book, World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Please welcome our new Executive Committee member Tom McEnaney! McEnaney works at the intersections of the history of media and technology, Argentine, Cuban, and U.S. literature, sound studies, and computational (digital) humanities. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Greg Niemeyer in Open Codes Exhibition at ZKM
Greg Niemeyer's work is being exhibited at ZKM in their Open Codes exhibit from October 20th 2017 to August 8th 2018. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
New York Times on BCNM Alum Trevor Paglen's Space Art
The New York Times features alum Trevor Paglen and his futuristic art. Read more
16 Oct, 2017
HTNM Revisited: Natasha Schüll
From the NYU professor's talk, "Datasense," in which she discussed from her forthcoming book, "Keeping Track: Sensor Tehnology, Self-Regulation, and the Data-Driven Life." Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society. Read more
14 Oct, 2017
Summer Research Dispatch: Maija Hynninen & Sounding Sculpture
Read about Maija Hynninen's BCNM-funded research as she builds and improves the sound diffusion system for 'Sounding Sculpture.' Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Bay Area Science Festival
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger will be giving a talk about machine learning and artificial intelligence at the Bay Area Science Festival in early November. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at JupyterCon
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger presented at JupyterCon this past August, offering a deeper understanding on how to use Jupyter in diverse ways and insights on the changing rituals around computation. Read more
03 Oct, 2017
BCNM 2016-2017 Publications
Come check out the round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, alumni and faculty! Read more
26 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open Undergraduate Certificate Program
Undergraduated are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM undergrad program.
Applications due November 1. Read more
19 Sep, 2017
Welcome Steffen Moestrup: Visiting Scholar from Copenhagen
Steffen Moestrup joins us from the University of Copenhagen to study personality driven journalism Read more
19 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduates are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM program.
Applications due November 1. Read more
11 Sep, 2017
Announcing Our Fall Symposium — Reply All: Free Speech in the Age of Social Media
New media and modes of digital expression are transforming our experience of, and shaping conversations around free speech. We're gathering faculty, students, and staff to address these changes. Read more
11 Sep, 2017
Revisited: TF Tierney, Intelligent Infrastructure
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28 Aug, 2017
Learning Analytics Conference
Join cross-disciplinary experts from UC Berkeley and beyond as they share perspectives on data's influence on learning environments (think: how bCourses became bCourses) Read more
17 Aug, 2017
Summer Research Dispatches: Malika Imhotep at the International School for Decolonial Black Feminism
Malika Imhotep documents her BCNM-funded research on Black feminism in Brazil. Read more
15 Aug, 2017
Summer Research Dispatches: Miyoko Conley on Holograms in K-Pop
Miyoko Conley (TDPS) documents her BCNM-funded research on digital fandom in Seoul, South Korea Read more
01 Aug, 2017
Announcing the 2017-2018 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
From software arts to self-tracking technologies, cybernetics to techno-ecologies, we are thrilled to introduce the speakers in this year's History and Theory of New Media program. Read more
25 Jul, 2017
Transformative Works and Cultures, a journal of fan scholarship, wants your submissions on fan communities of color! Read more
25 Jul, 2017
Alex Saum-Pascual and aluma Lydia Tuan at ELO 2017
Last week, Assistant Professor Saum-Pascual and BCNM alum Lydia Tuan shared their scholarship with the Electronic Literature Organization conference in Portugal. Read more
29 Jun, 2017
Andrea Gagliano, Sasha Volkov and Transparency Times
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27 Jun, 2017
Jenni Higgs in Review of Research in Education
This BCNM grad contributed to a paper on the reconceptualization of educational inquiry in the March issue of Review of Research of Education. Read more
21 Jun, 2017
Camille Crittenden on Celebrations and Challenges for Queer Members of the Tech Community
BCNM Executive Committee member, Camille Crittenden, published a post on Medium about the impertinence of LGBT inclusion in tech industries. Read more
20 Jun, 2017
Bay Area Artists Report Published
How are Bay Area visual artists really getting paid? Read more
20 Jun, 2017
Alum Thérèse Tierney Publishes on Intelligent Infrastructure
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07 Jun, 2017
Justin Berner at the NYU-Columbia Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Conference
Justin Berner presented paper "Waking up to a World in Color" for Happiness Conference at NYU. Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Carmen Zheng
Undergrad Carmen Zheng was selected to work with Ritwik Banerji on his project Music, Improvisation, and Ethnography. Read more
31 May, 2017
Call for Students: Cranes and Cube: Architecture, Built and Unbuilt
An opportunity to accompany Professor Asma Kazmi on a paid two-week research and production trip to Jeddah, Medina, and Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia in August 2017. Read more
26 May, 2017
Shannon Jackson at Oakland Book Festival
Shannon Jackson, professor at BCNM, moderated "Envisioning Equity in the Arts" a discussion at the Oakland Book Festival. Read more
25 May, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Canyon Perry
Canyon Perry was selected to work with Yaira Roman Madonado on her project Literary and Digital Avant-Gardes in Post-National Puerto Rico. Read more
24 May, 2017
Tom McEnaney Publishes Acoustic Property
A new book exploring the prehistory of wireless culture from BCNM Alum Tom McEnany Read more
24 May, 2017
Ken Goldberg and T-ASE Add Note to Practitioners
Ken Goldberg and T-ASE's simplified second abstract was featured in an article for the IEEE RAS. Read more
24 May, 2017
Greg Niemeyer Publishes Alternate Reality Games with Antero Garcia
Alternate Reality Games at the Cusp of Digital Gameplay is a volume of scholarship on the state of alternate reality gaming. Read more
16 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Graduates
We look forward to sharing their future endeavors!
Read more
15 May, 2017
Asma Kazmi Receives Seed Grant for Cranes and Cube
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13 May, 2017
Neyran Turan Receives Seed Grant for Cadavre Exquis
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12 May, 2017
Damon Young Receives Seed Grant for After the Private Self
Damon Young received a $5000 junior faculty seed grant to produce a book commissioned by MIT Press on identity in the age of #selfies Read more
08 May, 2017
NWMEDIA C203: Critical Making Showcase 2017 Revisited
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02 May, 2017
Salaam Sculpture: Noura Howell
Noura Howell's Salaam Sculpture was shown on the UC Berkeley campus! Read more
01 May, 2017
Revisited: "Many to Many"
Juliana Friend & Seth Lu launched the interactive ethnographic archive, Many to Many Read more
27 Apr, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Named Bakar Faculty Fellow & Recipient of Spark Fund Award
Congratulations to Nicholas de Monchaux on being named a Bakar Faculty Fellow and recipient of the Spark Fund Award for 2017-2018! Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Revisited: Technology and Forensic Evidence in Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina, Prof. of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Read more
13 Apr, 2017
Announcing our 2017-2018 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
Read more
11 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations: Color of New Media Working Group Transcription
The “Color of New Media Working Group” met as a part of Commons Conversations to discuss the vertiginous political climate. Read more
07 Apr, 2017
BCNM Seed Grants 2017: Ed Campion and the Sound Habitat
Ed Campion (Music) received $5,000 to build a sound habitat with Ron Rael (Architecture) as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Summer Research Award Recipients
Read more
05 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts"
22 Mar, 2017
Interview with Asma Kazmi!
Asma Kazmi, Assistant Professor in Art Practice, joined the BCNM in Fall 2017. In this interview, she discusses her recent exhibition “Cranes and Cube” in Pakistan. Read more
21 Mar, 2017
Announcing the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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20 Mar, 2017
A Statement Regarding UCPD Crowdsourcing Request for Identification
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16 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: "Radical Technologies" with Adam Greenfield
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16 Mar, 2017
Video Now Online: Designing for Truth
with Joris Maltha Read more
16 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Syncing... Subject, Media, Society"
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07 Mar, 2017
Revisited: “Black Sun: Reflections on Otto Piene and Aldo Tambellini"
Missed Tanya Lombardo's lecture? No worries. We recapped it for you. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Radical Technologies"
with Adam Greenfield Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Introducing Our Undergraduate Research Fellows
Read more
17 Feb, 2017
BCNM Now Accepting Applications for Faculty Seed Grants!
Read more
17 Feb, 2017
ATC Video Now Online: "Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual."
