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Now You See IT: Decolonization, Decoloniality, AI, and the Internet: A Roundtable

The Decolonial Studies Program of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies is organizing a roundtable, “Now You See IT: Decolonization, Decoloniality, AI, and the Internet” on 20 September 2024, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Philippine Standard Time) via Zoom. Slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis, but participants are encouraged to register. Zoom credentials will appear upon submission of the registration form below.

CONCEPT NOTE

This roundtable aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and interested parties from diverse backgrounds to critically assess the ways in which the Internet and AI have become tools by which material and colonial power are transmitted, reproduced, and disseminated.

Considering the means in which alternative media and social media promote hegemonic and counter-hegemonic political narratives, as well as the reproduction of bias in deep learning models, this exploratory roundtable aims to compile practical and policy recommendations for training and promoting digital literacy; it also explores the foundations for critical digital literacy.

PANELISTS

  • Maria Margarita R. Lavides, Ph.D.
    Research Fellow, Data Science for Public Policy Program
    UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies
  • Atty. Emerson S. Bañez
    Assistant Professor
    UP College of Law
  • Ferdinand L. Sanchez
    Research Assistant, Center for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance
    University of Canberra
  • Rachel Khan, PhD
    Professor, Department of Journalism
    University of the Philippines Diliman

The roundtable will be moderated by Asst. Prof. Frances Antoinette Cruz, Co-convenor, Decolonial Studies Program, UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies.

ORGANIZER and QUERIES

For queries, please email [email protected].

The Decolonial Studies Program (DSP) was established in 2019 to interrogate coloniality and the ongoing effects of colonialism in the Global South. The program examines how neocolonial relationships with the Global North continue to shape institutions and lives in areas like resource allocation, trade, and culture, hindering the Global South’s potential for liberation. Visit the DSP’s website and download FREE publications. The DSP is one of the 16 Research Programs of UP CIDS, the policy research unit of the University of the Philippines. Visit the CIDS database and download 1000+ publications!