Ataya: HUMA Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Project/Paper: Please see Yasmine’s work at yasmine-boudiaf.com
Bio: Yasmine Boudiaf is a researcher and creative technologist focusing on data, epistemology and the absurd. She was named one of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™ 2022. She produces art and research projects and consults on project design, strategy and public engagement. She is a fellow at the Ada Lovelace Institute and the Royal Society of Arts and a researcher at the University of the Arts London (UAL) Creative Computing Institute. She has contributed to the The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest's 'Infrastructural Interactions', investigating public data infrastructures using traditional and non-traditional research methods. She contributed the chapter 'AI Justice Matrix: The Futility of Policy Craft' to the Transmediale 2022 workshop 'Rendering Research'.
Topic: This seminar walks through selected projects by the speaker that interrogate the relationship between technology and society. Yasmine will talk through artistic research methodologies she has employed on her 'AI Justice Matrix' collaborative platform, developed as part of her fellowship at the Ada Lovelace Institute, and her research project 'AI as an Artistic Tool for Cultural Connection' as well as her other projects on the themes of anti-colonialism and justice. The discussion after the presentation will explore pervasive technologies affecting public life in Europe and Africa and our position as artists and researchers confronting the tensions and opportunities these technologies bring.
How Ataya works: One presenter and their work – in exchange with the audience. Each Ataya session engages with selected work by the presenter (a text, artwork, performance, even food). The presenter introduces their work and grounds the subsequent discussion with the participants. For best engagement, we recommend participants to view the work (made available in advance on our website) before the session. More on the Ataya Series
