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 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
04 Oct, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
Embodying Liberation: A Dialogue on Community and Healing
A panel on our evolving relationship with AI, happening April 4th Read more
09 Jun, 2024
A Paralympic rower from Oakland making waves beyond the water
BCNM's own Raphael Cohen spotlights Charley Nordin's journey for KALW. Read more
26 Jun, 2021
Grace Gipson on Outkast and the Rise of the Hip Hop South
Grace Gipson published an article on Southern hip hop in the Black Perspectives blog. 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 Sep, 2020
Seed Grant: William White and the Archaeological Heritage of People's Park
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17 Jul, 2020
Sonia Katyal on The Paradox of Source Code Secrecy
Cornell Law Review published Sonia Katyal's article, "The Paradox of Source Code Secrecy." Read more
05 Mar, 2020
#Identity Reviewed in Cultural Sociology
Nicola Bozzi from Cultural Sociology reviewed at Abigail De Kosnik, Keith Feldman, and the Color of New Media's#identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation. Read more
05 Mar, 2020
#Identity Reviewed by AllegraLab
AllegraLab, a book review journal, offers glowing praise of Abigail de Kosnik, Keith Feldman, and the Color of New Media Working Group's #Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation. 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
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
11 Jan, 2019
Sonia Katyal in Courthouse News on AI
Sonia Katyal is one of the technology experts who shared their thoughts and opinions on AI in the workforce at the Our People-Centered Digital Future conference. 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
10 Oct, 2017
Sonia Katyal in Slate on AI, Algorithms, and Sexual Orientation
Sonia Katyal, a BCNM faculty member and law professor at Berkeley, publishes an article on why you should be suspicious of that study claiming A.I. can detect a person’s sexual orientation. Read more
05 Sep, 2017
The 2017-2018 Critical Theory Working Group: Collaborations, Co-operatives, Coalition Building
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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
06 Apr, 2017
Grace Gipson at the National Council of Black Studies
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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
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
A wonderful lecture on community and dialogue, available right here. Read more
01 Aug, 2014
Meet Sarah Stierch
This month, hear how BCNM Susan B. Miller Fellow Sarah Stierch supports open source information through diversifying Wikipedia and digitizing small museums’ archives
Zueger explores new forms of civil disobedience that emerge on the Internet using both political philosophy and qualitative methods to inform her research Read more