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
13 Nov, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with Raven Chacon
Composer
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center (ARC), the Department of Music, the Department of Ethnic Studies, and the Department of Art Practice
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
28 Oct, 2021
History & Theory
with Professor Laura U. Marks
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Presented by The Department of Media Studies and co-sponsored by BCNM. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
03 Nov, 2020
Special Events
Visual Activism: Erin McElroy
With Erin McElroy
Postdoctoral Researcher, New York University
Presented by the Arts Research Center and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media. 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
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
21 Oct, 2019
Commons Conversations
On the Fringe of Minitel: Alternative Uses of a State-Sponsored Communications Network A Participatory Masterclass
with Julien Mailland
Associate Professor of Telecommunications, Indiana University Media School Read more
09 May, 2019
Special Events
Critical Making 2019 Showcase
Check out the incredible projects from NWMEDIA C203, featured in the Jacobs Spring Design Showcase! Read more
18 Mar, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
On Digital Colonialism and 'Other' Futures
with Morehshin Allahyari
Artist, New York
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Stanford University Read more
24 Apr, 2018
Special Events
with Trevor Paglen
Artist, CA
in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Art, UC Berkeley
hosted by the Arts Research Center
co-sponsored by BCNM, BAMPFA and the Department of Geography Read more
16 Apr, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Angela Davis
Activist and Professor, CA
interviewed by Leigh Raiford, Assoc. Professor of African American Studies and Malika Imhotep, PhD Candidate in African American Studies and Designated Emphasis in New Media
A 2018 Regents Lecture
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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
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
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
17 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Ashley Hunt
co-director of the California Institute of the Arts' Photography and Media Program Read more
02 Mar, 2017
History & Theory
with Kavita Philip, Associate Professor of History Read more
26 Nov, 2016
Special Events
"Local Code" Book Launch: a Conversation & Reading
with Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
09 Nov, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts
Ronald Rael is an applied architectural researcher, author, design entrepreneur, and thought leader in the fields of additive manufacturing and earthen architecture 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
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
18 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Free Speech Movement – 50 Years Later @ UC Berkeley: Student Activism and Peer Advocacy
Join a lively panel discussion about contemporary, unconventional and "uncivil" campus protest, freedom of expression and the often onerous disciplinary apparatus: Occupy Cal; Privatizing UC; Protests against John Yoo; Israel & Palestine on Campus; and many more.
Panel
Carmen Comsti & Neil Satterlund, Lawyers/UCB Campus Rights Project Alumni
Dan Siegel, Civil Rights Lawyer/former UCB Student Leader
Josh Wolf, Freelance Journalist/former UCB Student Conduct "Defendant"
Terry Gross, Constitutional Lawyer/Counsel for Photographer Arrested at UCB Demonstration
Yaman Salahi, Civil Rights Lawyer/UCB Alumnus
Steve Rosenbaum, UCB Law Lecturer/Lawyer/Faculty Advisor
Brian Barsky, UCB Professor, Computer Science & Vision Science
Co-Sponsors
Graduate Assembly
ASUC Student Advocate's Office
Law & Society Graduate Ass'n
American Constitution Society
Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
Human Rights Committee
National Lawyers Guild
Restorative Justice Committee
Students for Economic & Environmental Justice
Data & Democracy Institute-Center for Info. Technology in the Interest of Society
Berkeley Center for New Media
UC Berkeley Faculty Association
Townsend Center for the Humanities Read more
10 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Student Research Presentations and New DE Welcome
Cutting edge research happening here at BCNM! Join us in celebration of these amazing grad students. Read more
02 Feb, 2012
Special Events
Transforming Community Through Pervasive Play
with Jeff Watson (USC) Read more
10 Oct, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Fear and Fun: Performing the Human-Machine Interface
with Kal Spelletich, SF-based artist Read more
16 Mar, 2011
Special Events
Crossing Boundaries: News, Technology, & Audiences
Speakers from across UC Berkeley departments on social media and journalism. Read the distinguished roster in full here. Read more
09 Mar, 2011
Special Events
A lecture by Stuart Candy - aSenior Foresight and Innovation Specialist at Arup, Adjunct Professor at California College of the Arts, and Research Fellow of The Long Now Foundation Read more
01 Oct, 2024
Summer Research Reports: Lee Crandall on Visualizing Crypto-Economic/Ecologic Networks
BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Lee Crandall on Visualizing Crypto-Economic/Ecologic Networks! Read more
26 Aug, 2024
Announcing the 2024-25 Indigenous Technologies Season
We are excited to announce the 2024-2025 season of our Indigenous Technologies lecture series, featuring Laura Harjo and Mariaelena Huambachano Read more
25 May, 2024
Alum Jessica Hankey Published Supervision
Featuring a range of essays, including from our own Hannah Zeavin! Read more
05 May, 2024
Congratulating Our Spring 2024 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
We wish them well in their future pursuits! Join us in applauding their accomplishments! Read more
03 May, 2024
Congratulating Our Spring 2024 Graduates
Artwork "HAYA" (Life) by Arianna Khmelniuk, in collaboration with Eddie Farr; Photographer: Wyatt Kane. 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
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Indigenous Technologies Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our Indigenous Technologies lecture series, featuring Raven Chacon, Christina Leza, Trevor Reed, and more! Read more
07 Jun, 2023
Real Life in Real Time Co-Edited by Bo Ruberg
Published by MIT Press, this new volume explores the cultural ramifications of online live streaming, including its effects on identity and power in digital spaces. Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Valencia James Co-Curates The Parables Experience
The Parables Experience takes place at MozFest! 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
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am 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
14 May, 2022
The Illusion of Digital Democracy with Jen Schradie
In this short teaser for her book, The Revolution That Wasn't, Jen Schradie asks whether the internet is conservative. Read more
11 May, 2022
Jen Schradie on How Technology Favors the Powerful
Grégoire Barbey intervews alum Jen Schradie for Heidi.news on how the internet is dominated by conservative ideology. Read more
19 Apr, 2022
Algorithms Adore Extreme Right Content
Jen Schradie demonstrates that the Web benefits conservative messages. Read more
01 Apr, 2022
Women in Energy Make a Powerful Case for Inclusion
Camille Crittenden publishes an article on the Berkeley Blog on women in energy in honor of Women's History Month. 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
12 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate cohort! Read more
04 Dec, 2021
Jen Schradie Interviewed on Why the Internet Favors the Right
Listen to Jen Schradie in conversation with Xavier de la Porte on France Inter on Why the Internet Favors the Right. 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
01 Aug, 2021
Jen Schradie on the Digital Production Gap in the Algorithmic Era
Jen Schradie's co-authored article on digital inequlities and content production was published in the Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Digital Media. 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
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
15 Mar, 2021
BCNM Around the Web March 2021
Check out the amazing work of our alumni around the web this March! 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
08 Dec, 2020
Jen Schradie's The Revolution That Wasn't Reviewed in the American Journal of Sociology
Jen Shradie's book was reviewed in the American Journal of Sociology! Read more
25 Nov, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
12 Nov, 2020
The Future of Memory Now Online
Xiaowei Wang's The Future of Memory project is now online! Read more
08 Nov, 2020
Ra Malika Imhotep on Crafting Freedom
Ra Malika Imhotep writes on 19th Century slavery abolitionists and modern day activists, and the suprising (literal) link of thread that connects them. Read more
30 Sep, 2020
Jen Schradie on How the Digital Divide Is a Class Power Divide
Jen Schradie recently published an academic article titled "The Great Equalizer Reproduces Inequality: How the Digital Divide Is a Class Power Divide." Read more
24 Sep, 2020
Seed Grant: William White and the Archaeological Heritage of People's Park
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
17 Aug, 2020
Jen Schradie wins CITAMS ASA Best Paper Award
Alum Jen Schradie's article “The Digital Activism Gap: How Class and Costs Shape Online Collective Action” was recognized in the CITAMS 2020 awards. Read more
14 Aug, 2020
The Revolution That Wasn't Reviewed in Mass Communication & Society
Jen Schradie's book receives a fantastic review from Briana Trifiro. 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
26 Jul, 2020
The Revolution that Wasn't Reviewed in the International Journal of Press/Politics
Alum Jen Schradie's book receives a stunning review from David Karpf. Read more
14 Jul, 2020
Tom McEnaney on the Significance of Sound in Testimonio
Tom McEnaney considers the aurality of indigenous activist Rigoberta Menchú's 1982 testimonio, the basis of her edited biography I, Rigoberta Menchú. Read more
04 Jul, 2020
Jen Schradie Interview in Liberation
Nicolas Celnik interviews alum Jen Schradie on "Si je devais structurer un mouvement social pendant une pandémie…" Read more
19 May, 2020
Jen Schradie on France 24 on Conspiracy, Lies, and the Coronavirus Infodemic
Read more
25 Apr, 2020
Video of Jen Schradie in Le numérique : amplificateur des inégalités et des extrémismes ?