With Tom Sachs
Missed this event? Have no fear! Watch it here! Read more
03 Feb, 2017
Engaged Courses: Critical Making Designs Protest Object
Eric Paulos challenged his Critical Making class (NWMEDIA 203) to create and present a novel protest object. Read more
25 Jan, 2017
Conference Grants: Juliana Friend in DC
25 Jan, 2017
Greg Niemeyer on Hippie Modernisms at BAMPFA
13 Jan, 2017
Ken Goldberg on the Future of Work at the Mill Library
On Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 6:30pm Read more
16 Dec, 2016
Revisited: "Rogue Archives" Book Launch
The discussion of Prof. De Kosnik's new book was held at University Press. Read more
12 Dec, 2016
Rogue Archives Reviewed in Digicult
BCNM Professor Abigail De Kosnik's new book was reviewed by Sylvia Bertolotti in Digicult Read more
07 Dec, 2016
Revisited: "Deep Dreams: Between Inspiration and Hallucination"
A recap of "Deep Dreams: Between Inspiration and Hallucination" with Mike Tyka and Gray Area founder Josette Melchor. Read more
22 Nov, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Undergraduate Cohort
These students highlight the interdisciplinary nature of new media through the range of disciplines they represent and the exciting collaborative projects in which they are engage Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Ken Goldberg Named Chair of IEOR
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research has a new chairperson! Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Shannon Jackson on Funding the Arts at Battery Powered
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14 Nov, 2016
Revisited: Technology, Space and Reason
Miyoko Conley recaps Bernard Stiegler's exciting Symposium held in October. Read more
14 Nov, 2016
We're excited to see AMPLab transform into RISELab, which focuses on real-time secure decision stacks! Read more
06 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Books in Browsers VII - Telling Small Stories"
We revisit the incredible conference held in San Francisco Read more
04 Nov, 2016
Grace Gipson at >Play Conference
>play is the largest student-run digital media and technology conference Read more
24 Oct, 2016
The BCNM was thrilled to provide Cesar Torres (EECS) with a conference travel grant Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Here's a report of her recent presentation for this year's DML conference! Read more
24 Oct, 2016
GloUH: Gaming Virtual Bodies: Video Games in South Asian Cities
The series hosts Irene Chien, BCNM alumna, to speak on moving through South Asian cities both within video games Read more
20 Oct, 2016
Henry Jenkins Interviews Gail de Kosnik on Rogue Archives
The third and final installment of Henry Jenkins' interview series with BCNM professor Gail de Kosnik has now been published Read more
19 Oct, 2016
Revisited: "Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual."
Some thoughts on Tom Sachs's engaging lecture, "Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual." earlier this fall. Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Announcing the BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
Each of the following students have received funding to help defray the costs of presenting their research at the premiere conferences in their fields! Read more
11 Oct, 2016
Local Code by Nicholas de Monchaux Out Now at University of Princeton Architectural Press
10 Oct, 2016
Ken Goldberg on A Century of Art & Technology in the Bay Area
Goldberg published an article, A Century of Art and Technology in the Bay Area, on Medium Read more
04 Oct, 2016
Summer Teaching Dispatch: Lark Buckingham and Advanced Digital Animation
Here, Buckingham describes teaching Advanced Digital Animation” as a NWMEDIA 90 this past summer Read more
04 Oct, 2016
Shannon Jackson on How Art Transforms Us at Battery Powered
Featured in "The Power of Art & Creativity," a moderated discussion at The Battery Read more
04 Oct, 2016
Rogue Archives Published!
An examination of archiving in the transition from print to digital media, looking in particular at Internet fan fiction archives. Congrats, Prof. De Kosnik! Read more
26 Sep, 2016
Jingyi Li creates AO3 Scraper
BCNM undergrad Jingyi Li and a friend built a data scraper for the fan-content archive, Archive of Our Own Read more
26 Sep, 2016
Alumna Margaret Rhee featured in S&F Online!
S&F Online is a triannual, multimedia, peer-reviewed, online-only journal of feminist theories and women’s movements Read more
22 Sep, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux at 2016 Lisbon Architecture Triennale
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19 Sep, 2016
Buchla graduated from UC Berkeley as a physics major in 1959 and went on to create the first modular synthesizers Read more
09 Sep, 2016
Lyman Dispatch: Jenni Higgs on Digital Talk
The fellowship is supported by donations from Professor Barrie Thorne, Sage Publications and many individual friends and faculty Read more
09 Sep, 2016
Greg Niemeyer at Malaga Digital Art History Summer School
Niemeyer taught at the Digital Art History Summer School in Malaga, Spain from September 4th to 9th Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open!
