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We work across disciplines—the humanities, social sciences, computer, and data sciences—to research and create critical and creative responses to our data-filled world. Led by Dr. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Simon Fraser University 🌐 digitaldemocracies.org

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
My take on the new AI EO, speaking with @npr.org: it mirrors Biden-era strategy on risk assessment--but it's voluntary, offers no guarantee industry will comply in the middle of an AI race, and the benchmarks will be classified, leaving the public largely in the dark. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...
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Trump signs order requesting AI companies submit products for government review
President Trump is asking artificial intelligence firms to submit new models for government review. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Alondra Nelson, who worked on AI policy in the Biden administration.
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Wendy Hui Kyong Chun @whkchun.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
So grateful for this opportunity. Let’s work together to build the present we want.
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🎉 We're thrilled to announce that our Director, Dr. Wendy Chun, has been named a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Critical Algorithmic Studies at Simon Fraser University! @whkchun.bsky.social @sfucmns.bsky.social @sfu.ca
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
💡 Spotlight: 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲: 𝗔𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 Recently, @sfuceri.bsky.social hosted a project titled 'Reimagining the Public University in a Time of Polycrisis'.
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Please join us for the first presentation in the Digital Democracies Institute's #GraduateFellowSeries 2026–2027. Our first recipient of the DDI Travel Grant, Mallory Mariano, will present “Visibility Politics: Race, Sexuality, and the Digital Panopticon of Romance #BookTok’s Erotic Imaginary.”
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Simon Fraser University @sfu.ca · 13/02/2026
Dr. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun had a thriving career at an Ivy League university. Find out what drew her to a research chair role at SFU —and back to Canada. SFU is recruiting leading international researchers through the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program.
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From the Ivy League to SFU: What attracted Wendy Chun to a research chair role at SFU
As one of Canada’s fastest-growing research universities, Simon Fraser University (SFU) provides academics like Wendy Chun, Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media, with the foundation to produce high-...
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sfucmns @sfucmns.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Join us and the @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social for an in-person talk by Dr. Bonnie Honig: "Architecture’s Last Laugh: Hannah Arendt’s *Eichmann in Jerusalem* from a Televisual Point of View". Wednesday, February 25th at 12 PM! Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🔊 Did you hear about SFU's Demshot Challenge yet? If you have an idea that could strengthen trust, participation, or social cohesion in Canadian democracy, SFU wants to hear from you! 📆 Launch event: Tuesday, Jan 27, 6–7 PM (all undergrad + grad students welcome) ✍️ Register: lnkd.in/gYgzKpzN
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🔊 Digital Democracies Institute Travel Grant Funding Series 2026-2027 - now accepting applications! If you're an FCAT student enrolled full-time, the DDI has $500 to contribute towards your travel expenses for conferences, exhibitions, festivals etc. Details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
📢 Happening Dec 3, 12.30 PM PST: Join us for a hybrid talk by Dr. Iván Chaar López from @utaustin.bsky.social entitled 'The Cybernetic Border and Technoaesthetics of Dissent'. This talk is both in-person and online. DM/comment for the Zoom link to attend! #DDISpeakerSeries #SFU
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🚨 Happening this week: 'The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds' - A book launch and discussion with author, eco-philosopher, and cultural theorist Adrian Ivakhiv. 📆 Nov 20, 6 PM 📍 SFU Harbour Centre, Room 2270 events.sfu.ca/event/46062-...
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The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds
Book Launch & Discussion To receive notifications about future J. S. Woodsworth Chair events, please sign-up HERE. About the book ...
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🚨 Hiring Alert! We're on the lookout for engaged SFU Faculty members for SFU Faculty Fellows in Teaching Multivocal AI. Find more info here: www.sfu.ca/communicatio... Deadline: November 30, 2025 Compensation: $5,000 and an MA TA for the course! #Hiring #SFUFaculty #CMNS #DDI #datafluencies
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Maite Taboada @mtaboada.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
On how not to do sentiment analysis: doi.org/10.1007/s001...
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
On July 9 of this year, we had the privilege of hosting Dr. Claudette Lauzon (@claudettelauzon.bsky.social) from @scasfu.bsky.social for a talk entitled 'Technics and Termites: Swarm Intelligence in Art and Visual Culture'. To view their full lecture, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFY2...
