Report on Lecture by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR”
2023.Jun.26
On December 6, 2022, the B'AI Global Forum hosted a lecture titled "Embodiment, Deferral, and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR," featuring Dr. Richard Carter-White, Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University, and Dr. Maartje Roelofsen, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain.
Report on the 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “Who is Ema?: Examining Representations of Race and Gender through Virtual Bodies Generated by AI”
2023.Jun.26
On October 18, 2022, the 6th BAIRAL research meeting for 2022 was held online. Hanako Lowry, a graduate student in the Master's Program of the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo and a B'AI Global Forum graduate student member, gave a presentation on the theme “Who is Ema?: Examining Representations of Race and Gender through Virtual Bodies Generated by AI.”
Report on Workshop by Dr. Arnaud Claes “Algorithmic Personas: Effects of the Anthropomophization of Automated Media on User Reflexivity”
2023.Jun.12
On May 23, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum welcomed Dr. Arnaud Claes (JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher at Kansai University; Visiting Researcher of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo) to give an in-person workshop on “Algorithmic Personas: Effects of the Anthropomophization of Automated Media on User Reflexivity.”
Report on the 1th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices”
2023.Jun.05
On April 21, 2023, the first BAIRAL research meeting for 2023 was held online. Arnaud Claes (JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher, Kansai University; Visiting Researcher of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo) gave a presentation on the theme “Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices.”
Report on 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)” entitled “To Prevent Traditional Media from Being Swallowed Up by the Internet”
2023.May.26
On March 30, 2023, "Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” held its second event to celebrate the publication of its second book titled “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).” The event focused on the topic of “To Prevent Traditional Media from Being Swallowed Up by the Internet.”
B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2022
2023.May.16
The Annual Report 2022 of the B’AI Global Forum is now available.
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2022
2023.Apr.17
The Trauma Reporting Study Group held ten sessions from the 9th to the 18th in FY2022. Two of the sessions featured guest speakers who shared their experiences as interviewees and interviewers. For the other eight sessions, the group continued reading a British book Trauma Reporting: A Journalist's Guide to Covering Sensitive Stories (2019) by Jo Healey.
Report on the 18th B’AI Book Club
B’AI Global Forum, Yuko Itatsu, Ai Hisano (ed.) “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power” (2023)
2023.Apr.13
On March 22, 2023, the 18th meeting of the B'AI Book Club, a book review session by project members of the B'AI Global Forum, was held online. Associate Professor Ai Hisano reviewed our first book titled “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power,” which was published in March 2023.
Report on 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)” entitled “Who are ‘Influencers’?”
2023.Apr.12
On March 1, 2023, "Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” held its first event to celebrate the publication of its second book titled “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).” The event focused on the topic of “Who are ‘Influencers’?”