All applications for Spring 2017 admittance are due November 1, 2016 Read more
26 Aug, 2016
Announcing the 2016-2017 History and Theory of New Media Season
his year, we are pleased to include hands-on workshops in our program, as well as a partnership with the Rhetoric Department to offer a mini-symposium on the Anthropocene Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Report: Grace Gipson and the Popular Culture Summer Workshop
Gipson received a summer research award from the BCNM to support her dissertation research by attending the Popular Culture Summer Research Workshop Read more
01 Aug, 2016
Many-to-Many Receives Digital Humanities Grant
Juliana Friend (Anthropology) received a Collaborative Research Grant from Digital Humanities at Berkeley for her project, Many to Many Read more
25 Jul, 2016
Gail De Kosnik and the Challenges of Participatory Culture
Prof. De Kosnik traveled to Moscow, Russia to present at "Challenges of Participatory Culture: Methodologies and Perspectives of Research" Read more
18 Jul, 2016
Ken Goldberg and the Multiplicity at Tata Communication Summit
18 Jul, 2016
Caitlin Marshall receives Postdoc Fellowship
Marshall will be headed to the University of Maryland Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Greetings from the New Director
We are delighted to welcome Nicholas de Monchaux to his new role as Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media Read more
05 Jul, 2016
Greg Niemeyer Thanks You for Three Years at BCNM
For the last three years, Greg Niemeyer has skillfully led the BCNM as the Center's Director. This July, he is beginning a well-deserved sabbatical Read more
24 Jun, 2016
California Report Card Featured in The Promise of Berkeley
The California Report Card was developed by BCNM Professor Ken Goldberg and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Read more
21 Jun, 2016
Lark Buckingham and Everything After
Lark Buckingham’s art centers around the forces that shape human identities, particularly those of the queer community Read more
26 May, 2016
Through Practice: Ashley Ferro-Murray and Mark Lam
“Through Practice” by Ashley Ferro-Murray is a somatic exploration of the contemporary relationship between biomedicine and new media, or genetics (DNA code) Read more
24 May, 2016
E-Literature Success in the Classroom
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19 May, 2016
Announcing Our 2016 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
19 May, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Graduates
Congrats to all! We lookforward to following their success in their new endeavors! Read more
18 May, 2016
Kate Mattingly on Gender and Performance in Dancer's Group
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18 May, 2016
Summer Research Opportunities: Hybrid Ecologies Lab
The Hybrid Ecologies Lab, headed by Eric Paulos, is looking for skilled and passionate undergraduate and graduate students to join us this summer Read more
12 May, 2016
Laura Devendorf's Color Changing Thread
Devendorf's project is focused on how to use thermochromic pigments in weaving and crocheted materials Read more
12 May, 2016
Revisited: Critical Making Exhibition
Critical Making students operationalize and critique the practice of making through both foundational literature and hands on studio culture Read more
09 May, 2016
Interactive Urban Lighting Recommended for NEA
UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media - one of 64 National Endowment for the Arts Our Town projects selected nationwide Read more
20 Apr, 2016
Revisited: "telep0es1s: Experiments in Creative Literature"
Check out the highlights of Rui Torres's lecture on digital art Read more
19 Apr, 2016
Ashley Jerbic at the Stanford Learning Summit
Ashley has been extensively engaged in areas of research that touch upon 3D imaging, art history, art practice, and archaeology Read more
07 Apr, 2016
Revisited: "A Right to Remember"
with Brewster Kahle, invited by the UC Berkeley Regents Lecture Read more
05 Apr, 2016
ATC Video Now Online: Ron Rael
"Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials" Read more
05 Apr, 2016
Before It's Too Late - Archiving What We (Don't) Care About
An astute lesson from Brewster Kahle, archive.org founder, shared with our director Read more
29 Mar, 2016
Revisited: Insurgent Aesthetics
Ronak Kapadia, an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, gave a talk on March 18th. Read the recap here. Read more
21 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Critical Play"
A recap of Mary Flanagan's lecture, recapped by Kate Mattingly. Read more
