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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 16h

Event recording now available! Watch our panel "Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire, Chinamaxxing, & the 'American Century of Humiliation,'" featuring Brian J. Chen, Julie Chu, Jasmine Ehrhardt, & Paul Kim in conversation with Lisa Nakamura. youtu.be/-KMu9dJEKlg?...

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Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📚 New report out now! One of the DISCO Network’s most successful initiatives is our collaborative writing retreats, known as “Book Jams.” Our new report offers a behind-the-scenes look at how a collaborative writing retreat works in practice. 🔗 Read: www.disconetwork.org/book-jam-rep...

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you to all who attended our Feeling the Future panel yesterday! The panelists discussed American feelings towards Asian & Chinese technology in 2026, their take on the “American century of humiliation” meme, and the trend of American influencers now looking to China as a site of admiration.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New blog post out now! In "Banff Book Jam 2026 Recap," three authors of Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire reflect on their experience after participating in a DISCO Network collaborative writing retreat. ✏️ Read the full blog post: www.disconetwork.org/blog

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tomorrow at 4 PM ET! Join us at the University of Michigan campus or on Zoom for a conversation about techno-empire, Chinamaxxing, & the “American Century of Humiliation.” Featuring Brian J. Chen, Julie Chu, Jasmine Ehrhardt, & Paul Kim in conversation with Lisa Nakamura.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Meet the panelists of Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire, Chinamaxxing, & the "American Century of Humiliation" 🔥 📅 Wed, Sept 23 at 4 - 5:30 PM ET 📍Weiser Hall 10th Floor (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) & Zoom 🔗 Learn more and register: events.umich.edu/event/149356

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

UPCOMING EVENT: Join us for Refuse, Resist, Repair: Making Critical Moves in the Times of AI! 📅 Friday, October 9 at 2 - 3:30 PM ET 🎤 Jenny Davis, Julián Posada, Apryl Williams, & Rua Williams in conversation with Catherine Knight Steele 📍 Zoom 🔗 Register: events.umich.edu/event/149368

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One week from today! Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire, Chinamaxxing, & the "American Century of Humiliation" takes place on Wed, Sept 23 at 4:00 PM ET. Join in-person at the University of Michigan or on Zoom!

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In July, the DISCO Network hosted a three day Book Jam at Northwestern University for our nine 2026 DISCO Affiliates. Alongside our PIs, our Affiliates wrote and developed a new collaborative book project, Frictionless: Rethinking the Promises of Big Tech (working title). More info coming soon!

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

UPCOMING EVENT: Join us on Wednesday, September 23 at 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET for Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire, Chinamaxxing, & the “American Century of Humiliation." 🎤 Featuring Brian J. Chen, Julie Chu, Jasmine Ehrhardt, & Paul Kim in conversation with Lisa Nakamura.

Event poster for “Feeling the Future,” a panel on Asian/Americanist perspectives, techno-empire, and “Chinamaxxing,” with pagoda illustrations and event details.

Event description: "You've met me at a very Chinese time in my life." American social media users and influencers like Hasan Piker, I Show Speed, and Kris Jenner have become newly interested in China as a source of cultural and technological inspiration. This panel of experts in technology policy, Chinese techno-culture, and the interplay between the U.S. and Asia will discuss the roots of "Chinamaxxing" in U.S.-China relations.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are proud to present our first three panels of the 2026-2027 academic year! 🪩✨ We have an exciting lineup of speakers who will discuss the rising fascination and fear of a Chinese technological future, the hidden data and labor behind GenAI, and who gets to control the future of technology 👥🌏💻💡

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Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What a great, fun conversation this was! It’s not often the case that you get to do a podcast with IRL friends who are also experts in your field. There’s some pretty mind blowing insights esp from @cassiusa.bsky.social highly recommend!

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victoria @vashetc.blacksky.app · 22/06/2026

Absolutely dying at these hot takes, I’m so unserious. Thank you @disconetwork.bsky.social and Atticus! youtu.be/Qak0S-cZ3Os?...

