10 Sep, 2024
Art, Tech & Culture
You've Just Been F$%^#d By PSYOPs: UFOs, Magic, Electronic Warfare, Mind Control, Artificial Intelligence, and the Death of the Internet
with Trevor Paglen
Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Filmmaker, Investigator, and Technologist
An Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium lecture co-sponsored by Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) and the Arts Research Center (ARC) 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
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
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
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
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
28 Sep, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Everything I Know Will Be Yours: Surveillance In Plein Air
with Vito Acconci, American designer, architect, performance and installation artist 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
05 May, 2015
Special Events
2015 CITRIS Mobile App Challenge
A challenge to promote innovation, community service, and career development among UC Berkeley students Read more
20 Jan, 2015
Special Events
CITRIS Mobile App Challenge Info Session + Ideation Summit 2015
We're sponsoring a semester-long competition for the best mobile apps that address civic needs! Read more
06 May, 2014
Special Events
Mobile App Challenge Demo Day
Sponsored by CITRUS, a semester-long competition for students! Read more
07 Nov, 2013
History & Theory
A History and Theory lecture by Lisa Parks, UCSB Professor and former Film & Media Studies Department Chair Read more
14 Oct, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Skin Play: Visual Ethics and ”Race” in Digital Art
with Jennifer Gonzalez, UCSC History of Art and Visual Culture instructor Read more
24 Jan, 2013
Special Events
Streams, Gardens, and Clouds: Visualizing Dynamic Data for Engagement, Education and the Environment
A CITRIS Data and Democracy event to celebrate Data Innovation Day Read more
30 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Ephemeral Space: Networks of Social Media & Mobile Food Vending Practices
with Ginette Wessel, PhD Candidate of Architecture, on mobile food vendors and social media Read more
01 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Tweeting Your Way to the White House: Social Media and the 2012 Campaign
Do new technologies help us talk across party lines, or do they contribute to more polarization? A panel of a professor, company founder, and president of a social media company discuss. Read more
25 Sep, 2012
Special Events
Information Labor as Venture Labor: Policy Implications of Technology Industry Risk
with Gina Neff, Associate Prof. of Communication at the University of Washington 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
16 Feb, 2012
Special Events
with Christopher M. Kelty, UCLA Associate Professor Read more
09 Feb, 2012
History & Theory
A History and Theory of New Media lecture with Adrian Johns (University of Chicago) 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 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season
We are excited to announce the 2024-25 season of our ATC lecture series, featuring Trevor Paglen, Alex Saum-Pascual, Damien McDuffie, and more! 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
31 Mar, 2024
Announcing Our Spring 2024 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Yangyang Yang. 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
25 Jan, 2023
Eric Paulos Receives CITRIS Seed Grant for Bright Blue
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
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Jacob Gaboury Awarded 2022 Computer History Museum Prize
Congratulations to Jacob Gaboury for receiving the 2022 Computer History Museum Prize! Read more
07 Jul, 2022
A Decade of Innovation from the CITRIS Invention Lab
CITRIS celebrates the tenth birthday of the Invention Lab - co-founded by our own Eric Paulos. Read more
23 Sep, 2021
Jacob Gaboury and Hannah Zeavin presented at the Special Interest Group for Computing, Information, and Society 2021 conference! 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
10 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web September 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this September! 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
21 Jul, 2020
BCNM Faculty Receive Berkeley Changemaker Grants
[Image credit: Original image from: King st. Development in Toronto by Frank Gehry, edited by Elnaz Tafrihi Bailey.] Read more
17 Jul, 2020
BCNM Around the Web July 2020
Check out the awesome presentations and features of our faculty, student, and alumni work across the web this past July! 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
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 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
24 Oct, 2019
Eric Paulos as IEEE IEMCON Keynote
The IEEE Annual Information Technological Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference invites Eric Paulos as one of their keynote speakers. Read more
25 Sep, 2019
danah boyd Named EFF Barlow Recipient
BCNM alum danah boyd was recognized as a 2019 EFF Barlow 'Trailblazing Technology Scholar' Read more
18 May, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen in Entangled Realities at HEK
