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Coming up in the Ethics of AI in Context: Emerging Scholars series On Wednesday, April 28, Julian Posada discusses "Disembeddedness in Data Annotation for Machine Learning." Register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//julian-posada-ethics-of-ai-in/

TODAY: Noam Kolt (@UTLaw, @TorontoSRI) will discuss "Predicting Consumer Contracts with GPT-3: A Legal Case Study in Computational Language Models" at 4 pm on the C4E YouTube channel. Watch it here: http://youtube.com/c/CentreforEthics More info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//noam-kolt-ethics-of-ai-in-con/

Next week in the Ethics of AI in Context: Emerging Scholars series: Noam Kolt (@TorontoSRI, @UTLaw) discusses "Predicting Consumer Contracts with GPT-3: A Legal Case Study in Computational Language Models." More info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//noam-kolt-ethics-of-ai-in-con/

TODAY: Ara Osterweil (@mcgillu) discusses "The Aesthetics of Care" in the Ethics, Aesthetics, Feminisms series. More info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//ara-osterweil-ethics-aestheti/ Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/c/CentreforEthics/

Coming up this Wednesday: Ara Osterweil (@mcgillu) discusses "The Aesthetics of Care" in the Ethics, Aesthetics, Feminisms series. More info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//ara-osterweil-ethics-aestheti/

Tomorrow, Jodi Byrd (@arsavium, @Illinois_Alma) discusses "What Remains: Colonial Racial Capitalism, Videogames, and an Empire in Play." More info and register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//jodi-byrd-ethics-aesthetics-f/

Today at 12:30 pm EST: Clare Hemmings (@LSEGenderTweet) will discuss "Unnatural Feelings: The Affective Life of ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations" Livestream: YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics... More info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//clare-hemmings-perspectives-o/

Monday: Clare Hemmings (@LSEGenderTweet) will discuss "Unnatural Feelings: The Affective Life of ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations" More info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//clare-hemmings-perspectives-o/ Livestream: YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics

Suzanne Kite and Scott Benesiinaabandan, Indigenous Protocols and Artificial Intelligence [2021 C4eJ 19] https://c4ejournal.net//suzanne-kite-and-scott-benesiinaa/

TODAY at 4pm, Gayathri Naganathan (General Surgery Resident, @uoftmedicine) will discuss "Shadeism, Sexual Health, and Diasporic Women’s Experiences." Watch it live: https://www.youtube.com/c/CentreforEthics/videos More info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//suzanne-kite-and-scott-benesi/

TODAY 4pm: Kamilah Ebrahim (@UofTEthics graduate fellow) discusses the limits of anti-trust regulation. More info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//kamilah-ebrahim-ethics-of-ai-/ Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/c/CentreforEthics

TODAY at 12:30, Juliette Ferry-Danini (@UofTEthics Postdoctoral Fellow in Ethics of Artificial Intelligence) outlines problems that arise from opacity of artificial intelligence in medicine. Info & register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//juliette-ferry-danini-ethicsn/ Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/c/CentreforEthics

Missed Morag Kersel's talk on "Legal or Right? The Negative Consequences of the Legal Trade in Antiquities"? Catch it now in our online journal, C4eJournal! https://c4ejournal.net//morag-m-kersel-legal-or-right-the/

In the Community: The Ethics, Society and Law Students' Association invites you to join us for lunch on Wednesday, November 18 at 2:00 pm EST with Professor Derek Allen, a Professor Emeritus in U of T's Department of Philosophy. This lunch will be centered around the topic of "Justification in Ethics" wherein Prof. Allen will be considering the issue of whether justification in ethics can be a means of acquiring knowledge of moral truths.... The zoom details can be found in the itinerary along with the link to a handout. We hope you can join us!

This Thursday, Catherine D’Ignazio (@kanarinka, @MITdusp) and Lauren F. Klein (@laurenfklein, @EmoryUniversity) discuss how feminist thinking can be operationalized in order to imagine more ethical and equitable data practices. Info and register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/events-listings/

Missed our newsletter this week? Read it here: Lovecraft Country, Antiquity Trade, Data Feminism, Identity Politics in Brazil and... A New C4E Series!https://mailchi.mp/ac883ecc32d9/c4e-uoft-newsletter-4698981... Subscribe for more: https://utoronto.us12.list-manage.com/track/click

TODAY at 12:30, Catherine D’Ignazio (@kanarinka, @MITdusp) and Lauren F. Klein (@laurenfklein, @EmoryUniversity) on "Data Feminism" Livestream: Youtube.com/c/CentreforEthics Info and register: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/events-listings/

