This workshop brings together international scholars whose research focuses on the digital aspects of human lives, and the ways in which identities, communities, and collectives form through the circulation of affects, information, ideas, and entertainment.

Location: 2.48 John Percival Building, Cardiff University

Free, hybrid event.

This workshop is facilitated by the Global Wales Partnership Fund.

Featured speakers include:

Dr Gen Eickers (University of Bayreuth, Germany)

Dr Tracy Llanera (University of Connecticut, USA)

Dr Lucy Osler (Cardiff University, Wales)

Dr Louise Richardson-Self (University of Tasmania, Australia)

Dr Francesca Sobande(Cardiff University)

Event Schedule:

9.30am-10.00am: Tea, Coffee, Breakfast snacks (30min)

10am-10.50am: "The Moral Agency of White Terror Wolves"
Tracy Llanera is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, and she's written about extremism, nihilism, and the politics of language and resilience.

10.50-11.00am: Short Break

11.00am-11.50am: "Cultural Imperialism: A Face of Trans Oppression"
Louise Richardson-Self is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Gender Studies at the University of Tasmania, and her current area of research is hate speech against women online.

11.50am-12.00pm: Short Break

12.00pm-12.50pm: "Transness, Social Media, and Emotion: How Online Spaces Sculpt Trans Affect"
Gen Eickers is a Postdoc and Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bayreuth, and they work on social interaction, emotion, trans identity, and social media.

12.50pm-14.00pm: Lunch

14.00pm-14.50pm: "Who and What is "Baddiecore"? Race, Gender, Sexuality, Metal (Sub-)Genres, and Digital Culture"
Francesca Sobande is a writer and reader in digital media studies at Cardiff University whose recent work includes the book Big Brands Are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture (2024).

14.50pm-15.00pm: Short Break

15.00pm-15.50pm: "AI Gossip and Technosocial Harms"
Lucy Osler is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University working on phenomenology, feminism, digital worlds, emotions, and self-relations.

15.50pm-16.00pm: Short Break

16.00pm-16.30pm: Informal discussion of themes and future directions with tea/coffee.