Name: Stephen Monteiro: How Tech Got Needy: Episodes in Device Intimacy
Start: 2026-03-26T16:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-26T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705

Month

February 2026
February 25 | 14:30 - 16:00

Dr. Jennifer Pybus: Auditing Extractive Infrastructures of Datafication in Mobile Applications

Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625

This workshop introduces an infrastructural mixed method for auditing how health apps embed third-party software development kits (SDKs) and access both personal and health-related data from mobile devices. The method includes: An app selection based on relevant criteria An assisted manifest data audit using a large language model (LLM) A qualitative examination of corresponding privacy […]
February 26 | 18:00 - 19:00

Redefining Digital Inclusion from Peru to the World

Online

We’re excited to announce an upcoming talk from a newcomer to the Abundant Intelligences network! Mathias Becerra Sanchez is a student from Peru currently pursuing a major in Symbolic Systems in the Concentration of Human-Centered AI and Human-Computer Interaction at Stanford University. His work focuses on using technology to empower Indigenous and other digitally disadvantaged […]
March 2026
March 12 | 17:00 - 20:30

Speculations in the PARC

Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625

Following the success of its first edition, the Speculative Life Research Cluster and the Performing Arts Research Cluster (LePARC) are teaming up once again to host a second mixer event, Speculations in the PARC on March 12th, from 5pm to 8:30pm, in Spec Life (EV. 10.625) and LePARC Performance Lab (EV. 10.785). Open to Milieux members […]
March 26 | 16:30 - 18:00

Stephen Monteiro: How Tech Got Needy: Episodes in Device Intimacy

Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705

Networked personal media devices construct an animated intimacy, fostering user trust and emotional dependence. Viewing this development through a historical eye, this talk explores examples of object-oriented digital intimacy that emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century. Drawing from Needy Media (recently published by McGill-Queens University Press), it will consider how user-device closeness was […]

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