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"I found EVE'S BAYOU remarkable precisely because of the way it plunges us into the interior life of a young Black girl, asserting, with neither justification nor apology, that such a perspective belongs at the center of the frame." — Kara Keeling criterion.com/current/posts/…

"The transformation of affect into data to effect change and preserve institutional or platform dominance is the exact goal and logic of social media." New CI: Read Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Grace Kyungwon Hong, and Lisa Nakamura's "'Understanding' Asians": journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…

Me Wendy Chun and Grace Hong wrote this. I think it’s good. Understanding” Asians: Anti-Asian Racism, Sentimentality, Sentiment Analysis, and Digital Surveillance | Critical Inquiry: Vol 50, No 3 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Go to my website lisanakamura.net for a paywall free version of this article: “Understanding” Asians: Anti-Asian Racism, Sentimentality, Sentiment Analysis, and Digital Surveillance | Critical Inquiry: Vol 50, No 3 …nals-uchicago-edu.proxy.lib.umich.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Important article! This research is so needed esp as AI requires such massive amounts of curated data. That data doesn’t curate itself.

The culmination of three years of collaborative work on digital equitable futures — the DISCO SUMMIT🎊 is June 14-15th. Join us in-person in Ann Arbor or virtually. This event is free and open to the public. View the full schedule and register: bit.ly/4cSerjk

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They kettled… the police? University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, I owe you an apology. I wasn’t familiar with your game.

Last stop on the DISCO Road Show is with Catherine Knight Steele + riannawalcott is on 🦋 at the BCaT Lab @ UMD Lab. Register for virtual attendance: bit.ly/4b9uXKk

I am a big fan of the “mall with everything you could ever need with a vast fancy grocery store on the basement level” model of retail I’ve encountered first in Chiang Mai, and now Taipei

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Introducing my Science, Technology, and Social Values (ST&SV) Lab at Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) tinyurl.com/STSVLabIntro

Our multi-authored monograph, Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal, will be published by Stanford Press in February 2025. From Munchausen by Tiktok to wellness apps to online communities to AI, this book explores the possibilities that technoskepticism can create.

I did this podcast about why computers and the Internet are now a permanent part of much spiritual practice and what it means for people. "Platforms for Zazen: From the Cushion to the Computer" with Lisa Nakamura accesstozen.org/podcast/2024/1…

Steve Jobs would have fired everyone