@nuqatar.bsky.social welcomed renowned communication scholar @andreamedrado.bsky.social to campus last week for engaging discussions, workshops, and the NU-Q Lecture on the Global South, hosted by #IAS_NUQ. View the recorded lecture here: bit.ly/4qNcPyd

During her visit, @andreamedrado.bsky.social met with undergraduate fellows, postdoctoral scholars, and global fellows, leading workshops that explored critical approaches to artificial intelligence and the Global South, while also mentoring students on connecting theory to practice.

Stay tuned for a special @iasnuq.bsky.social edition of the @nuqatar.bsky.social podcast (and vodcast) with @andreamedrado.bsky.social on #AI , favelas, empathy, Participatory Action Research, and the Global South, following her thought-provoking NUQ Lecture on the Global South yesterday #NUQProud

Thanks so much, Marwan a N-UQ’s stellar team, for the great conversation and exchange of ideas 😊

Marwan M. Kraidy@mkraidy.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Stay tuned for a special @iasnuq.bsky.social edition of the @nuqatar.bsky.social podcast (and vodcast) with @andreamedrado.bsky.social on #AI , favelas, empathy, Participatory Action Research, and the Global South, following her thought-provoking NUQ Lecture on the Global South yesterday #NUQProud

As @andreamedrado.bsky.social offers the @iasnuq.bsky.social postdocs and @nuqatar.bsky.social faculty a workshop on critical AI research informed by Latin American theories and experiences, we are getting ready for her lecture this evening on #FavelIA

@andreamedrado.bsky.social delivering a thought-provoking and empirically rich @nuqatar.bsky.social Lecture on the Global South on #FavelIA @iasnuq.bsky.social a rich analysis of #AI, human agency, and social solidarity among some of the most marginal communities on earth!

In one week! Join us for the NU-Q Lecture on the Global South with @andreamedrado.bsky.social (@exeter.ac.uk) on “Favel IA: South-to-South Dialogues on Digital Colonialism, Participation, and Justice.” 🗓️ Nov 5, 2025 🕕 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. 📍 Events Hall, @nuqatar.bsky.social

How does the favela use #AI and how can its AI practices inform more equitable AI governance from the margins? Last few tickets available for our seminar with Andrea Medrado (@andreamedrado.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 22 October. Register here: cghr-22oct25.eventbrite.co.uk.

CrAIC Launch Workshop is a success! 🌟 Our two-day event @exeter.ac.uk was packed full of great presentations and conversations. We're really excited to build on the connections made, grow our network, and push forward this research in Critical AI together. Quick wrap up of the sessions in thread 🧵

Invitation to potential authors - AI Politics: new book series by @intellectbooks.bsky.social / @uchicagopress.bsky.social edited by @andrewhoskins.bsky.social & I. View the full call here>> www.intellectbooks.com/asset/2536/a...

Really honoured to do the NUQ Lecture on the Global South in Doha. Thanks for having me 😊

Marwan M. Kraidy@mkraidy.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to be hosting @andreamedrado.bsky.social at @nuqatar.bsky.social next month. She will be giving the “NUQ Lecture on the Global South” organized annually by the @iasnuq.bsky.social

The insightful @andreamedrado.bsky.social is launching the Critical AI Centre @exeter.ac.uk - join for the launch debate here, Oct 8 2pm GMT: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-critic...

Really happy and honoured to talk about the Favel IA project at the @cghrcambridge.bsky.social . Thanks for the invite 💪🏽❤️

@cghrcambridge.bsky.social · last yr.

Interested in #AIGovernance, and the power asymmetries between marginalised communities in the Global South and tech giants in the Global North? Join Dr Andrea Medrado (@andreamedrado.bsky.social) on Oct 22 for our second seminar of Michaelmas. Get your tickets: cghr-22oct25.eventbrite.co.uk.

👋 What's the CrAIC? Come find out what we have been up to in critical AI studies at our launch event, featuring a lineup of stellar speakers, on Wednesday 8th October (University of Exeter / hybrid). Register at the link!

Calling all #ECRs 📣 Join @britishacademy.bsky.social ECRN to learn about getting published in social sciences, humanities and the arts with Alison Shell, @andreamedrado.bsky.social, @danmercea.bsky.social, @philippagrand.bsky.social Fri 6th June | 13:00 - 16:00 www.tickettailor.com/events/early...

Had an absolutely fantastic time at the ‘Global Southing’ Internet, Data and AI Studies Workshop at the @oii.ox.ac.uk got to meet some academic idols and met new ones as well. Looking forward to tomorrow’s presentations. @andreamedrado.bsky.social @grohmannrafael.bsky.social

Starting from the ground. @andreamedrado.bsky.social asks what participants want from our research, what kind of knowledge will further their work and address their priorities. #criticalAIstudies

Carnaval? Where? Aonde? London blue sky alienation. Alienação de cèu londrino azul 🩵

What a week! Grateful for the shared knowledge and also to my colleagues & students for their participation. Also wanted to thank Milly, not pictured here, but very present & a wonderful partner in crime, co-organising the Exeter-ZJUT Symposium & @neilio1979.bsky.social for leading us

Join our next @iamcr.org webinars on 17 and 22 Jan. If you are not a member of IAMCR just add your name to a guest list via Google forms.

Join the #IAMCR Communication, Social Justice, and Democracy Working Group for a roundtable discussion exploring the intersection of democracy and media in India, Indonesia, Turkey, and Brazil. 🗓️ Date: 22 January 2025 ⏰ Time: 12:00 UTC Register by 20 January at iamcr.org/webinars/dem...

looking forward to this - especially keen to connect with colleagues, friends and local academics! If you're in BKK I'd love to hear from you!

Join us for this next @iamcr.org webinars. Non-members just need to complete an easy form. Thanks! iamcr.org/webinars/dig...

Buenos dias La Habana que aqui estoy para el evento ICOM 2024

Looking forward to this! 👇🏽✨

Happy & honoured about being invited as a speaker 4 @icom_cuba in La Habana ♥️ my 1st time there. Looking forward to exchanging ideas with colleagues from Cuba and other parts of the world. Thanks for inviting me and 4 allowing me to spend some days in December in an island with warmer climates 😂

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In cool Manchester for the MeCCSA Conference with @isabellarega.bsky.social for the Monograph of the Year Award and to present a paper on Latin American participatory action and AI (with Pieter Verdegem). We didn’t win but so happy that a book about Annemarie Jacir’s films won 🇵🇸👏🏽♥️