Coming up on Wednesday: Morag M. Kersel (Director of Museum Studies, DePaul University) discusses "Legal or Right? The Negative Consequences of the Legal Trade in Antiquities." This event will be live streamed at YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics More info: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//morag-m-kersel-legal-or-right/

TODAY at 12:30: Morag M. Kersel (@mokersel: Director of Museum Studies, @DePaulU) discusses the negative consequences of the legal trade in antiquities at the Centre for Ethics. Livestream: YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics More info: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//morag-m-kersel-legal-or-right/

Olúfmi O. Táíwò, Compound Crisis: Cops, Climate, and COVID [2020 C4eJ 76] https://c4ejournal.net/?p=6846

Alex Hanna, Data, Transparency, and AI Ethics [2020 C4eJ 65] https://c4ejournal.net//alex-hanna-data-transparency-and-/

Sally Haslanger, Systemic Injustice, Ideology, and Agency [2020 C4eJ 64] https://c4ejournal.net//sally-haslanger-systemic-injustic/

Check out the latest C4E newsletter: Full Steam Ahead! Perspectives on Ethics, Ethics of AI, and More! https://mailchi.mp/01d9ce481013/c4e-uoft-newsletter-4660385... Subscribe to never miss an update: https://utoronto.us12.list-manage.com/track/click

Today at 4 pm: Sally Haslanger (Philosophy, MIT) kicks off the Perspectives on Ethics series for the year with a talk on "Systemic Injustice, Ideology, and Agency." More info: https://ethics.utoronto.ca//sally-haslanger-perspectives-/ Livestream: Youtube.com/c/CentreforEthics

Gail Super, Punitive Welfare on the Margins of the State: Narratives of Punishment [2020 C4eJ 63] https://c4ejournal.net//gail-super-punitive-welfare-on-th/

Missed yesterday's C4E newsletter? No problem, you can catch it right here And They're Off! Critical Race Studies, Ethics @ Noon-ish, and More! - https://mailchi.mp/c5f737b1c784/c4e-uoft-newsletter-4655577 Subscribe: https://utoronto.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe

The first newsletter of the year is out! Read it here Welcome Back: New Events Galore ... Sign Up Early and Often! https://mailchi.mp/b6625d09fb13/c4e-uoft-newsletter-4649849... Subscribe: https://utoronto.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe

Summer 2020 @UofTEthics: The Ethics of Black Lives Matter: A YouTube Series

What We Did Last Summer ... (feat. Bruno Mars ... and TikTok)

TODAY at 3 pm, The Ethics of Songs continues as David Fallis (@UofTMusic) discusses "Tiny Perfect Moles," poetry by Margaret Atwood arranged by Alan Gasser. Watch it live at YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics

Tomorrow at 3 pm, The Ethics of Songs continues! David Fallis (@UofTMusic) on "Tiny Perfect Moles," poetry by Margaret Atwood arranged by Alan Gasser. Tune in to YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics to watch it live!

A Reminder ... Apply by Mon Aug 24 for the position of Research Associate at the Centre for Ethics to help build our Race, Ethics, and Power project PhD, JD, or MD Info here: https://t.co/lbzl4zvS9I Apply online here: https://t.co/Xs4BYqGHIM

The Ethics of Songs continues TODAY at 3:00pm EST with Dr. Nasim Niknafs on Lli. Watch the live stream at http://YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics

Our weekly newsletter is out, have a look: Deadlines, Podcasts, Ethics of Songs ... and More! https://mailchi.mp/c9a7613f0359/c4e-uoft-newsletter-4639833 Subscribe to never miss an update: https://utoronto.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe

Graduate Fellowship in Race, Ethics, and Power Under the direction of the Director, Centre for Ethics, Fellows actively participate in the Centres intellectual... life by conducting and presenting research, and helping to foster interdisciplinary exchange across the university and public discourse, by proposing, hosting, facilitating, and participating in C4E events, activities, and initiatives related to the Fellowship topic. Fellows will receive a stipend of $2,500 and will be provided with office or work space at the Centre for Ethics (if available), with access to a printer and photocopying facilities. More information can be found on their website: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/c4e-fellowships/

The Centre for Ethics is calling for applications for the NEW graduate fellowship in Race, Ethics, and Power. We especially encourage applications from students who identify as Black and/or Indigenous. DEADLINE: August 19th, 2020. We welcome applications from graduate students at the University of Toronto with a demonstrated research interest in issues related to the Fellowship topic. Under the direction of the Director, Centre for Ethics, Fellows actively participate in the ...Centres intellectual life by conducting and presenting research, and helping to foster interdisciplinary exchange across the university and public discourse, by proposing, hosting, facilitating, and participating in C4E events, activities, and initiatives related to the Fellowship topic. Fellows will receive a stipend of $2,500 and will be provided with office or work space at the Centre for Ethics (if available), with access to a printer and photocopying facilities. For more information, including eligibility and how to apply, visit: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/graduate-fellowship-in-race-eth/

Interested in ethics fellowships, research positions, podcasts and more? Check out our weekly newsletter: Fellowship Deadlines Approach, a New Posting ... and More!... https://mailchi.mp/a27e4ec3740b/c4e-uoft-newsletter-4635453 See more

UNDERSTANDING IN A TIME OF UNREST [ watch the accompanying video] Luvell Anderson* On May 25, 2020 an event transpired that would spark a global response. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, George Floyda 46-year-old Black manwas apprehended by police on suspicion of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. George was snatched from this world when officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while Chauvins fellow officersThomas Lane, J. [ 3,092 more words ] https://c4ejournal.net//luvell-anderson-understanding-in-/

Check out our new series, The Ethics of Songs! Featuring reflections on the ethical dimensions of songs familiar and new, available on the Centres YouTube channel: YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics. Website: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/the-ethics-of-songs/

TODAY at 3pm! Anna Shternshis (@shternsh @CJSUofT) kicks off the Ethics of Songs, with a livestream on "Es geyen yesomim" ("Orphan's Walk"). Tune in: YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics

Our weekly newsletter hit inboxes yesterday, give it a read: New Fellowships, the Ethics of Songs, Podcasts ... and More! https://mailchi.mp/b6f77630eeed/c4e-uoft-newsletter-4631853... Undergraduate Fellowship in Race, Ethics, and Power: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/undergraduate-fellowship-in-rac/ Graduate Fellowship in Race, Ethics, and Power: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/graduate-fellowship-in-race-eth/ Ethics of AI Graduate Research Fellowships: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/ethics-of-ai-lab-graduate-resea/ Subscribe for updates on the C4E, straight to your inbox at the beginning of the week: https://utoronto.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe

Mark your calendars: TOMORROW, Anna Shternshis (@shternsh @CJSUofT) kicks off the Ethics of Songs series, with a livestream on "Es geyen yesomim" ("Orphan's Walk"). Full schedule: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/the-ethics-of-songs/

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HOW TO ORIENT ONESELF IN WHITE JURISPRUDENCE: UNIVERSALITY, RACE, AND THE LAW [ watch the accompanying video] Amadou Korbinian Sow* I. Introduction In David Foster Wallaces Authority and American Usage, the author has his fictional doppelgänger explain the pitfalls of language and race to a student of color. The student, whom Wallace describes as bright and inquisitive as hell and deficient in what US higher education considers written English facility, is told: [ 4,744 more words ] https://c4ejournal.net//amadou-korbinian-sow-how-to-orien/

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Just Published: Daniel Loick & Vanessa E. Thompson, Breathing and Unbreathing: The Chokeholds of Racism / Atmen und Erstickenlassen: Die Würgegriffe des Rassismus [2020 C4eJ 59] https://c4ejournal.net//daniel-loick-vanessa-e-thompson-b/

Starting in 10 minutes! In our #EthicsofBlackLivesMatter series: Daniel Loick & Vanessa E. Thompson discuss "Breathing and Unbreathing: The Chokeholds of Racism". This talk will be in the German language. Livestream: youtube.com/c/CentreforEthics

Our weekly newsletter hit inboxes yesterday, give it a read: Carribbean and German Perspectives on Black Lives Matter ... and Lots More! https://mailchi.mp/99bdea795de4/c4e-uoft-newsletter-2714401 Never miss another: https://utoronto.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe

Just Published! The Future of Work in the Age of Automation and AI: International & Interdisciplinary Perspectives: This symposium is based on an online international and interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Ethics of AI Lab at the Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, on May 15, 2020. It explores the implications and complications that automation and AI have introduced into the work-leisure matrix, by considering possible futures of work that have been framed in... terms of ideas and proposals such as post-work, the distribution of care-work, and the implementation of a universal basic income. Check it out on the C4E Journal: http://ow.ly/mX3350AxUAu] Aleena Chia (Simon Fraser, Communication) Veena Dubal (UC Hastings, Law Jeremias Adams-Prassl (Oxford, Law) Valerio de Stefano (Leuven, Law) Cynthia Estlund (NYU, Law) Igor Shoikhedbrod (UofT Centre for Ethics, Politics) John Enman-Beech (UofT, Law) Julian Posada (UofT iSchool)

Just Published! Radical Ethics and Black Lives Matter: Pan-Caribbean Perspectives on Capitalism, Imperialism, State Violence, and Antiblackness (The Ethics of Black Lives Matter) [2020 C4eJ 58] https://c4ejournal.net//radical-ethics-and-black-lives-ma/