Unfair Algorithms

The Space is a digital agency established by Arts Council England and the BBC to help promote digital engagement across the arts and cultural sector. We also work regularly with Creative Scotland, the Arts Council of Wales and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.We support organisations by commissioning projects, building digital skills and capacity, and helping organisations reach wider audiences using digital content, media and online platforms.We are a Community Interest Company (CIC) with an independent Board of Directors from technology, media and the arts.

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Webinar for arts organisations/artists that asks what is the impact of mediated tech on digital arts and culture?

<a href="https://www.thespace.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Space</a>, in association with <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arts Council England</a> is hosting a webinar for artists and arts organisations who want to know more about the impact of algorithms and bias on who is seen and heard in the digital sphere, and how, or even if, their creative work is presented to the world. The webinar will be a mix of panel discussion and Q&amp;A with the audienceIn this webinar, we’ll discuss:<ul><li>Who is impacted by algorithmic and tech injustice, and how?</li><li>What is digital inclusion, and how might we ‘fold in’ the excluded?</li><li>How is the arts sector responding, and what can be learned from other sectors? </li><li>What’s happening at a grassroots level, and what can individuals and organisations do?</li></ul>This webinar will be chaired by <a href="http://www.riannawalcott.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rianna Walcott</a>, who researches Black women&#x27;s identity formation in digital spaces and is a postdoctoral fellow. She co-founded <a href="https://projectmyopia.com/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">projectmyopia.com</a>, promoting inclusivity in academia and a decolonised curriculum, and is the UCL writing lab&#x27;s Scholar-in-Residence for 21-22. She’s written about race, feminism, mental health, arts and culture for Wellcome Collection, Metro, The Guardian, BBC, Vice, and Dazed. Rianna co-edited an anthology about BAME mental health - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/manage/events/411131544517/details" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Colour of Madness</a>, and in the time left over she moonlights as a professional jazz singer.Rianna will be joined by:<a href="https://twitter.com/anasuyashh" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Anasuya Sengupta</a>Co-Director and co-founder of <a href="https://whoseknowledge.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Whose Knowledge?</a> a global multilingual campaign to centre the knowledges of marginalised communities online. She has led initiatives across the global South, and internationally for over 25 years, to collectively create feminist presents and futures of love, justice, and liberation. She is committed to unpacking issues of power, privilege, and access, including her own as an anti-caste savarna woman. When not rabble-rousing online, Anasuya makes and breaks pots and poems, takes long walks by the water and in the forest, and contorts herself into yoga poses.<a href="https://www.thespace.org/who-we-are/space-team" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fiona Morris</a>Chief Executive and Creative Director of The Space, and Chair of <a href="https://www.cornwallmuseumspartnership.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cornwall Museums Partnership</a>. Fiona is a music and arts producer with 25 years’ experience producing and commissioning programmes both in the UK indie sector and also for the BBC and produced films that have received Prix Italia, Emmy, Grammy and BAFTA awards. She has extensive experience working with cultural institutions in the UK and has provided consultancy services on the arts and the digital world to organisations including Arts Council England and English National Opera. <a href="https://www.francescasobande.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Francesca Sobande</a> A Senior Lecturer in Digital Media at the <a href="https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/journalism-media-and-culture" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">School of Journalism, Media and Culture - Cardiff University</a>. She is Director of the MA Digital Media and Society programme and is the author of <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-46679-4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain</a> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Francesca is also the author of <a href="https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/consuming-crisis/book280021" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and COVID-19</a> (SAGE, 2022), is co-editor with Akwugo Emejulu of <a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745339474/to-exist-is-to-resist/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe</a> (Pluto Press, 2019), and is co-author with layla-roxanne hill of <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/black-oot-here-9781913441333/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland</a>(Bloomsbury 2022).<a href="https://www.temilasade.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">temi lasade-anderson</a>An LAHP-funded PhD student at King’s College London, completing research on Black women’s digital intimacy. Her research interests are the digital and Blackness, digital (sub)cultures, Internet relationality, and platform governance. temi is also the 2022-23 Associate Editor of Networking Knowledge, the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) Postgraduate Journal. Alongside her research, temi provides consultant tech policy advocacy strategy and analysis for organisations including Glitch, EDRi and Digital Action. Altogether, her work seeks to reimagine and create equitable and joyful technological futures.Listen to an <a href="https://soundcloud.com/thespacearts/unfair-algorithms-promo?in=thespacearts/sets/webinar-audio-descriptions-1&amp;si=5a42f06539e84f2cb9da0a09cc288b19&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">audio description</a> of this event.Additional information1. The webinar lasts 90 minutes and will take place on Zoom. 2. There will be a live captioner throughout. 3. A recording of the webinar will eventually be available after the event on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrRq4FeMUe-frkGNzHJXZDFk7z1DQZrvw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Space&#x27;s YouTube channel</a>.4. You will be sent a link to join the webinar via Eventbrite&#x27;s reminder emails.Notes:When you book your place you’ll be able to post questions for our panellists, and these will help us to plan the webinar.

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