Digital IDEAS is the Digital Studies Institute’s annual summer institute exploring the cultural, political, and social dimensions of digital technologies. Bringing together graduate students, artists, scholars, technologists, and activists from across disciplines, the institute creates space for collaborative inquiry, experimentation, and critical dialogue around technology, media, and justice. The 2026 Digital IDEAS theme, AFTER, asks … Read more
Digital IDEAS is the Digital Studies Institute’s annual summer institute exploring the cultural, political, and social dimensions of digital technologies. Bringing together graduate students, artists, scholars, technologists, and activists from across disciplines, the institute creates space for collaborative inquiry, experimentation, and critical dialogue around technology, media, and justice. The 2026 Digital IDEAS theme, AFTER, asks … Read more
Digital IDEAS is the Digital Studies Institute’s annual summer institute exploring the cultural, political, and social dimensions of digital technologies. Bringing together graduate students, artists, scholars, technologists, and activists from across disciplines, the institute creates space for collaborative inquiry, experimentation, and critical dialogue around technology, media, and justice. The 2026 Digital IDEAS theme, AFTER, asks … Read more
Digital IDEAS is the Digital Studies Institute’s annual summer institute exploring the cultural, political, and social dimensions of digital technologies. Bringing together graduate students, artists, scholars, technologists, and activists from across disciplines, the institute creates space for collaborative inquiry, experimentation, and critical dialogue around technology, media, and justice. The 2026 Digital IDEAS theme, AFTER, asks … Read more
Digital IDEAS is the Digital Studies Institute’s annual summer institute exploring the cultural, political, and social dimensions of digital technologies. Bringing together graduate students, artists, scholars, technologists, and activists from across disciplines, the institute creates space for collaborative inquiry, experimentation, and critical dialogue around technology, media, and justice. The 2026 Digital IDEAS theme, AFTER, asks … Read more
Digital IDEAS is the Digital Studies Institute’s annual summer institute exploring the cultural, political, and social dimensions of digital technologies. Bringing together graduate students, artists, scholars, technologists, and activists from across disciplines, the institute creates space for collaborative inquiry, experimentation, and critical dialogue around technology, media, and justice. The 2026 Digital IDEAS theme, AFTER, asks … Read more
J. Logan Smilges, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literatures, University of British Columbia M. Remi Yergeau, Associate Professor of Digital Studies and English, University of Michigan David Adelman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Accessible Futures Lab, University of Michigan The value of visibility is contingent on a variable, embodyminded social currency. Being seen tends to benefit most … Read more
Allucquére Rosanne “Sandy” Stone, academic and performance artist Cassius Adair, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, The New School Join us for an event with academic and performance artist Allucquére Rosanne “Sandy” Stone, who is commonly credited with founding the field of transgender studies, and Cassius Adair, who studies the intersection of digital media history and transgender studies. … Read more
Kishonna Gray, Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies and Africana Studies, University of Kentucky and Faculty Associate, Berkman-Klein Center, Harvard University David Adelman, DISCO Network Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Accessible Futures Lab, University of Michigan This talk provides an exploration into the (in)accessibility of gaming technologies, most notably the Xbox Kinect. While the … Read more
How can people make a living out of playing video games? Who would want to watch them? And why? Esports — video gaming as a spectator sport — currently boasts an estimated global viewership of 500 million and an annual revenue of over US$1 billion. This talk examines esports’ perceived novelty through the lens of … Read more