What kind of ecologies are enabled and foreclosed by initiatives involving vast amounts of data? How are AI, platforms and big tech companies reshaping socio-ecological relations? How might digital technologies be critically repurposed to support other kinds of environmental knowledges and responses? Join us for an engaging session showcasing research at the intersection of digital technologies, environmental humanities and political ecology. Featuring a panel of speakers from the departments of Digital Humanities, Music and Geography, this event will discuss the interplay between technology and natural worlds.

Speakers:

• Mike Duggan (Digital Humanities). Everyday mapping practices, the lived experiences of the sharing economy and video conferencing platforms.
• Jonathan W. Y. Gray (Digital Humanities), Liliana Bounegru (Digital Humanities) and Maud Borie (Geography). Arts and humanities-based digital methods for critically engaging with environmental issues.
• Sebastián Lehuedé (Digital Humanities). Big Tech and small-scale AI environmental initiatives in Colombia.
• Güneş Tavmen (Digital Humanities). Epistemological and infrastructural implications of digital apps, critical data studies and urban ecology.
• Gavin Williams (Music). The conditions under which energy systems become audible, both in musical cultures and in everyday life.