Watch Jen Schradie speak about digital technologies and their potential threats during a round table discussion at Sciences Po in April 2019. Read more
10 Mar, 2020
BCNM Around the Web March 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our students, faculty, and alumni in March 2020! Read more
04 Mar, 2020
Jen Schradie was the latest guest on the Inkwell: Authors and Artists online discussion board. Read more
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
20 Feb, 2020
BCNM Around the Web February 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty and alumni in February 2020! Read more
20 Feb, 2020
Jen Schradie’s "The Revolution That Wasn’t" in LA Review of Books
BCNM alum Jen Schradie's latest book receives an excellent review from Emily Drabinski in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Read more
20 Feb, 2020
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by eight BCNM students, faculty and alumni! Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Pop Matters Features Jen Schradie's The Revolution That Wasn't
Schradie argues that the right conservative wing has more open access to the internet given the current regulations of digital platforms. Read more
31 Jan, 2020
Review of The Revolution That Wasn't in Inside Higher Ed
Alum Jen Schradie's latest book receives an excellent review from Barbara Fister. Read more
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
04 Dec, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie on WashingTech on Social Media Bias
Schradie recently went on the WashingTech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller to talk about her experience with "social media bias". 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
23 Oct, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Morehshin Allahyari
Read more
22 Oct, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Video on The Big Think
If you've been wondering "Have conservative groups mastered the art of internet activism?", Jen Schradie has the answer! Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM around the Web October 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg and Koci Hernandez; and alumni Trevor Paglen, danah boyd, Jen Schradie, Tiffany Ng, Ritwik Banerji, Bo Ruberg, and Jane McGonigal. Read more
04 Sep, 2019
BCNM alumni, faculty, and students will present at the National Women's Studies Association 2019 conference in San Francsico. 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
Alum Jen Schradie in KPFA
BCNM Alum Jen Schradie and digital activism was featured on KPFA's Against the Grain! Read more
15 Aug, 2019
Jen Schradie's The Revolution That Wasn't Featured in the Washington Monthly
Richard John's article "Why the Left Is Losing the Information Age" showcases Schradie's research on digital activism and inequality. Read more
13 Aug, 2019
Juliana Friend on Anthropology of/as Revolutionary Dreaming
Juliana published her article in Cultural Anthropology as part of the series, Culture at Large 2018 with Robin Kelley. Read more
08 Aug, 2019
The American Sociological Association's 2019 theme is "Engaging Social Justice for a Better World" Read more
16 Jul, 2019
Jen Schradie on The Debate
Alum Jen Schradie spoke on France 24 on whether Democrats can mobilize their base for 2020. 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
09 Jul, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Interviewed in Vox
Vox talks to Jen about "Why conservatives are winning the internet." The Revolution That Wasn't explains why digital activism helps conservatives more than liberals. Read more
07 Jul, 2019
Interview with Alum Jen Schradie in the Indy and WUNC
Jen discusses her book The Revolution That Wasn't in North Carolina, where much of her research was based. Read more
04 Jul, 2019
Jen Schradie's The Revolution that Wasn't in Wired
Jen Schradie's The Revolution That Wasn't is featured in Wired's "14 Must-Read Books of the Summer." Read more
25 Jun, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie on Conservatives' Use of Social Media to Move Their Agendas
Jen Schradie published "Conservatives Use Social Media to Move Their Agendas Much More Than Liberals Do" in Newsweek. Read more
17 Jun, 2019
Abigail De Kosnik & Keith Feldman Interviewed by the New Books Network
Co-editors Gail & Keith discuss #Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation on Lily Goren's podcast. Read more
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
29 May, 2019
Celeste Kidd and the Role of Reasoning and Metacognition in the Internet Era
Celeste Kidd received a 2019 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant for "The Role of Reasoning and Metacognition During Belief Formation in the Internet Era." Read more
30 Apr, 2019
#Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation Published
Read more
04 Apr, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie at Le Númerique Peut Il Réinventer La Démocratie
Join Jen Schradie on April 16, 2019 at 5pm at the Sciences Po symposium! Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Jen Schradie's Digital Activism Gap Highlighted in The Society Pages
The Society Pages features allum Jen Schradie's research on the digital activism gap. Read more
15 Mar, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie at #ecnEHESS
Alum Jen Schradie presents her new book at #ecnEHESS at l'Institut des Systèmes Complexes Read more
12 Mar, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Presents Research at Sciences Po
If you're in Paris on Thursday, March 14th, join Jen Schradie for a discussion on digital activism! Read more
05 Mar, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie in Democratic Audit
Schradie's studies of digital democracy indicate a large class and race based gap in digital activism in the US. Read more
26 Feb, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Publishes "The Revolution That Wasn't"
Read more
16 Feb, 2019
Alum Stuart Geiger and Team Receive Sloan and Ford Foundation Grant
The team will study the invisible work of maintaining open-source software Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Critical Making at UBI Comp
Critical Making: Designing for Activism, featuring BCNM faculty Eric Paulos and Jill Miller as instructors, will be at the 10th International UBI Summer School in Oulu, Finland. Read more
25 Jan, 2019
Jen Schradie on Digital Activism on LSE US Centre
Jen Schradie published her findings on the class and race gap in the digital democracy for the LSE US Centre. Read more
27 Dec, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at Indiecade
Bonnie Ruberg helped organize several panels at the premiere international event dedicated to celebrating independent games from around the globe. Read more
21 Dec, 2018
Alum John Scott at LRA 2018
John Scott contributed to two discussions at the 68th Annual LRA Conference. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Grace Gipson and Malika Imhotep at ‘Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black’
Read more
21 Nov, 2018
Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. Read more
07 Nov, 2018
Alum Jen Schradie Interview in Digital Society
BCNM alum Jen Schradie was interviewed by Digital Society (article in French) 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
30 Aug, 2018
Alum Jen Schradie Appointed as Asst Professor at the Sciences Po
BCNM Alum Jen Schradie was appointed an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) Read more
11 Aug, 2018
Grace Gipson Reviews Disability, Race, and Gender in Speculative Fiction
Read more
15 Jul, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Publishes on Sex Workers in Video Games
Feminist Media Studies published Bonnie's article "Representing sex workers in video games: feminisms, fantasies of exceptionalism, and the value of erotic labor" Read more
18 May, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Published in Bodies of Information
Bodies of Information is a collection of feminist contributions to digital humanities, and one of the published authors to be featured in the book is alum Bonnie Ruberg. Read more
11 Apr, 2018
Jen Schradie Keynote Speaker at Media Sociology Preconference
BCNM alum Jen Schradie will be the keynote speaker for the 2018 Media Sociology Preconference taking place in August. 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
06 Mar, 2018
Alum Schradie Published in Social Media & Society
Alum Jen Schradie published an article on the North Carolina Moral Monday protests in Social Media & Society Read more
02 Feb, 2018
Malika Imhotep at NWSA 2017
As one of the recipients of the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant, Malika Imhotep received funding to attend and present her research findings at the 2017 National Women's Studies Association Conference. Read more
02 Feb, 2018
BCNM Alum Jen Schradie gave a talk, "The Digital Activism Gap: Social Media, Social Movements and Social Class," at Cal! Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Alum Jen Schradie Publishes on the Digital Activism Gap
Schradie published "The Digital Activism Gap" in Social Problems Read more
13 Nov, 2017
Alum Jen Schradie on Hashtag Solidarity and the Paris Attacks
BCNM alum Jen Schradie reflects upon the lack of a unifying hashtag for the Paris Attacks on November 13, 2015 and its ramifications. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Conference Grants: Yairamaren Roman Maldonado in Davis
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado reflects on her experience at the Imagining America conference, which was funded by a BCNM Fall Student Grant. Read more
