From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Feb 2 08:58:24 2026 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Feb 2 09:36:49 2026 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Reminder | Happening Today | Against Method | Paul Feyerabend In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, A reminder that our discussion of Feyerabend is happening today at 12:30-1:20 online, details below. Apologies for cross-posting. Yours, Monika On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 1:51?PM Monika Sengul-Jones wrote: > > *Apologies for cross-posting.* > Hey everyone, > > We're happy to have Dan Tibbles (Bioethics and Humanities, UW School of > Medicine) as our next First Monday STSS Reading Group host on 2/2/2026. > > We're reading: > Against Method (4th Ed) by Paul Feyerabend > (1975) > Analytical Index, Introduction, Chapters 1 & 19 (PDF: 28-42 & 221-232; > Print: xxviv-12 & 249-63) > > In Dan's words, here's why this matters: > > "Since first reading it, I have seen Against Method as an argument for > humility in claiming knowledge and expertise, and I have gone back and read > it repeatedly to remind myself of that humility. For Feyerabend, humans > have made the ?rules? for knowledge and expertise and those rules are just > as fallible as any other human institution. > > "When we try and subject all sources of knowledge to the same rules, we > are arbitrarily privileging one method over others, all of which can > contribute to our understanding of our world. > > "Yet that does not mean that we cannot test ideas or theories, or that we > cannot choose which we think best fit our view of the world, only that > claims of having the singular idea or theory or method cannot be justified." > > How does the study of method inform your work? > > Join us to discuss! 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He'll be speaking about law and technology: RSVP Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach Ryan Calo February 5 2026 7:00 pm, Magnuson Health Sciences Center K-069 Reception to follow in the Rotunda! Technology exerts a profound influence on contemporary society, shaping not just the tools we use but the environments in which we live. Law, uniquely among social forces, is positioned to guide and constrain the social fact of technology in the service of human flourishing. Yet, technology has proven disorienting to law: it presents itself as inevitable, makes a shell game of human responsibility, and daunts regulation. Drawing lessons from communities that critically assess emerging technologies, this book challenges the reflexive acceptance of innovation and critiques the widespread belief that technology is inevitable or ungovernable. It calls for a methodical, coherent approach to the legal analysis of technology?one capable of resisting technology?s disorienting qualities?thus equipping law to meet the demands of an increasingly technology-mediated world while helping to unify the field of law and technology itself. Bio Ryan Calo is the Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor at the University of Washington School of Law. He is a founding co-director (with Batya Friedman and Tadayoshi Kohno) of the interdisciplinary UW Tech Policy Lab and a co-founder (with Chris Coward, Emma Spiro, Kate Starbird, and Jevin West) of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Professor Calo holds a joint appointment at the Information School and an adjunct appointment at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. Professor Calo?s research on law and emerging technology appears in leading law reviews (California Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Duke Law Journal, UCLA Law Review, and University of Chicago Law Review) and technical publications (MIT Press, Nature, Artificial Intelligence) and is frequently referenced by the national media. His work has been translated into at least four languages. Professor Calo has testified four times before the United States Senate, most recently providing witness testimony on July 11, 2024, before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation at a hearing titled ?The Need to Protect Americans? Privacy and the AI Accelerant.? 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URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Feb 9 09:16:06 2026 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Feb 9 09:38:48 2026 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Happening today and tomorrow | Personal robots and Emily Bender's Katz In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey everyone, Did you join the 127 million viewers to watch the Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl yesterday? ?? Admittedly, I'm not much of a football fan, but this is a big media event and cause for PNW regional celebration! (Did you hear about the parade on Wednesday morning?!) I'd love to invite you to share your thoughts on the halftime show, the drones, the politics of the halftime show, the hidden people, and the costly commercials -- all the tech involved! -- soon?! To that, S+T at UW is pleased to cross-promote the next brewery conversation in the Signals & Society series, which is *happening tonight.* Personal Robots ? Is It Finally Time? on Monday, February 9, 2026, at 5:30 PM at Lonely Siren (1501 Pike Pl, Level 2, #200, Seattle, WA 98101). Add to Calendar. Can't make out tonight? Happening tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 6:30 PM at UW Kane Hall 210 is our very own Emily M. Bender (Linguistics, UW Seattle) delivering the Katz Distinguished Lecture, "Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities." This is not to be missed! Free and open to the public. Add to Calendar. And, more to come! Yours, Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD Society + Technology at UW PS. Apologies for cross-posting On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 5:28?PM Monika Sengul-Jones wrote: > Hey everyone, > > *Welcome, new members, to the Society + Technology at UW listserv. And my > apologies for cross-posting.* > > Society + Technology at UW is pleased to promote the next public evening > event in the Signals & Society series, *Personal Robots ? Is It Finally > Time?