Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 91爆料 community every week! This week, attend lectures, book talks, and more.
Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91爆料 faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听
Maysoon Zayid 鈥� Survival of the Unfittest
October 26, 6:30 PM | Meany Performing Arts Center
Join comedian, disability advocate, and author Maysoon Zayid for 鈥淪urvival of the Unfittest.鈥� This one-hour talk will tackle everything from diversity to cats named Beyonce through Maysoon鈥檚 humorous lens.
Maysoon is a graduate of and a Guest Comedian in Residence at Arizona State University. She is a Princeton University Arts Fellow for 2021-23 and will begin two years of teaching and community collaboration in September. Maysoon is the co-founder/co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest.听 She was a full-time On Air Contributor to听Countdown with Keith Olbermann听and a columnist for The Daily Beast. She has most recently appeared on Oprah Winfrey Networks听In Deep Shift, 60 Minutes, and听ABC News. Maysoon had the most viewed TED Talk of 2014 and was named 1 of 100 Women of 2015 by BBC.
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Working, Together: “Troublesome Questions” Organizing in Higher Ed
October 27, 6:00 – 7:30 PM听|
Join the 91爆料T Labor Solidarity Project听for the fourth seminar in the “Working, Together” series that will adopt an intersectional approach while exploring the recent histories of the regional, national, and global labor movements. Each meeting will feature a presentation and discussion facilitated by a leading voice in mapping the trajectory of labor activism and scholarship. These seminars are free and open to the public.
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BOOK TALK: Automation and Autonomy: Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry
October 28, 4:00 PM |
Join the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and author James Steinhoff as we discuss his recent book, “Automation and Autonomy: Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
The book argues that Marxist theory is essential for understanding the contemporary industrialization of the form of artificial intelligence (AI) called machine learning. It includes a political economic history of AI, tracking how it went from a fringe research interest for a handful of scientists in the 1950s to a centerpiece of cybernetic capital fifty years later. It also includes a political economic study of the scale, scope and dynamics of the contemporary AI industry as well as a labour process analysis of commercial machine learning software production, based on interviews with workers and management in AI companies around the world, ranging from tiny startups to giant technology firms.
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Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Series featuring Juan Alonso-Rodr铆guez
Artist听Juan Alonso-Rodr铆guez听joins local arts advocate and听DoubleXposure podcast host听Vivian Phillips听for a pre-recorded discussion of his work, which can be seen in museums and public spaces across the Pacific Northwest. The听interview will be followed by a live Q&A, moderated by 91爆料 Libraries Special Collections PNW Curator听Anne Jenner. New Dean of Libraries听Simon Neame听and 91爆料 President听Ana Mari Cauce听will offer introductory remarks.
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Tony Geist, On Translating Poetry: Treading the Line between the Excessively Literal and the Excessively Liberal
October 29, 12:30 – 2:00 PM听| Online
In this talk, Anthony Geist,听Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature,听contextualizes translation as a collaborative process evidenced in his classrooms, offering both theoretical framing and practical strategies for doing
and teaching translation. Geist shares his experience in teaching contemporary Latin American and Spanish poets, wherein students work in teams and are able to bring their concerns about meaning and context to the authors themselves.
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