02 Nov, 2017
Alum Jen Schradie Weighs in on #MeToo on CNN
BCNM alum Jen Schradie spoke with CNN about the #MeToo movement, discussing effective mobilization and action through a digital medium. 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
24 Oct, 2017
Announcing the Fall 2017 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
Read more
24 Oct, 2017
Jen Schradie on #MeToo in the Daily Beast
Jen Schradie, BCNM alum and sociologist with the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, discussed "hashtag activism" and the possibility of #MeToo becoming a part of a larger movement. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at IndieCade
At the beginning of October, alum Bonnie Ruberg attended IndieCade in Downtown Los Angeles to speak about the relationship between games and politics. Read more
16 Aug, 2017
Ron Rael Speaking on the Divided States of America at SPUR Oakland
Next Thursday evening, Rael will speak on a panel among academics, authors, and artists to discuss art and activism 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
01 Jun, 2017
Shannon Jackson on Arts & Public Service at SFMOMA
Jackson was part of a moderated discussion on the future of artistic engagement in public life. Read more
20 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Conveying Climate Change"
Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, discussed how art can support science in advance of the Science March on Washington Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Grace Gipson at the National Council of Black Studies
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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
18 Oct, 2016
Shannon Jackson at SFMOMA on Art & Performance
As a part of "Cosmic Ray: Bay Area Art and Experiment, 1950s to Now", a conversation series hosted on Tuesdays from October 11 to November 15th 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
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
18 Jul, 2016
Shannon Jackson Published in the Journal of Visual Culture
The issue was co-edited by UC Berkeley's own Julia Bryan-Wilson, as well as Jennifer González and Dominic Willsdon 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
21 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Critical Play"
A recap of Mary Flanagan's lecture, recapped by Kate Mattingly. Read more
15 Mar, 2016
Alumna Leslie Dreyer Exhibiting at YBCA
30 Nov, 2015
Shannon Jackson in 809 | Artists as Activists
A discussion panel of Chicago-based artists who use their art to create social impact 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
08 Oct, 2015
BCNM's Recommended Spring 16 Courses Now Out!
Check out the highlights of new media courses on offer this Spring 2016! And here are a few we're proud to be offering. Read more
14 May, 2015
Video Now Online: Jesse and Glenda Drew
Watch this amazing ATC lecture on activism and technology, right here! 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
20 Jan, 2015
ATC Video Now Online: Rick Lowe
A recording of the community organizer's lecture, "Social and Community Engaged Work: The Genuine and the Artificial" Read more
09 Dec, 2014
Questioning New Media Final Presentations
Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement Read more
08 Oct, 2014
ATC Revisited: Brett Cook
A lecture by the community artist and muralist earlier this month Read more
02 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Arts, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
Berkeley's Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium is an internationally recognized forum for presenting new ideas that challenge conventional wisdom about art, technology, and culture 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
18 Apr, 2014
Student Research Presentations
BCNM was excited to celebrate the research of its graduating Ph.D. candidates on Thursday, April 10th, at its Student Research Presentations Reception. Read more
03 Apr, 2013
Summer 2013 Course Offerings in New Media - Digital Activism, NWMEDIA 150AC
Session A, May 28 - July 3, 2013 Read more
01 Oct, 2012
Spring 2013: Eric Paulos Teaches "Critical Making: Materials, Protocols, and Culture"
Critical Making will operationalize and critique the practice of “making” through both foundational literature and hands on studio culture Read more
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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.
Applications are now closed. Applications are due February 1, 2025.
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Applications are now closed. Applications are due February 1, 2025.
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