The exhibition Entangled Realities runs from May 9th to August 11th and is dedicated to the current topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and its effects on human life and society. 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 Oct, 2018
Now Hiring: Assistant Professor in Geospatial Representation, Design, and Critical Cartography
Recruitment opens September 24th, 2018 and runs through November 5th, 2018. Read more
24 Sep, 2018
Lyman Dispatch: Nicholaus Gutierrez on the History of VR
Nicholaus Gutierrez received the 2018 Lyman Fellowship, which provides a stipend to a UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate to support the writing of his Ph.D. dissertation on a topic related to new media. 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
30 May, 2018
Soravis Prakkamakul on Facial Perception
Soravis Prakkamakul received a Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant to present his paper "Reflexive Visual Inspection of Cleft Lip Faces — Analysis of Lookzone Focus Over Time" at the 63rd Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. Read more
27 May, 2018
Alum Christo Sims' Awarded 2018 Book Award from the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association
BCNM alum Christo Sims' book, Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism, was given the 2018 CITAMS Book Award. Read more
13 Nov, 2017
Revisited: HTNM Conference — Between the Digital and the Political
Revisit the “Between Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of the Mind” symposium, which featured speakers including Professor David Bates, Dr. Yuk Hui, Luciana Parisi, and Warren Sack. Read more
19 Jul, 2017
Camille Crittenden part of New NHERI SimCenter
The Deputy Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute joins the SimCenter, an organization for research on natural hazards. Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Ken Goldberg & Camille Crittenden at CITRIS Inclusive AI Symposium
Goldberg and Crittenden were at the "Inclusive AI: Technology and Policy for a Diverse Urban Future" symposium. Read more
19 Jan, 2017
Ken Goldberg on Saving Water in Agriculture with Robots on UC Merced News
An article titled "Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture" 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
18 Jun, 2016
Ken Goldberg and robotic system changing laparoscopic surgery
The article discussed Goldberg's work in human-machine collaboration Read more
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
03 Feb, 2016
BCNM's Greg Niemeyer Featured in Daily Cal on UC Surveillance
Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 ATC Series!
The theme of this year’s program is “Global Circulations.” Lectures will be held in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall from 7:30-9:00pm on Monday evenings Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 HTNM Series!
Read more
06 May, 2015
Revisited: CITRIS Mobile App Challenge
What a semester-long competition for students to develop mobile apps that addresses civic needs entailed! Read more
06 May, 2015
Revisited: CITRIS Mobile App Challenge
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) hosted a semester-long competition for students to develop mobile apps Read more
15 Apr, 2015
Celebrate the Internet in Honor of Tax Season
Camille tells the story of the public-private partnership that created the internet and details how public investment in this field is necessary Read more
15 Dec, 2014
Revisited: "Count Me In - Walking & the City"
On Thursday, December 11th, the Berkeley Center for New Media, in partnership with.. Read more
27 Oct, 2014
Video Now Online: Steven Johnson at "Image as Location"
The Image as Location conference was brought to you by BCNM, swissnex San Francisco, Goethe-Institut San Francisco, the Cultural Services of the French Consulate San Francisco, and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts 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
12 Jun, 2014
This amazing campus resource is co-directed by BCNM faculty members Read more
12 May, 2014
BCNM was excited to offer NWMEDIA 198 this semester, a decal associated with the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society's (CITRIS) Mobile Apps Challenge Read more
12 Dec, 2013
Picture Yourself Exhibition A Hit!
"Picture Yourself" is a college readiness application supported by the BCNM and CITRIS Read more
05 Sep, 2013
Announcing the Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Visit the ATC Colloquium’s home page at atc.berkeley.edu for directions, a list of speakers, and to join the mailing list 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
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
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
02 Apr, 2013
ATC Lecture: Alexander Long, "Land Art for the Next 10,000 Years"
How do you build an monument scale sculptural machine that will last as long as civilization? Read more
19 Mar, 2013
ATC Lecture: "Art of the Exoskeleton: 3D Printing for the Human Condition"
By Scott Summit, designer and founder of Bespoke Innovations Read more
29 Nov, 2012
Berkeley Center for New Media Seeking Webmaster
Experience in web design with skills in Wordpress and PHP is essential. Familiarity with JavaScript, XML, MySQL, and UNIX commands also helpful 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.