In 2023/2024 we will continue to host our reading group meetings online.
We welcome new members. If you would like to join the group then please sign up to our Jisc email list at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CPG&A=1 . You will only receive messages about meetings and events sent from the group’s convenors. If you have questions about the reading group please email Jennifer Fraser, University of Westminster (j.fraser@westminster.ac.uk ) or Dale Mineshima-Lowe (d.mineshima-lowe@bbk.ac.uk). If you face any access barriers or require accessibility information, please let us know so that we can support your participation. If you are new to the group or have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Wednesday 25 October 2023, 1:30-2:30 (online)
We will discuss Angela McRobbie’s blogpost on the smile economy in the teaching machine https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/3989-the-smile-economy-in-the-teaching-machine-undoing-neoliberalism-in-the-academy-today
If you would like to join the meeting please make sure to join the Jisc email list (details above) to receive the link.
Wednesday 22 November 2023, 1:30-2:30 (online)
We will discuss critical approaches to AI and assessment. We will be listening to: PodBean – Episode 29: Pedagogy Matters with Paddy Shepperd – College AI (part 2) – exploring the implications of AI for assessment, and how ethics forms a part of the discussion https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-6ah28-147d48c
If you would like to join the meeting please make sure to join the Jisc email list (details above) to receive the link.
Thursday 1 February 2024, 2-3pm (online)
We will be discussing episode 47 of the Pedagogies for Social Justice podcast: Delso Batista, The coloniality of knowledge and decolonising psychotherapy. Details are available at: https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/season-4/
If you would like to join the meeting please make sure to join the Jisc email list (details above) to receive the link.
Thursday 28 March 2024, 2-3pm (online)
We will be discussing two readings at this meeting. If you are unable to read the first reading (17.5 pages), then please engage with the second which is much shorter and described as a four-minute read.
- Muldoon, J., Wu, B.A. Artificial Intelligence in the Colonial Matrix of Power. Philos. Technol. 36, 80 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-023-00687-8
- Dr Mahlet Zimeta (29 September 2023) ‘Why AI must be decolonized to fulfill its true potential‘, Chatham House.
If you would like to join the meeting please make sure to join the Jisc email list (details above) to receive the link.
Early notice: we are planning our Annual Lecture in person this year and will share details about that as soon as we can. We look forward to seeing you all then!
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