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DISCO Speaks: An Interview with Victoria Copeland

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We conducted short interviews with @remiyergeau.bsky.social, @vashetc.bsky.social, Kim Fernandes, & Cheng-Hsiu (Shin) Yang to talk about disabled peoples' experiences with technology, surveillance, and opting in vs. opting out. Watch now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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DISCO Speaks - YouTube

We spotlight voices across the DISCO Network and its projects, including asking them for their hot take on current trends in digital culture and technology.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We conducted short interviews with @steelecat717.bsky.social @jamilahlemieux.bsky.social @brooklyne.bsky.social & AE Stevenson to talk about discord within Black digital communities, racialized disinformation, and how Black women have shaped the internet. Watch now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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DISCO Speaks - YouTube

We spotlight voices across the DISCO Network and its projects, including asking them for their hot take on current trends in digital culture and technology.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Two weeks ago, the DISCO Network hosted @brianjchen.bsky.social, Julie Chu, Jasmine Ehrhardt, Tara Fickle, @huandirection.bsky.social, Grace Hong, Paul Kim, @lnakamura.bsky.social, & K. Ian Shin, for a five day Book Jam at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Posed photo of Brian J. Chen, Julie Chu, Jasmine Ehrhardt, Tara Fickle, Huan He, Grace Hong, Paul Kim, Lisa Nakamura, & K. Ian Shin.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New video out now! Watch our panel titled ""Against Surveillance & Spectacle: Building Global Resistance to Tech-Mediated Oppression," featuring @vashetc.bsky.social , Kim Fernandes, & Cheng-Hsiu (Shin) Yang in conversation w/ @remiyergeau.bsky.social youtu.be/GXEjOPdpfa0?...

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Against Surveillance & Spectacle: Building Global Resistance to Tech-Mediated Oppression

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New video out now! Watch our panel titled "Content Creation and the End of Social Media," featuring Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, and @kelechnekoff.bsky.social in conversation with @steelecat717.bsky.social📱💬 youtu.be/k4XiiGZ1Sz4?...

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Content Creation and the End of Social Media

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We interviewed the panelists of our Black Boys and the Future of Technology panel (Rayvon Fouché, John Pasmore, Kareem Edouard, and Jonathan Cropper) about Black boys in STEM, Black innovation, the era of AI, and building an equitable digital future for all. Watch now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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DISCO Speaks - YouTube

We spotlight voices across the DISCO Network and its projects, including asking them for their hot take on current trends in digital culture and technology.

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Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Here's the link to the free pdf of my new book The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet. Access is so important and I'm grateful that the press is platforming it as one file that is easy to download. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...

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The Inattention Economy

Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the wides...

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Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I love the New Books Network podcasts, and many thanks to Miranda Melcher for interviewing me about my new one: _The Inattention Economy: How women of color build the internet_ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

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Anita Chan @anitachan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Excited to speak on #PredatoryData @U-M's Digital Studies Institute tom/Tues @ 3P ET-US. Join online or onsite. Thx @Yousif Hassan @Center for Ethics, Society & Computing @Amer Culture @English Lang & Lit @Film, TV & Media @Instit for Research on Women & Gender + @Sci, Tech, & Public Policy Program!

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Last call folks! 🌐🏥 Join @umichdigital.bsky.social TODAY at 3:00 PM [EST] for Anita Say Chan & Yousif Hassan's conversation on "Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future" This event is HYBRID w/ free copies for the first 25 in-person attendees 📙🚫 myumi.ch/n1zqb

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

We're excited to announce the 2026 cohort of our DISCO Network Affiliate Program! 🪩💫 We are so excited to support this incredible group of scholars this year! Learn more about our affiliates and their work at www.disconetwork.org/affiliate-pr...

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victoria @vashetc.blacksky.app · 10/03/2026

i love and adore hybrid events and am so grateful for them but it is always so funny seeing the in-person set up. im just this looming presence 😆

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victoria @vashetc.blacksky.app · 10/03/2026

So happy with how this event went, with it being my first official live public engagement in three years. Thank you to @disconetwork.bsky.social, Cherice, and Remi for making the space accessible for me. I'm so grateful! ❤️ and thanks to folks who tuned in!

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 10/03/2026

this is happening now!

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victoria @vashetc.blacksky.app · 10/03/2026

Today! Remi will be reading responses for me and I’ll come off mute for Q+A. This helps me retain my voice because I have laryngeal spasms. Really grateful for conveners that took my access needs into consideration so that I could participate in my first panel since 2023. ❤️

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Last call y'all! Join us this afternoon at 4:00 PM [ET] ‼️ To register and learn more about each of our panelists, visit: myumi.ch/R35pz & hey! If you're coming in-person, four of our DISCO staff just walked several boxes of sandwiches down State Street-- come on by and get some food 🥪🥤

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Two weeks from today! @umichdigital.bsky.social Interested in exploring the throughline between the 19th century's anti-immigration & eugenics movements and today's sprawling systems of surveillance & algorithmic discrimination? Join the conversation at 3:00 PM [ET] on Tuesday, March 24th

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Sad you couldn't make it to this event? Wish you could hear specific quotes again? 🔥💫 The full recording will be posted on our YouTube channel (DISCONetwork) on Thursday, March 12th at 11:00 AM [ET]!

