The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices”
2023.Apr.04
For this research meeting on April 21, 2023, Dr. Claes Arnaud (JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher, Kansai University; Visiting Researcher of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo) will give a presentation entitled “Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices.”
“To Prevent Traditional Media from Being Swallowed Up by the Internet”
The Second Event for the Publication of “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective)”
2023.Mar.17
On March 30, 2023, “Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” will hold the second event to celebrate the publication of the book “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective).” (Akishobo, January 2023)
“Who are “Influencers”?”
The First Event for the Publication of “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective)”
2023.Feb.22
On March 1, 2023, “Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” will hold the first event to celebrate the publication of the book “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective).” (Akishobo, January 2023)
The 10th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Talking about SF prototyping or not”
2023.Feb.10
For this research meeting on March 3, 2023, Kyosuke Higuchi (SF writer) will give a presentation entitled “Talking about SF prototyping or not” *This event will be held in Japanese.
The 9th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Co-creation of Agency: Towards Ethical Design for Social Robots”
2023.Jan.11
For this research meeting on February 3, 2023, Mr. Takuya Mizukami (Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)) will give a presentation entitled "Co-creation of Agency: Towards Ethical Design for Social Robots."
The 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Digital Humanities and AI: Particularity, Commonality and Bias”
2022.Nov.24
For this research meeting on December 16, 2022, Associate Professor OHMUKAI Ikki from the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo will give a presentation entitled "Digital Humanities and AI: Particularity, Commonality and Bias."
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Possibilities and Challenges of Metaverse – Metaverse School of Engineering”
2022.Nov.04
We will hold the 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “Possibilities and Challenges of Metaverse - Metaverse School of Engineering”(16 November 2022)
Lecture by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR”
2022.Nov.04
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen entitled “Embodiment, deferral and (dis)inhibition: learning and teaching geography with VR” on December 6, 2022.
This event will be held in English.
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Who is Ema?: Examining Representations of Race and Gender through Virtual Bodies Generated by AI”
2022.Sep.27
For this research meeting on October 18, 2022, Ms. Hanako Lowry from the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo and the B’AI Global Forum will talk about the possibilities of using AI as part of art-based methods to examine representations of race and gender through an introduction to her ongoing project, ema.