07 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Library of the Future"
We revisit this engaging discussion with Jeffrey MacKie-Mason & Brewster Kahle Read more
02 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Locking the Web Open: a Call for a New, Distributed Web"
We recap Brewster Kahle's lecture on privacy and free speech in the world wide web Read more
02 Mar, 2016
Revisited: Regents 2016 Tour with Brewster Kahle
We explored our obsession over the tangible in a tour with Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, an online library of visual artifacts Read more
23 Feb, 2016
Revisited: "Proxies and Placeholders"
A recap of Hito Steyerl's incredible lecture! Read more
03 Feb, 2016
BCNM's Greg Niemeyer Featured in Daily Cal on UC Surveillance
Read more
02 Feb, 2016
Revisited: “Four Thoughts about the Impact of Globalization on Artists”
A recap of Sarah Thornton's lecture! Read more
02 Feb, 2016
BCNM Faculty at the Forefront of Discussion on Coordinated Monitoring
BCNM faculty were featured in a recent New York Times piece on monitoring and data security in the UC system Read more
21 Jan, 2016
Shannon Jackson at ArtCOP21
ArtCOP21 was launched in advance of the UN climate talks in Paris and aimed to upend the notion that climate change discussions belong to political offices and boardrooms Read more
07 Jan, 2016
Farewell to a Berkeley Visionary Sonya Rapoport
Rapoport was a former Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium speaker at the Berkeley Center for New Media. She passed away in June, 2015 Read more
10 Dec, 2015
Video Now Online: "Material Evidence: Scientific Inquiry, Sensory Experience, and the Creative Process"
Watch this ATC lecture by Adrien Segal online here Read more
02 Dec, 2015
Revisited: "Material Evidence: Scientific Inquiry, Sensory Experience, and the Creative Process"
A summary of Adrien Segal's talk earlier this week, accompanied by photos and a social media round-up! Read more
01 Dec, 2015
New Undergraduates Announcement!
Congratulations to our latest new media undergraduate certificate candidates! Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Video Series Now Online: "Manufacturing Transparency"
Watch the Manufacturing Transparency Conference's speaker videos here! In collaboration with the French Embassy, New Hive, and the Goethe Institute Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Kate Mattingly on the Forty Part Motet
BCNM's Kate Mattingly (TDPS DE) had the opportunity to join SFMOMA talks of the Forty Part Motet Read more
23 Nov, 2015
Announcing our Newest Cohort of Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate Students
We know these students will contribute to the vibrant interdisciplinary life of the Center Read more
17 Nov, 2015
From a young age, Andrea was drawn to fantasy and science fiction Read more
17 Nov, 2015
Ashley Ferro-Murray was three when she took her first ballet lesson — she hasn’t stopped dancing since, no matter the obstacle she’s faced. Read more
17 Nov, 2015
Raised in an Anglo-Spanish household in Madrid, Alex has always been fascinated by language Read more
04 Nov, 2015
Scott explores online learning environments to increase geographic and cultural connections and build diverse communities Read more
29 Oct, 2015
Revisited: "Manufacturing Transparency Conference"
We recap our collaboration with the French Embassy, New Hive, and the Goethe Institute for a symposium on transparency in a digital age Read more
28 Oct, 2015
HTNM 5th Anniversary and Revisited: "Technologies of Simulation"
with Claus Pias
Leuphana University of Lüneberg Read more
14 Oct, 2015
Alumnus Jane McGonigal's "SuperBetter" on Living Gamefully
BCNM alumnus Jane McGonigal's book SuperBetter has been reviewed in The New Yorker by Nathan Heller Read more
12 Oct, 2015
Ken Goldberg at ISRR 2015 Conference
Ken was a co-author on "Transition State Clustering: Unsupervised Surgical Trajectory Segmentation For Robot Learning " Read more
08 Oct, 2015
Manufacturing Transparency Submissions a Hit!
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01 Oct, 2015
Field Notes: Kyle Booten and a Digital Verse Lab
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30 Sep, 2015
Chris Goetz Featured on Memory Insufficient
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24 Sep, 2015
Call for Art: Manufacturing Transparency
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24 Sep, 2015
Earthquakes on your mind? Check out Ken Goldberg’s artwork, Bloom.
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24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 HTNM Series!
