Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:35pm to 2:35pm
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Sensory Encounters in the Age of Visual Computing
Crystal Lee
Assistant Professor, Computational Media and Design, MIT
This talk investigates what I call the life-cycle of data representations—the process by which datasets are curated, cleaned, visualized, circulated, and manipulated—to understand the persuasive force of visual information in multimodal media. Through media ethnographies and archival research, I present case studies from the history of haptic interfaces to the data practices of social media communities to understand how users of quantitative information encode norms about gender, ability, and race in data visualizations.
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This talk is virtual. A viewing will be available in CASE W262.
Bio: Crystal Lee is an assistant professor in Computational Media and Design at MIT with a joint appointment in the Schwarzman College of Computing and Comparative Media Studies / Writing. She works broadly on research related to ethical tech, social media, data visualization and disability. This research has been supported by fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and the MIT Programs for Digital Humanities. She is also a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where she co-leads the Ethical Tech Working Group, and a senior fellow at Mozilla. She graduated with high honors from Stanford University and completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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