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Digital Kinship: Redefining Relationality in the Digital Age
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Course summary
Digital Kinship: Redefining Relationality in the Digital Age is an immersive online course exploring our evolving systems and relationships in a world profoundly shaped by digital technology.
Set against a backdrop of seismic societal shifts and rooted in Afro-diasporic and Global South perspectives, this unique interdisciplinary program brings together eleven trailblazing experts from diverse fields, to explore the existential challenges and opportunities that are rapidly redefining human and non-human experiences.
The course delves into the complex tapestry of power dynamics, artificial intelligence, and human connection. It invites participants to undertake an in-depth inquiry into the interconnectedness of self, others, and the more-than-human world, examining how this kinship is mirrored at both interpersonal and systemic levels. Together we will critically examine prevailing narratives and practices that shape our current technological reality, and the sociopolitical implications, particularly for Africans, black and historically marginalised communities globally.
You will emerge from the course equipped with the knowledge and tools to navigate, influence, and co-create a digital landscape and shared future grounded in our collective wellbeing, agency, and indigenous wisdoms.
What to expect
- Understand the Role of Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Society
- Critically Assess Digital Power and AI Ethics:
- Understand the underlying power structures within digital platforms and technologies.
- Critically assess how these dynamics impact marginalized communities, with a focus on African, Black, and Global South perspectives.
- Grasp the fundamental principles of artificial intelligence (AI) and its societal implications.
- Explore the ethical considerations and potential biases in AI technologies, and their effects on human and non-human entities.
- Explore Digital Relationality from Global Perspectives:
- Explore the evolving nature of relationships in the digital age, considering how technology influences human connection.
- Navigate and Influence the Digital Landscape
- Foster skills to actively influence and shape digital spaces in ways that promote inclusivity, equity, and justice.
- Understand and apply principles of digital wellbeing to protect and enhance personal and communal health in digital environments.
- Co-create Life-affirming Digital Futures:
- Envision and articulate visions for a digital future that centers collective wellbeing and indigenous wisdoms
- Understand the Role of Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Society
- Critically Assess Digital Power and AI Ethics:
- Understand the underlying power structures within digital platforms and technologies.
- Critically assess how these dynamics impact marginalized communities, with a focus on African, Black, and Global South perspectives.
- Grasp the fundamental principles of artificial intelligence (AI) and its societal implications.
- Explore the ethical considerations and potential biases in AI technologies, and their effects on human and non-human entities.
- Explore Digital Relationality from Global Perspectives:
- Explore the evolving nature of relationships in the digital age, considering how technology influences human connection.
- Navigate and Influence the Digital Landscape
- Foster skills to actively influence and shape digital spaces in ways that promote inclusivity, equity, and justice.
- Understand and apply principles of digital wellbeing to protect and enhance personal and communal health in digital environments.
- Co-create Life-affirming Digital Futures:
- Envision and articulate visions for a digital future that centers collective wellbeing and indigenous wisdoms
- Understand the Role of Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Society
- Critically Assess Digital Power and AI Ethics:
- Understand the underlying power structures within digital platforms and technologies.
- Critically assess how these dynamics impact marginalized communities, with a focus on African, Black, and Global South perspectives.
- Grasp the fundamental principles of artificial intelligence (AI) and its societal implications.
- Explore the ethical considerations and potential biases in AI technologies, and their effects on human and non-human entities.
- Explore Digital Relationality from Global Perspectives:
- Explore the evolving nature of relationships in the digital age, considering how technology influences human connection.
- Navigate and Influence the Digital Landscape
- Foster skills to actively influence and shape digital spaces in ways that promote inclusivity, equity, and justice.
- Understand and apply principles of digital wellbeing to protect and enhance personal and communal health in digital environments.
- Co-create Life-affirming Digital Futures:
- Envision and articulate visions for a digital future that centers collective wellbeing and indigenous wisdoms
Course modules
LESSON
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Dig.IT.all Kinship: Foundations of Digital Relations
Explore the profound connections we occasionally experience with strangers. What underlies these fleeting moments of kinship? Do they transcend physical spaces to manifest in digital realms? Can they be deliberately cultivated? We will delve into these questions and reflect on the role of digital platforms in shaping our connections, emphasizing the importance of holistic healing and liberation for people of Afrikan ancestry.
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LESSON
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Cykofa Narration
Ayana introduces the "Cykofa Narration" methodology, blending digital elements with storytelling to represent non-linear time. Through the integration of language, technology, and ecology, discover how Ayana fosters a practice that recalls forgotten histories while envisioning alternative modes of existence and interspecies relationships.
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LESSON
3
Algorithms, Power and Race
Professor Ezekiel Dixon-Roman delves into the intricate connections between technology, race, and decolonization, emphasizing the persisting colonial and racial biases in technological systems. It critiques the use of AI in reinforcing hierarchies, explores the need for decolonizing algorithms and promoting radical openness in technology development to disrupt dominant structures and embrace diverse perspectives within algorithmic governance.
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Artificial Intelligence, Art & Social Inquiry
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LESSON
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human Rights & Digital Justice
Berhan introduces the intricate ties between digital kinship, rights, and justice in the African context and beyond. Explore the impacts of existing technology designs on these relationships and the existential challenges they present. Reflect upon the demands and responsibilities that principles of digital kinship place upon us concerning rights, justice, and connectivity. Consider how we can leverage digital platforms to challenge and overthrow systems that amplify inequality and marginalization.
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