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16 Sep, 2015
GNOSISONG: An Audiovisual Installation by Chris Chafe and Greg Niemeyer
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14 Sep, 2015
Poetics of Space - how a performance becomes a personal encounter
Goode is known for blurring lines between text and movement; now he's interested in the proximities of the performers and the audience Read more
19 Aug, 2015
Alex Saum-Pascual Published in Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies
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13 Aug, 2015
Alex Saum-Pascual: Exhibitions, Research, and Writing
11 Aug, 2015
#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Women in Tech
We're thrilled to see the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer gathering momentum! Read more
06 Aug, 2015
Field Notes: Teaching Nostalgia & the Future in New Media
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27 Jul, 2015
Tech Award Dispatches: Naomi Bragin
This year, the BCNM awarded five new media graduate students with technology services and training awards to help them fund the support they need to further their research agendas Read more
20 Jul, 2015
Revisited: Critical Making Course Exhibition
Check out photos of amazing student work! Read more
15 Jul, 2015
The Atlantic's Bold Bets Features Ken Goldberg
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29 Jun, 2015
Fluxx Featured on AdaFruit
26 Jun, 2015
Gail De Kosnik Awarded Tenure
Congratulations, Gail De Kosnik for being awarded tenure in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and New Media! Read more
17 Jun, 2015
Fall 2015 Events Sneak Preview
Mark your calendars — BCNM is hard at work bringing together a brilliant Fall 2015 program! Check out some of these great events! Read more
06 May, 2015
Transparency: A Critical Approach with Emmanuel Alloa
The consensus is overwhelming: everybody seems to agree on the need for more transparency Read more
29 Apr, 2015
Announcing our Spring 2015 Graduating Class
We'll miss their energy and their intellectual curiosity around BCNM, but wish them all the best in their new endeavors and look forward to the amazing intellectual, artistic, and technological contributions we know they will produce Read more
15 Apr, 2015
Revisited: Jesse and Glenda Drew
From their probing talk, "A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat," a part of the ATC series here at BCNM Read more
07 Apr, 2015
Revisited: Martinat and Mayorga
We recap this wonderful discussion, "Reality Environments," hosted at the David Brower Center Read more
06 Apr, 2015
Summer 2015 Research Awards
BCNM is proud to announce the recipients of its Summer 2015 Research Awards! Read more
24 Mar, 2015
Precarious Aesthetics Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: May 1, 2015 Read more
18 Mar, 2015
BCNM Welcomes Spring 2015 DE & Certificate Students
Applications this semester were phenomenal and we’re thrilled by the unique perspectives each of our new students will bring to the Center Read more
17 Mar, 2015
HTNM Video Now Online: "Gamic Orientalism"
A lecture by Chris Goto-Jones, Comparative Philosophy Chair at Leiden University Read more
03 Mar, 2015
HTNM Revisited: Chris Goto-Jones
from his lecture, "Gamic Orientalism" Read more
25 Feb, 2015
HTNM Revisited: Intermedia Dance
We revisit UCD Professor Elizabeth Freeman's lecture, "Sex in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: Gerard & Kelly's Kisses" Read more
17 Feb, 2015
The 2015 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium hosted a BCNM open house last Thursday on February 12. Read more
11 Feb, 2015
"Watching, creating, and archiving" paper published in Convergence
On the quantity and temporality of fannish productivity in online fan fiction archives" Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Gail is currently focused on the following projects Read more
21 Jan, 2015
Hack the Bells Dispatch from Sarah Stierch
Sarah Stierch spearheaded Hack the Bells, the world's first carillon remix competition Read more
03 Dec, 2014
Welcoming New Undergraduate Certificate Students
Hailing from a range of disciplines, the undergraduates who applied exemplified the interdisciplinary community the Center serves Read more
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
18 Nov, 2014
Announcing the Winners of Hack the Bells
Winners of Hack the Bells, the first international carillon remix competition, have been selected Read more