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Claudette Lauzon - Technics and Termites: Swarm Intelligence in Art and Visual Culture
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
📆 Upcoming Keynote titled 'Technofascism' by @whkchun.bsky.social (Director, DDI) at @hkw-berlin.bsky.social on September 12, 19:15 PM CEST at Miriam Makeba Auditorium as part of an exhibition titled 'Global Fascisms'. Entry FREE! #keynote #berlin #hkw #globalfascisms
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Nettheatrechannel @nettheatrechannel.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
www.hkw.de/programme/gl... Technofaschismus Wendy Chun Global Fascisms Keynote Fr., 12.9.2025 19:15
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
📆 Event Alert: Join in for an electric conversation with Dr. Susan Erikson, an SFU Distinguished Professor, who studies highly complex political economies that shape human health. Link - investable.eventbrite.ca #BookLaunch #Investable #SFUVancouver @sfucmns.bsky.social
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Author Meets Critics: Dr. Susan Erikson's Book Launch
Dr. Susan Erikson, SFU Distinguished Professor, launches her book 'Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance'
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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🚨 Academic Position Alert 🚨 I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at SFU in Metro Vancouver. The candidate will work on a project studying the (un)intended consequences of platform regulations for journalism. The position is funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant. www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
📢 Happening today, 2 PM PT: Join us for a hybrid talk titled 'The Celestial Latent Space of Benevolent Knowledge' by Evan Donahue, an outgoing member of the DDI team. The talk will cover his research during his time at the lab and beyond. DM to register! @sfucmns.bsky.social
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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What a lovely day - full room and then some for @whkchun.bsky.social’s brilliant talk on LLMs and the return of critical theory co-hosted by Data Loss and @mariaa.bsky.social at the @aicentre.dk
Wendy Chun giving a lecture
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katie mackinnon @ktmac.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
It’s been such a wonderful week hosting @whkchun.bsky.social as part of the #dataloss @erc.europa.eu project. Last night we were treated to a brilliant talk at the @aicentre.dk on shared archeologies of LLMs and lit theory, co-hosted with @mariaa.bsky.social ✨✨✨
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
📆 July 9th, 12.30 PM PT: Hear from Dr. Claudette Lauzon at the DDI's Speaker Series, with a talk titled 'Technics and Termites: Swarm Intelligence in Art and Visual Culture'. DM to register for our hybrid session at Burnaby and online! #DDI #Talks #VisualCulture
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sfucmns @sfucmns.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Graduate student Joseph Methuselah recently completed work on a short documentary titled "The Man in the Rectangle", which he co-wrote and co-produced. The film had its world premier at SXSW London this month from June 2-7. vimeo.com/1081706218
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The Man in the Rectangle - Trailer
An underachieving actor poses as an AI-generated photographer in a staged reality workshop, challenging photographers to question their work, its human connection,…
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Save the date: On June 26, I'll be at the CHCI Annual Meeting in Berlin. Together with Wendy Chun @whkchun.bsky.social, Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Zahid R. Chaudhary @zahidrc.bsky.social & Paul Feigelfeld we'll discuss «Techno-Fascism and Democracy». Very much looking forward to it!
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Happening this week: Dr. Matthew Ellis (Portland State University) will address the Institute at a talk entitled 'Against the History Machine' on June 11 (Wednesday) at 12.30 PM PST. Interested in joining? DM us for talk details! @sfucmns.bsky.social #SpeakerSeries #DDISFU
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🗣️ Happening Today! Visiting scholar seminar: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆? by Johan Lau Munkholm. 📆 June 6 🕔 3-5 PM 📍 SFU Vancouver, Room HC 1500 Organized by @enda-b.bsky.social, and supported by the DDI, and open to everyone!
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Ben Scholl @ben-scholl.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Exciting new research on hate raids, from my time with the Digital Democracies Institute, has just been published. Congrats to the team! @pipsipirate.bsky.social , Maria Sommers, @albertolusoli.bsky.social, and @whkchun.bsky.social 🎉 doi.org/10.1177/1470...
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Digital Democracies Institute @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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