BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www2.movingimage.us//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260415T231411CEST-0670F8BUzu@http://www2.movingimage.us DTSTAMP:20260415T211411Z DESCRIPTION:In this first installment of Theorizing the Web Presents\, a ne w series highlighting critical perspectives on timely issues at the inters ection of tech and media\, Museum of the Moving Image welcomes scholar and journalism instructor Allissa Richardson and scholar and AI policy adviso r Mutale Nkonde\, who will speak about the impact of surveillance during t he movement for the liberation of Black Lives and the COVID-19 pandemic. T opics explored will include facial recognition used in policing\, tracing software associated with the pandemic\, and how images of Black death have created a treacherous techno-mediascape that extends state matrices of po wer and systems of oppression faced by Black people in the United States. The discussion will be led by scholar and Theorizing the Web board member Apryl Williams. \n\n \n Watch the recorded event here.\n \n \n About the speakers: \n \n \n Allissa Richardson is an award-winning journalism ins tructor and scholar at USC Annenberg who studies how marginalized communit ies use mobile and social media to produce innovative forms of journalism— especially in times of crisis. She is considered a pioneer in mobile journ alism (MOJO)\, having launched the first smartphone-only college newsroom in 2010. The MOJO Lab\, based on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore\, expanded globally in 2011 to include classes for allied nonpro fit organizations in Morocco and South Africa. Richardson’s research has b een published in Journal of Communication\, Journalism Studies\, Convergen ce\, The Black Scholar\, and many other venues. She is also an affiliated researcher with New York University’s Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies (CR + DS). \n \n \n Mutale Nkonde is an AI policy advisor and a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &\; Society. Nkonde has been working as a senior tech policy advisor for Congresswoman Yvette Cla rke since 2016. She was part of the team that helped introduce the Algorit hmic Accountability Act into the House of Representatives in April 2019\, and is currently considering a series of data privacy proposals. She is al so the founder of the Dorothy Vaughn Tech Symposium\, a briefing series th at takes place on Capitol Hill. Her work has been covered in MIT Tech Revi ew\, WIRED\, Venture Crunch\, Muse\, and PBS News Hour\; she is co-author of a report on racial literacy and tech\; and she speaks widely on race\, policy\, and AI. \n \n \n Apryl Williams is an Assistant Professor of Com munication &\; Media at the University of Michigan\, a fellow at the Be rkman Klein Center for Internet &\; Society\, and an affiliated researc her with NYU's Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies. As a multidis ciplinary scholar\, Williams studies the experience of race and racism onl ine. Her recent work on the racial implications of the Karen meme has been featured in Time Magazine\, On the Media\, NPR Detroit\, and other news o utlets. Williams’s research on digital collectives and digital inequality has been published in the International Journal of Communication\, Social Sciences\, Information\, Communication &\; Society\, and Sociology Comp ass. \n \n\n\n This event is free. If you've already donated to Theorizing the Web\, thank you. If not\, please consider supporting the Museum with a donation. MoMI's staff is working hard to fulfill its mission via remote programming. This comes with opportunities to experiment but also profoun d challenges. Your support is critical to ensure our work remains vital an d visible to a broad public. Suggested donation: $10. Donate here. \n \n DTSTART:20200716T190000 DTEND:20200716T200000 LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image SUMMARY:Theorizing the Web Presents: Surveillance of Black Lives END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR