Jayson Harsin
Director
jharsinaup.edu
We conduct and connect:
interdisciplinary scholarly research within and beyond the university;
pedagogical initiatives, curricular innovation, and student-faculty collaboration;
creative research projects in the areas of technology, art, and at their intersection;
collaborations with civil society actors globally;
conversations with policy advocates.
The Center for Media, Communication, and Global Change hosts and supports talks, events, conferences, and interdisciplinary research. It supports pedagogical initiatives, curricular innovation, and student-faculty collaboration. It promotes creative work at the intersection of art, media technologies, and research. And it fosters dialogue and collaboration between researchers, and social justice advocates.
In 2016, the United Nation’s General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution regarding ‘The Promotion, Protection and Enjoyment of Human Rights on the Internet’. At the heart of this resolution is the UN’s concern that “rights that people have offline must also be protected online.” While the UN thus recognises the importance of the Internet, it does so problematically selectively by focusing on protecting existing offline rights online. I argue instead that Internet access is itself a moral human right that requires that everyone has unmonitored and uncensored access to this global medium, which should be publicly provided free of charge for those unable to afford it. Rather than being a mere luxury, Internet access should be considered a universal entitlement because it is necessary for people to be able to lead minimally decent lives. Accepting this claim transforms our conception of the Internet from a technology to that of a basic right. Register for the event.
Jayson Harsin
Director
jharsinaup.edu
Collective Autumn Book Launch and Reading with Biswamit Dwibedy
Demokratie und Digitalisierung in der Erwachsenenbildung by Julian Culp
Data Science in the Liberal Arts: Discuss the Berkeley Experience (Past Event) with Claudia Roda
"Machine Listening: Improvisation and Control" by Liquid Architecture with Jessica Feldman
"Crise Sanitaire: Stratégies et limites de la vie associative en ligne" by Assistant Professors Jessica Feldman & Noémie Oxley (Juris Associations)
"Madeleine Shorts" by Professor Christy Shields and Beth Grannis
Engineering for deliberative democracy by Professor Jessica Feldman (OECD Participo Series)