Prof Kaori Hayashi (The Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Vice President of the University of Tokyo)
林香里(東京大学副学長・東京大学大学院情報学環) Challenges for a Gender-Equal Society in the AI Era (PowerPoint presentation)
Discussant Prof Matthew Fuller (Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London)
マシュー・フラー(ロンドン大学ゴールドスミスカレッジ)
Chaired by Dr Tomoko Tamari (Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London)
玉利智子(ロンドン大学ゴールドスミスカレッジ)
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming ubiquitous in society. In this online seminar hosted by the Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London, Media studies scholars critically explore questions of new media ethics and literacy arising from the increasing use of immersive AI technologies in society.
Kaori Hayashi, the director of B’AI Global Forum and vice president of the University of Tokyo, discusses the ethical framework of AI.
Social Networks for the Next Media Literacy: Comparative Case Studies on Belgium, Korea, and Japan 새로운 미디어 활용 능력을위한 소셜 네트워크: 벨기에, 한국, 일본 비교 사례 연구 新たなメディア・リテラシーを育む社会連携のかたち：ベルギー、韓国、日本の事例研究
Date:
08:00-11:30 (in Belgium time)
16:00-19:30 (in Korea and Japan time 한국 시간 日本時間 )
Saturday, February 27, 2021
2021年2月27日(土)
“Media determine our situation,” an epigram by one of the most attractive media theorists: Fredrick Kittler, points out our very world under the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the mid-2010s, smartphones & SNS dramatically metamorphosed the media ecology surrounded us. Jargons such as fake news, misinformation, hate speech, echo-chamber effects confuse teachers and researchers who have been satisfied with mass media-centric media literacy theory. What is more, the COVID-19 pandemic tests it. We should hurry to renovate the next idea of media literacy. Although we cannot see the new theory’s whole figure, it must be a multi-layered one: from analog to digital, infrastructure to content, and sender to receiver.
For developing a multi-layered theory, we have two approaches: interdisciplinary academic collaboration and diverse social engagement. In this international seminar, we will discuss the latter. Weaving a rich social web for the next media literacy among social sectors such as universities, schools, media enterprises, ICT industries, community centers, and local government needs a cross-cultural understanding. Each social sector tends to focus on a different layer of media literacy. Cross-cultural awareness and networking develop a multifaceted knowledge of media literacy.
This seminar will examine social networks of media literacy in Belgium, Korea, and Japan. Each presentation will focus on a concrete local community. After presentations, we will discuss the possibilities and limitations for developing sustainable networks for new media literacy.
16:00-16:15 (08:00-08:15 in Belgium Time)
Opening Remarks
16:15-16:55 (08:15-08:55) Bridging Research, Practice and Scientific Disciplines: the « In the Shoes of an Algorithm » Media Education Project
Speaker: Jerry Jacque & Jérémy Grosman Research Centre Information, Law and Society (CRIDS) Université de Namur (Belgium)
Valentine François & Maxime Verbesselt Action Médias Jeunes (Namur, Belgium).
17:00-17:40 (09:00-09:40) Ginuesium, Digital Arts and Media Literacy: Multi-level collaborations for media arts education in the local community
Speakers: Keumhee Ahn, Chang Geun Oh, and Hyeon-Seon Jeong Center for Media Literacy Research Gyeongin National University of Education (경인교육대학교, 國立京仁教育大學), Korea
“If Apple Computer went bankrupt in 2007 and iPhones don’t exist, what would our media landscape look like today? Please discuss this among your group and come up with a possible scenario.”
On March 2, 2019, we ran a series of workshops titled “Landscape Photos and Digital Platform” that were designed as “Type 1 (T1)” and “Type 2 (T2)” workshop models. The aims of T1 and T2 workshops are to “reflect on one’s media infrastructure usage” and “critically reflect on the existence of media infrastructure” respectively (see “Theoretical background” for details of the categorization.)
The titles of the three workshops (translated from Japanese) are as follows:
Workshop 1 (WS1): Let’s rank the sceneries – T1
Workshop 2 (WS2): Where were the photos taken? – T1
Workshop 3 (WS3): What it was like to “search” in those days? – T2
