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Call: Open Cities Reading Circles
Background
2 April 2024
If you are starting a new research project and want to read specific scholarship, we invite you to suggest a reading circle within our Open Cities events.

NWO Impact Explorer grant for research on teaching in the digitising classroom
News
8 March 2024
Niels Kerssens has been awarded an NWO Impact Explorer grant for his research project on teaching in the digitising classroom and critical digital literacy.

Recommendations on the Use of Synthetic Data to Train AI Models
Publication
7 March 2024
Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures Payal Arora co-wrote a United Nations University report with guidelines for training AI models through artificially generated data.

“When it comes to digital culture, we need to look at the Global South”
News
6 March 2024
Newly appointed Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures Payal Arora explains why it is inevitable to look at the Global South when looking at AI and digital cultures.

Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms
Publication
26 February 2024
Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms, co-edited by Iris van der Tuin, discusses over a decade of work in new materialist theorising and knowledge-making practice.

Ecogames: Playful Perspectives on the Climate Crisis
Publication
22 January 2024
In Ecogames: Playful Perspectives on the Climate Crisis, a diverse group of authors explores different aspects of ecocritical engagement in and through games.

Disinformation in Africa: “Where do you go if you need the truth?”
In the media
17 January 2024
Prof. dr. Bruce Mutsvairo talks about disinformation and propaganda on the African continent, and also about the role of Russia in the situation.

Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction
Publication
13 December 2023
Anne Kustritz explores slash fan fiction communities during the late 1990s and early 2000s as the practice transitioned from print to digital circulation.

More than 7 million euros for Els Stronks and Maaike Bleeker from Dutch Research Agenda
News
11 July 2023
Professor of Early Modern Dutch Literature Els Stronks and Professor of Theatre Studies Maaike Bleeker receive funding to work on scientific and societal breakthroughs.

Special section the minnesota review: Mobilizing Creativity
Publication
12 June 2023
Kiene Brillenburg Wurth, Iris van der Tuin, and Nanna Verhoeff have edited a special section in the minnesota review on Mobilizing Creativity: A Humanities Perspective (part 1 of 2).

Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture
Publication
8 May 2023
Edited by Karin van Es and Nanna Verhoeff, Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture was recently published.

RAUM Utrecht conference: Onze Stad, Ons Canvas
News
24 March 2023
On Thursday 20 April 2023, RAUM Utrecht is organizing the second edition of the annual conference Onze Stad, Ons Canvas/Our City, Our Canvas. The Open Cities Platform is partner and contributes with a creative workshop.

Utrecht Data School: TikTok is harmful for people prone to eating disorder
News
10 February 2023
People interested in fitness and dieting are shown harmful videos on TikTok in no time, Utrecht Data School, De Groene Amsterdammer, and RTL Nieuws find.

Rethinking Film Festivals in the Pandemic Era and After
Publication
9 February 2023
By Marijke de Valck and others, ‘Rethinking Film Festivals in the Pandemic Era and After’ was recently published. 25 international authors contributed.

How to make the Dutch film industry more sustainable: best practices and bottlenecks
News
23 January 2023
The film industry needs to be more sustainable, the Netherlands Film Festival believes. Humanities scholars figured out how and Judith Keilbach shares best practices and bottlenecks.
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Symposium Ecogames: Game research meets sustainability
30 January 2017 from 09:15 to 17:15
Ecogames are imaginative spaces for playing and learning, expressing often contested moral and political values.

Toxic Geek Masculinity
6 October 2020 from 20:00 to 21:30
On 6 Ocobter, IMPAKT organises an evening on the topic of Toxic Geek Masculinity, including speakers Dan Hassler-Forest and Linda Duits.

Greening Media Industries
7 October 2020 from 09:30 to 11:00
On 7 October, the second 'Greening Media Industries' workshop takes place.

Election Night 2020
3 November 2020 20:30 to 4 November 2020 00:30
On 3 November, TivoliVredenburg organises an evening about the American elections. Dan Hassler-Forest is one of the speakers.

Algorithms and AI: Shaking up screenwriting in Europe
15 March 2021 from 11:00 to 12:00
Media Industries, Infrastructures and Institutions organises a discussion on algorithms and AI in screenwriting.
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