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

To all who attended "Content Creation & the End of Social Media" last week, ty for such an insightful afternoon w/ Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social @kelechnekoff.bsky.social & @steelecat717.bsky.social!! We felt connected, learned so much, & sincerely appreciated everyone who joined 🌐🌌

Graphic for "Content Creation & the End of Social Media," each half of the title is in bolded white text in the upper righthand and lower lefthand corners. Four video call participants' windows are in a staggered formation against abstract gold starburst shapes and a dark blue gradient background. Clockwise from top left: a person with long black hair and hoop earrings appears thoughtful, listening while cupping their chin; a person with long brown hair sits in front of shelves arranged with rainbow-colored books; a person smiles widely with their tattooed hand resting under their chin, seated in front of a floating bookshelf; and a person with dark hair in a bun speaks in front of a wall filled with colorful, decorative garlands.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Last call everyone-- register and join us on Zoom for a conversation about "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" later this afternoon at 4:00 PM [ET] 🌟🎤 moderated by DISCO's own @steelecat717.bsky.social (Director, @bcatlab.bsky.social) 🔗💻 myumi.ch/g3Xxq

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

☀️🪟 Happening Tomorrow! 🪟☀️ Is social media still social? Where is the space for sociality in social media? Is content creation a business, political strategy, pastime, or somehow all of the above at once? Explore these questions w/ us tmrw on Zoom at 4:00 PM ET Register/info: myumi.ch/g3Xxq

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Can you believe it? Our upcoming community panel "Against Surveillance & Spectacle" is just TWO WEEKS AWAY! ❤️‍🔥🌟 We're very much looking forward to hearing this remarkable group's insights on building resistance to tech-mediated oppression-- join the conversation on Zoom 🖥️ More info: myumi.ch/R35pz

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

IN ONE WEEK: Join us via Zoom for "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" next Thursday, February 24th from 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET] 🌟🎤 Ft. Crystal Abidin, Brooke Erin Duffy, & Kelechi Okafor in conversation w/ Catherine Knight Steele 💻🔗 Learn more by visiting the link in our bio or myumi.ch/g3Xxq

Promotional graphic for DISCO's event "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" on Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4:00 - 5:30 PM EST on Zoom. The background consists of subtle grid lines and small dots overlaying a nighttime highway scene. A starburst shape in the bottom right includes text announcing the featured speakers: Crystal Abidin, Brooke Erin Duffy, and Kelechi Okafor in conversation with Catherine Knight Steele. Dominating the center of the poster is the event title in bold white text. Two logos for the DISCO Network and BCaT Lab feature in the upper righthand corner.

At the top, a dark blue banner features bold white text reads "about the event." Below that, the main body of text includes the full description centered in white. At the bottom, another dark blue banner states, "This event is virtual only." The background consists of subtle grid lines and small dots overlaying a mustard yellow box with the event description.

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Is social media still social?

With the spread of content creation as a business, political strategy, and pastime across platforms, where is the space for sociality in social media?

This panel examines the role of engagement farming, influencer culture, misinformation, disinformation, and AI in reshaping social media as a creator economy.

In a digital landscape where we all serve as content creators and/or unwitting sources of valuable data, we explore whether social media is still a desirable avenue for forming and cultivating community, engaging in organizing strategies, or simply being social.

This event is open to the public, and we encourage all interested faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to attend.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

One week from today! 📅 Don't miss this DSI Lecture Series event with @michacard.bsky.social as we explore trans ecologies, art, and digital worlds. Join us online Tuesday the 24th at 3:00PM ET

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

starting soon!! (12 pm ET) with not one but TWO of our beloved 2025 DISCO Affiliates 🌐🔔 an incredibly timely and important conversation about AI's impact on workers and how govt/industry priorities shape access to opportunity datasociety.net/events/404-j...

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We’re proud to celebrate our 2025 DISCO Network Affiliates! 🎉🪩 21 affiliates from a diverse range of disciplines participated this past year, engaging in work-sharing, collaborative writing, and mentorship through monthly small-group meetings and workshops with our DISCO Network PIs.

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

REMINDER: Two weeks from today we will be hosting our VIRTUAL panel conversation "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" 📅 We're beyond excited for this one, 4:00 PM ET on Thursday, February 26th cannot come soon enough!

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We're honored to have hosted this conversation and are looking forward to future collaborations with all of the folks involved with this event-- including those in the audience! Thank you everyone for attending, watching, and engaging 🪩🌐 We appreciate you being in our Network

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Sharing the link to our most recent VIP panel "Black Boys and the Future of Technology" featuring Jonathan Cropper, Kareem Edouard, and John Pasmore in a community discussion moderated by our own Rayvon Fouché (Director, HAT Lab) youtu.be/-A72zhzckAI?...

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📸🟧 UPCOMING 🟧📸 Tuesday, March 10th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET] Join us for "Against Surveillance & Spectacle" featuring @vashetc.bsky.social, @meg-fereday.bsky.social, Kim Fernandes, @wells.bsky.social, & Shin Yang in conversation w/ @remiyergeau.bsky.social (Director, DAF Lab)

Graphic for DISCO's "Against Surveillance & Spectacle" on March 10th at 4:00 pm EST in-person at Weiser Hall or remotely over Zoom. Headshots of the six speakers are arranged in the center, with a stylized black and white surveillance camera and burnt orange texture as the background.

The upper half is an abstract image of a crowd of paparazzi taking photos, against a textured orange and brown background. On the bottom half are two short paragraphs of text describing the talk's themes and intentions.

transcribed text: "What does it mean to be in community? This panel brings together activists, scholars, and writers to explore connections between critical social issues—health justice, discrimination, technofascism, and surveillance—and the possibilities of grassroots response.

Panelists will discuss tensions between collectivizing and collaborating: How do we negotiate care when our access to care hinges on being identified and enumerated by the state? What tactics for resistance might we use in digital communities that are subject to increased surveillance? How can we be there for and with each other?"

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victoria @vashetc.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026

Just looked at the presenter list for the Symposium for Disability and Accessibility at Yale and I feel very grateful to be in the same row as @caseydoherty.bsky.social and my DISCO Network cohort-mate Kim Fernandes 😍 dandasymposium.yale.edu/organizers-a...

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🌐🟣 UPCOMING 🟣🌐 We're proud to share that we're co-sponsoring @umichdigital.bsky.social's Lecture Series talk "Trans Ecologies of the Real and the Virtual in Contemporary Art" w/ @michacard.bsky.social 📅Tuesday, February 24th at 3:00 PM ET 📍Online (via Zoom) 🔗Register directly here: myumi.ch/G23ey

Graphic for the DSI Lecture Series event "Trans Ecologies of the Real and the Virtual in Contemporary Art" with speaker micha cárdenas on February 24th at 3:00 pm EST over Zoom. An artistic rendering of a person with purple hair in a futuristic outfit in the bottom left corner extends their arm upwards, with pixel effects and a realistic background of a forest framing them. Logos for the DISCO Network and U-M Digital Studies Institute appear alongside text listing all cosponsoring organizations. A registration QR code rests in the bottom right corner.

The bottom half of the image is digital artwork of a glowing, animated figure in a blue and pink dress against a forest background, with neon orange text on the right. On the upper portion of the screen are two paragraphs of text written by micha cárdenas describing the talk's themes and inspiration.

transcribed text: "For the survival of all our ecologies, we must refuse human centricity and build networks of care across lines of species and liveliness. This talk stitches a line from trans people to an expanded conception of trans, using a focus on trans ecological poetics to go beyond a focus on the human. I broaden the operation of “trans” in trans media studies to include non-human movements, such as those made by animals, viruses, and movements across the boundaries between different environments. Trans media studies can extend the fields of media studies, transgender studies, and trans of color studies to connect more deeply to and through non-human entities. Still, any injunction for queer and trans studies to go beyond the human must reconcile with the history of trans, Palestinian, Black, and Indigenous people being deemed less than human.

In this talk, I use the method of algorithmic analysis proposed in my book Poetic Operations: Trans of Color Art in Digital Media (Duke UP, 2022) to explore the operations that make up the poetics of three contemporary artworks—Sin Sol (2020), an augmented reality installation I created with the Critical Realities Studio, Acoustic Ocean (2018), a short film by Ursula Biemann and “Of Whales”, a film created using virtual reality created by Wu Tsang."

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🌌🌟 UPCOMING 🌟🌌 Thursday, February 26th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET] Join us VIRTUALLY for "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" featuring Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, & @kelechnekoff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @steelecat717.bsky.social (Director, @bcatlab.bsky.social)

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Sad you didn't catch this one live? No worries! We're posting an edited recording this upcoming Thursday, February 12th at 10:00 AM [ET] to our YouTube -- w/ human-generated captions and links for all resources mentioned during the talk www.youtube.com/@DISCONetwork

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

We're taking a moment to thank everyone who came to our "Black Boys and the Future of Technology" panel last Thursday! We were delighted to host this dynamic group in Ann Arbor and appreciated all of the amazing conversation had and wisdom shared 📔💚

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The upper half shows a Black man speaking to an offscreen audience with his words displayed on a screen beside him; the lower half features four men posing with two tall banners for the DISCO Network and Digital Studies Institute.

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kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

research thread! i study queer histories of computing -- how LGBTQ+ people seize the means of connection & computation to build community and keep each other safe. here are a few pieces that might interest you:

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