Latest activities
The Last Human Voice podcast, Feb 2025
We joined the hosts of the Last Human Voice podcast to talk about the research. The podcast is hosted by two voice artists, Annette Rizzo and Marcus Hutton, and Dr Mathilde Pavis, an expert in intellectual property law, ethics and new technologies. In the podcast they explore the professional, legal and ethical issues in Artificial Intelligence in the creative sectors and performance synthesis.
Festival of Social Sciences, London, Nov 2024
Eva and Jenny joined our Creative Partner Mark Stuart-Smith on a panel to discuss Black Box and 'digital necromancy'. The artwork, a response to the themes of the Synthetic Pasts project, explores the effects of authenticity on how we interact with images. It was installed in the University's Curiosity Cabinet from September 2024 to January 2025.
Festival of Social Sciences, Cardiff, Nov 2024
Bethan, Jenny, Eva and our Creative Partner Alison John hosted a workshop for local creative and cultural professionals interested in uses of AI in culture and heritage.
Presentations | Workshops
Presentation by Bethan at the ‘Transmedia True Crime in the Algorithmic Era’ symposium at Goldsmiths University (2025) exploring the ethics of using AI to communicate stories about what happened to victims.
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Presentation by Bethan at the ‘Murder Media’ symposium (2025), focused on audience responses to AI-generated TikTok videos where victims retell their stories.​
Presentation by Eva and Jenny at the ​Digital Death:Transforming History, Rituals and Afterlife conference, The 7th International Symposium of the Death Online Research Network (DORS#7), 2024, University of Helsinki.​​
Presentation by Eva at Inference: Critical Approaches to Visual generative AI, 2024, University of Sheffield.​​
Presentation by Eva and Jenny at Digital Humanities and AI, 2024, University of Reading.​
Presentation by Eva and Jenny at Association of Critical Heritage Studies conference, 2024, University of Galway.​
Research seminar by Jenny and Eva, 2024, Essex University.​
Presentation by Eva at 'Bridging Sociological Studies in the Digital Age,' 2024, King's College London.​
Presentation by Jenny and Eva at the Memory Studies Association conference, 2023, Newcastle University.
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