06 Oct, 2014
HTNM Revisited: Jennifer Holt
UCSB's Film and Media Studies Associate Professor sat down with us earlier this month. Read highlights here. Read more
11 Sep, 2014
Announcing IMAGE as LOCATION
A Bay Area Festival that explores the relationship between people, pictures, and places Read more
03 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence Read more
01 Sep, 2014
A roboticist, artist, critic, filmmaker, scientist, teacher, and academic, Ken Goldberg has long been pushing the boundaries of art and technology Read more
01 Aug, 2014
This month, hear how BCNM Susan B. Miller Fellow Sarah Stierch supports open source information through diversifying Wikipedia and digitizing small museums’ archives
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02 Jun, 2014
We're celebrating our 10th year! Hear how BCNM professor Eric Paulos designs devices that transform how we understand our world Read more
07 May, 2014
FILM 151 with Renée Pastel
“I think everyone enjoys a nice murder, provided he is not the victim.” ~Alfred Hitchcock Read more
05 May, 2014
Camille Crittenden on Transnational Justice, Culture, and Society
We are proud to announce that Transnational Justice, Culture, and Society. Beyond Outreach, a book for which BCNM Executive Committee member Camille Crittenden contributed a chapter, has been published! Read more
01 May, 2014
Jen Schradie has never been afraid to confront the societal inequality she witnesses Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Announcing our Spring 2014 Graduating Class
We are proud to announce our latest cohort of graduating BCNM Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate students Read more
08 Apr, 2014
Andrea Horbinski Awarded Koo Fellowship
The Dr. C.F. Koo and Cecilia Koo Chair endowment was established in 2008 at the University of California, Berkeley Read more
01 Apr, 2014
Meet BCNM's Gail De Kosnik and the Fan Data & Net Differences Team
These UC Berkeley professors have pioneered new methods of exploring internet cultures Read more
01 Apr, 2014
Technology Services and Training Fellowship
This year, thanks to the craigslist Chair endowment, we were able to support five graduates with awards of $1,000 to help defray technology and training costs. Read more
21 Mar, 2014
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 3 new graduate students to our Masters Certificate program Read more
18 Mar, 2014
HTNM Revisited: The Black Box, the Light Box and Photo-Receptivity
A contribution by Katherine Chandler on Alexander Galloway's recent HTNM talk Read more
06 Mar, 2014
Announcing the 2014 Peter Lyman Fellow
The Fellowship seeks to support a Ph.D. candidate in the writing of his or her dissertation on a topic related to new media through a summer stipend Read more
03 Mar, 2014
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Tiffany Ng explores urban spaces through the architecture of music. Read more
28 Jan, 2014
Student Research Presentations
BCNM was proud to introduce its latest Spring 2014 admits and celebrate the incredible research of its senior graduate students in January Read more
21 Jan, 2014
Connect with BCNM's Naomi Bragin and Street Dance
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Naomi Bragin explores power structures through street dance. Read more
02 Dec, 2013
Connect with Chris Goetz and QGCon
The Berkeley Center for New Media’s interdisciplinary environment has provided Chris with a research home that allows him to draw from various fields — from psychology to computer science to design Read more
25 Nov, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 9 new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs Read more
19 Nov, 2013
ATC Revisited: Laetitia Sonami
On her talk, "Your Presence is Required: Performance, Control, and Magnetism” Read more
06 Nov, 2013
A Response to Eyal Weizman’s “Forensic Architecture” by Katherine Chandler (Ph.D. Candidate Rhetoric and Designated Emphasis in New Media) Read more
29 Oct, 2013
Revisited: Creating Minds
Creating Minds, an academic conference on reading and writing in the digital age had over 300 attendees throughout the day's talks and panels! Read more
16 Oct, 2013
ATC Revisited: Jennifer González
For those unable to attend the ATC lecture on Monday, October 14th, we've brought you a brief recap of the highlights! Read more
24 Sep, 2013
HTNM Revisited: Peter Lunenfeld
17 Sep, 2013
BCNM Accepting Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate Applications!
