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Engaging Indigenous Research Methodologies and Ethics to Understand How Indigenous Communities are Leveraging Social Media for Health Communication

with Nicole S. Kuhn
PhD Candidate at the Information School, University of Washington

An Indigenous Technologies event Read more

25 Nov, 2024 History & Theory

The Khipu Model: An Indigenous Knowledge-Based Research Framework

with Mariaelena Huambachano
Professor, Environmental Humanities and Indigenous Studies, Syracuse University

An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center (ARC) Read more

30 Sep, 2024 History & Theory

Muscogee (Creek) Tribal Town Futurity: Decolonial Imagining of Land Back

with Laura Harjo
Mvskoke scholar and Associate Professor of Indigenous Planning, Community Development, and Indigenous Feminisms, University of Oklahoma

An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Native American Studies program, the Arts Research Center (ARC), and the Department of City & Regional Planning 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

13 Nov, 2023 Art, Tech & Culture

What Gets Amplified

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

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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

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 on Mauna Kea

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

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. 
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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

Indigenous Games

with Elizabeth LaPensée
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice.

Image credit: Elizabeth LaPensée 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.

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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

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 Aug, 2024

BCNM Turns 20! Announcing our 2024-25 Public Events

BCNM is turning 20 this year! Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers and events to celebrate! 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

26 Aug, 2024

Announcing the 2024-25 History and Theory of New Media Season

We are excited to announce the 2024-25 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Laura Harjo, Mariaelena Huambachano, danah boyd, and more! Read more

25 Apr, 2024

New Summer Course: Indigenous Technologies

Sierra Edd (Diné) leads a new summer course on Indigenous Technologies! Read more

11 Mar, 2024

Big Give is coming on March 14 - Join me! Read more

04 Mar, 2024

Video now online! Christina Leza and Trevor Reed's Unsettling Sound Technologies: Indigenous Sonic Sovereignty and Border Politics

Missed the talk with Christina Leza and Trevor Reed? A recording of the lecture has now been uploaded to YouTube. Read more

30 Jan, 2024

BCNM Launches New Media Academy with Summer 2024 Indigenous Technologies Workshop

BCNM's New Media Academy launches this summer with a six-week Indigenous Technologies online workshop. Learn more and enroll now! Read more

21 Dec, 2023

Asma Kazmi Awarded 2023 Vagner Mendonça-Whitehead Microgrant

The award is offered by the New Media Caucus.  Read more

27 Jul, 2023

Fall 2023 BCNM Events

Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers this fall! Featuring multi-disciplinary visual artist Jen Liu, UC Irvine Professor of Electronic Art & Design Jesse Colin Jackson, Indigenous Technologies lectures by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon and Dartmouth Professor Martina Broner, an “AI & The Humanities” roundtable discussion with Black in AI co-founder Timnit Gebru, plus so much more! Read more

26 Jul, 2023

Announcing the 2023-2024 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season

We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our ATC lecture series, featuring Jen Liu, Jesse Colin Jackson, Valeria Luiselli, and more! 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

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

27 Jun, 2023

BCNM's Big Wins 2023

We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023!  Read more

15 Jun, 2023

Announcing BCNM's New Director Tom McEnaney Read more

08 Jun, 2023

Spring 2023 Events Review Read more

26 Jan, 2023

Indigenous Technologies Coordinator Sierra Edd Featured in Berkeley News

(Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small) Read more

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

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

29 Nov, 2022

Spring 2023 BCNM Events Read more

11 Oct, 2022

Announcing the Fall 2022 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants

Art by Clancy Wilmott. Read more

03 Oct, 2022

You help BCNM drive interdisciplinary innovation

The Berkeley Center for New Media builds more just and equitable futures. Read more

22 Jul, 2022

Fall 2022 BCNM Events

Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Featuring BCNM poet alums Ra Malika Imhotep and Caleb Luna, UCB Professor of Music Ken Ueno, Indigenous Technologies, and more!  Read more

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

20 Jul, 2022

Announcing the 2022-2023 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season

We are excited to announce the 2022-2023 season for our ATC Lecture Series! Featuring Teddy Cruz and Fonna Foreman, and artsits Nettrice Gaskins and Osman Khan. 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

10 Jun, 2022

BCNM's Big Wins 2022

We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022!  Read more

18 Feb, 2022

HTNM Video Now Online: Yásnaya Aguilar Gil Read more

06 Jan, 2022

Spring 2022 BCNM Events

Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! 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

06 Dec, 2021

ATC Video Now Online: Maria Thereza Alves Read more

04 Dec, 2021

HTNM Video Now Online: Kim Tallbear Read more

27 Nov, 2021

ATC Video Now Online: Lisa Reihana Read more

23 Sep, 2021

ATC Revisited: Lisa Reihana Read more

30 Jul, 2021

Fall 2021 BCNM Events

Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers and online events! Featuring more events from our Indigenous Technologies Initiative, the artists Lisa Reihana and Maria Thereza Alves, and more.  Read more

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

27 Jul, 2021

BCNM's Big Wins 2021

It was a whirlwind year for BCNM and we're so proud to share some of our greatest hits from 2021.  Read more

22 Jun, 2021

Spring 2021: BCNM Events in Review Read more

21 Apr, 2021

Video Now Online: Margo Robbins & Valentin Lopez Read more

07 Mar, 2021

Video Now Online: Marisa Duarte Read more

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

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

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

Spring 2021 BCNM Events

Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! 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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18 Sep, 2020

Announcing the BCNM Land Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Marcelo Garzo Montalvo and the Sogorea Te' Land Trust for helping us to shape this acknowledgement of our place on Lisjan land. Read more

11 Aug, 2020

Fall 2020 BCNM Events

Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers!

  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

Summer 2024

Applications are due October 1, 2024

Faculty Seed Grants

Indigenous Technologies

Strategic Plan

Applications are due October 1, 2024

Faculty Seed Grants

Indigenous Technologies

Strategic Plan