09 January 2025, 09:30 - 10 January 2025, 14:00

London College of Fashion, UAL

Revisiting the founding principles of the technē Doctoral Training Partnership the UAL curated congress in January 2025 will reconsider the notion of 'technē'. technē, arises from the ancient Greek word to describe craftsmanship, craft or art, and was also applied to the human ability to realise intentions and organise actions through making, doing and performing. In our technological culture it relates to notions of expertise, technical knowledge, and the shaping of our life-world. technē and its corelate technologies, are never solely tools, never simple prostheses, surrogates, or mediators, rather they need to be understood as often material and embodied, entangled with "the knots we call beings", with what it is to be human (Haraway 2008: 250).

Fri, 10:00 - 16:00

Sir David Bell Building, University of Roehampton (and online)

Generative AI opens novel avenues for research in the Arts and Humanities, enabling the creation and analysis of vast amounts of synthetic data and the simulation of complex social systems. However, these AI tools present significant practical and ethical challenges. How transparent are the algorithms used in AI-driven research? How can researchers and participants fully understand the impact of these algorithms? Navigating the ethical complexities of AI-generated content is crucial, especially given the well-documented bias in training datasets for large language models (LLMs).

Mon, 10:00 - 12:00

Online

Editing can generate almost visceral anxiety: we know we should do it, but how? What if we find something that undermines months of work? And more acutely, how can we face re-reading stuff we just want to put to bed? This workshop aims to answer these questions in highly practical ways. We’ll look at the difference between writing and editing; examine different types of editing, with particular focus on structural editing (often the most difficult); we’ll explore strategies and frameworks to transform editing from an unmanageable dread into a manageable, and even enjoyable, part of the writing process.

21 January 2025, 10:00 - 22 January 2025, 16:00

Online

‘Have you been thinking of making a podcast of your research but are unsure of how to go about it? Or do you have a podcasting idea which you are looking to develop further?