04 Sep, 2013
BCNM Faculty Camille Crittenden Featured on the PBS Idea Lab
Crittenden recently published a blog post entitled "Public Open Data: the Good, the Bad, the Future" Read more
28 Aug, 2013
The Color of New Media Working Group
Supported by UC Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender. Organized by Professor Abigail De Kosnik (BCNM, TDPS) Read more
14 Aug, 2013
Announcing the 2013-2014 History and Theory in New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media with support from CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Read more
13 Aug, 2013
Google More: Where FERPA and CPHS conflict with EULA
UC Berkeley just completed the transition of all of its email from a proprietary system to gmail. Faculty shares their thoughts. Read more
11 Jul, 2013
BCNM Welcomes Visiting Scholar Lone Bak Strandgaard
Bak Strandgaard studies the expansion of self-service technologies related to pubic transport Read more
20 May, 2013
New Media 2013 Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM Designated Emphasis Students
Berkeley Center for New Media is pleased to award fellowships for research on new media scholarship in Summer 2013 to five Designated Emphasis students Read more
08 May, 2013
BCNM to create Turing Test game for "On the Same Page" program
The test does not check the ability to give the correct answer; it checks how closely the answer resembles typical human answer Read more
07 May, 2013
New Media Research Group: Sam Ford "Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture"
23 Apr, 2013
BCNM New Media Students showcase Research at Spring Semester Presentation
UC Berkeley graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in New Media presented their research on April 17, 2013 in the BCNM Commons to an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public Read more
16 Apr, 2013
Margaret Rhee receives 2013 Yamashita Prize Honorable Mention
Rhee is the recipient of an honorable mention for the 2013 Thomas I. Yamashita Prize which honors young social activists Read more
10 Apr, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome eleven new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs! Read more
27 Feb, 2013
BCNM Student Presentations for the annual BEARS Research Symposium, February 14, 2013
Exciting and innovative new UC Berkeley research projects weree presented at the Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium (BEARS). Read some of our students' research here! Read more
13 Feb, 2013
"An Instrument of Urban Planning: Bells and the Sonic Remediation of Community Space in the Southeastern United States," Tiffany Ng
An abstract of Ng's article, which investigates debates over amplified, synthesized musical sounds in semi-public spaces. Read more
21 Dec, 2012
Body Conscious Design, Hsin-Hsien Chiu, Featured in Taiwanese Design Magazine La Vie
Hsin-Hsien Chiu, Ph.D. candidate in Architecture with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Tablets, Africa's Next Leap-Frog Technology
by Reginold Royston, Ph.D. candidate in the African Diaspora Program with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
24 Oct, 2012
Printable Loudspeaker Arrays for Flexible Substrates and Interactive Surfaces
Jess Rowland, M.F.A. Art Practice, Certificate in New Media, UC Berkeley Read more
01 Oct, 2012
"A Note on Triumph" Meshes Acoustics with Digital Sounds to Create Hybrid Instruments
Sivan Eldar, Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley in the Music Department with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
31 Aug, 2012
Alenda Chang, Ph.D. Rhetoric, DE in New Media, UC Berkeley Read more
30 Jun, 2012
Forest by Bit, Using LiDAR to Represent Sierra Nevada Forests
16 May, 2012
Mutated Text, a cross-genre creative writing workshop co-organized by Margaret Rhee with support from BCNM, was held this past April Read more
14 May, 2012
BCNM Student Presentations for the annual BEARS Research Symposium
This year's theme is ""Big Data at Berkeley" Read more
07 May, 2012
Welcoming BCNM's New DE and Certificate Students
We are delighted to announce the following newly students to the BCNM Designated Emphasis and Master's Certificate Program in New Media Read more
02 May, 2012
Digital Inquiry: Keynote Talk by Bernard Stiegler
The two day symposium brought together interdisciplinary scholars, artists, and media industry representatives to reflect on the nature of knowledge in the digital age Read more
05 Apr, 2012
AirQuest’s objective is to make scientific data playable and accessible to all. Read more
07 Mar, 2012
Announcing the 2012 Peter Lyman Fellow
For their research, "Unmanned Aerial Systems: The United States’ Techno-Political Entanglements in the Post-Cold War" Read more
01 Feb, 2012
Aesthetic Applications of Wave Field Synthesis
Rama Gottfried will be working with the Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces Team at IRCAM and the Centre Pompidou based in Paris Read more
12 Sep, 2011
Turning Data into Democratic Action: Social Apps Lab at CITRIS
12 Sep, 2011
'Friend' of the Court: New Media and Transitional Justice
29 Aug, 2011
ShowMeHow: Translating User Interface Instructions Between Similar Applications
01 Aug, 2011
Data-Driven Elastic Models for Cloth: Modeling and Measurement
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15 Jun, 2011
CITRIS Launches Data and Democracy Initiative
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15 Jun, 2011
Pwning Asthma Triggers: Health Games as Technologies of Social Engagement
Next deadline – 1 March, 2024
Designated Emphasis Program
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Next deadline – 1 November 2023
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media
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Visiting Scholar in New Media
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This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
Applications for Summer 2024 are due March 5, 2024.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – March 18, 2024
Applications are due March 1, 2024
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Next deadline - March 1, 2024
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Applications are due March 1, 2024
AAPI Media Creatives Fellowship
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
Applications for Summer 2024 are due March 5, 2024.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – March 18, 2024
Applications are due March 1, 2024
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Next deadline - March 1, 2024
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Applications are due March 1, 2024
AAPI Media Creatives Fellowship
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