Communications, Drama and Film

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Performances, workshops, events and seminars are shown on this page, where they're of interest to Communications students.

Please remember that coursework-related events may not appear until a week before the event, so please check back regularly.

Thu 21 Nov

Start time: 12:30
 

Tickets for students/staff: 30
Admission Free
End Time: 14:30

Brompton and Sustainability Workshop

Location: TS2  Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Road, Postcode: EX4 4LA  Show on Map

We look forward to your participation in this engaging and informative session. This 2-hour workshop will bring together staff and students to explore the Brompton brand and its approach to sustainability. The workshop will also encourage students to develop strategies on how to engage younger audiences in conversations about sustainability, particularly in relation to Brompton’s values and initiatives. The Brompton team will also showcase their folding bikes at the workshop. 

 

The workshop will include: 

 

First hour: Presentations and Q&A by the Brompton team. 

Second hour: Breakout groups where students will work on a business question posed by Brompton, focused on sustainability communication strategies. 

Wed 27 Nov

Start time: 16:30
 

Tickets for students/staff: 29
Admission Free
End Time: 18:00

Roundtable: Artificial and Non-Human Intelligence – Controversies, Anxieties and Possibilities

Location: TS1  Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Road, Postcode: EX4 4LA  Show on Map

Debates around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and - more broadly speaking - non-human intelligence evoke a mix of anxiety and excitement. Hyped about the possibilities, enthusiasts focus on how we can harness AI to solve pressing global challenges and enhance everyday life. Worried about the risks, critics indicate that AI itself is one of the reasons behind societal problems that range from discrimination, sexism and racism to environmental harm, unemployment and precarious work. Whether we love them, hate them, or both, new forms of so-called artificial and/or non-human intelligence are rapidly reshaping how stories are told, distributed and consumed. What are the AI controversies that matter the most for Communications Drama and Film scholars, students and practitioners? Which new possibilities can be embraced? Which new developments should be resisted?

Topics include:

  • AI and non-human intelligence, creativity, ingenuity and authorship
  • The ethics of using and abusing AI
  • AI in education and arts
  • AI, white supremacy and racism
  • AI, coloniality and imperialism
  • Grassroots AI and perspectives from the majority world
  • AI and creative methodologies
  • The environmental costs of AI
  • Protesting and resisting AI
  • AI and work
  • Historicising AI

If you want to share a few ideas by doing a short presentation or brief creative/artistic intervention, send an email with a paragraph describing them to a.medrado@exeter.ac.uk by 15 November. We will organise the roundtable in a conversational format based on the number of colleagues who are keen to contribute.