* on Monday, February 9, 2026, at 5:30 PM at Lonely Siren (1501 Pike > Pl, Level 2, #200, Seattle, WA 98101). Add to calendar. > > > > This will be a conversation with Ryan Calo (Law & Information, UW > Seattle) and Maya Cakmak (Computer Science, UW Seattle) on what?s at > stake when robots are the gatekeepers to our intimate routines and > confidential secrets. > > Free and open to the public. No registration required. > Add to calendar. > > > See you there? > > Yours, > Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD > www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu > > > PS. For those of you who are new to S+T at UW, we host a monthly online > science, technology, and society studies reading group, First Monday STSS. > The next meeting is 2/2 at 12:30 and the invitations have been sent. We're > reading selections of Paul Feyerabend's Against Method (1975), chosen by > our host Dan Tibbles (Bioethics & Humanities, UW School of Medicine). Would > you like to join? 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The identical workshops are designed to provide the UW?s cross-disciplinary community of experts focused on the social, societial, and justice dimensions of technology with the opportunity to gain skills in translating academic work into public commentary. Both workshops will kick off with a brief panel discussion from members of the UW community who have written op-eds, then participants will get to work doing the same?from identifying a timely hook, drafting a persuasive short piece, and navigating the submissions process. The ambitious may leave with a draft op-ed and a concrete plan for submitting it. Everyone will gain a clearer understanding of how to write for new audiences?and the opportunity to connect with other participants. Are you a member of the UW tri-campus community working on topics in tech and society? This workshop is for you! Want to bookmark this to register later? Here's a link Co-hosts and co-facilitators: *Monika Sengul-Jones*; mmjones@uw.edu (Society + Technology at UW) and *Ali Durran*; adurran@uw.edu (Center for an Informed Public), University of Washington, Seattle Co-sponsors: Center for an Informed Public and Society + Technology at UW Again, apologies for cross-posting! Know someone who might be interested in this workshop? Please forward! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Tue Feb 10 14:38:24 2026 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Tue Feb 10 15:26:17 2026 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Today at 6:30PM Kane 210 | Resisting Dehumanization | Emily Bender | A Survey In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey everyone, Are you coming to (or staying late at) the sunny Seattle campus this evening to learn more about resisting dehumanization in the age of AI, a view from the humanities? It's our very own* Emily M. Bender* (Linguistics, UW Seattle) delivering the Katz Distinguished Lecture, *"Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities*" today, *Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 6:30 PM at UW Kane Hall 210. * See you at the door? Yours, Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD Society + Technology at UW PS. Special thanks to faculty Kavita Dattani (GWSS, UW Seattle) and Golden Owens (Cinema and Media Studies, UW Seattle) attend the Signals & Society talk on personal computers at Lonely Siren yesterday evening, with Ryan Calo (Law and Information, UW Seattle) and Maya Cakmak (Computer Science, UW Seattle), and a special pleasure to design an imaginary self-destroying personal robot together. PPS. And thanks to all the readers of this listserv who come out for events! Did you know you can *let us know what you appreciate about Society + Technology at UW and what -- and who -- you'd like to see more of? **Take this survey ! *For those with survey fatigue, I get it. But your response doesn't go to nowhere -- I read every entry with care -- and you have time. This closes at the end of the month. Your perspectives matter to me. PPPS. Once again, apologies for cross-posting. . On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 9:16?AM Monika Sengul-Jones wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Did you join the 127 million viewers to watch the Seattle Seahawks win the > Super Bowl yesterday? ?? Admittedly, I'm not much of a football fan, but > this is a big media event and cause for PNW regional celebration! (Did you > hear about the parade on Wednesday morning?!) I'd love to invite you to > share your thoughts on the halftime show, the drones, the politics of the > halftime show, the hidden people, and the costly commercials -- all the > tech involved! -- soon?! > > To that, S+T at UW is pleased to cross-promote the next brewery > conversation in the Signals & Society series, which is *happening > tonight.* Personal Robots ? Is It Finally Time? on Monday, February 9, > 2026, at 5:30 PM at Lonely Siren (1501 Pike Pl, Level 2, #200, Seattle, WA > 98101). Add to Calendar. > > > Can't make out tonight? Happening tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at > 6:30 PM at UW Kane Hall 210 is our very own Emily M. Bender (Linguistics, > UW Seattle) delivering the Katz Distinguished Lecture, "Resisting > Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities." This is > not to be missed! Free and open to the public. Add to Calendar. > > And, more to come! > > Yours, > Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD > Society + Technology at UW > > PS. Apologies for cross-posting > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 5:28?PM Monika Sengul-Jones > wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> *Welcome, new members, to the Society + Technology at UW listserv. And my >> apologies for cross-posting.* >> >> Society + Technology at UW is pleased to promote the next public evening >> event in the Signals & Society series, *Personal Robots ? Is It Finally >> Time?* on Monday, February 9, 2026, at 5:30 PM at Lonely Siren (1501 >> Pike Pl, Level 2, #200, Seattle, WA 98101). Add to calendar. >> >> >> >> This will be a conversation with Ryan Calo (Law & Information, UW >> Seattle) and Maya Cakmak (Computer Science, UW Seattle) on what?s at >> stake when robots are the gatekeepers to our intimate routines and >> confidential secrets. >> >> Free and open to the public. No registration required. >> Add to calendar. >> >> >> See you there? >> >> Yours, >> Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD >> www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu >> >> >> PS. For those of you who are new to S+T at UW, we host a monthly online >> science, technology, and society studies reading group, First Monday STSS. >> The next meeting is 2/2 at 12:30 and the invitations have been sent. We're >> reading selections of Paul Feyerabend's Against Method (1975), chosen by >> our host Dan Tibbles (Bioethics & Humanities, UW School of Medicine). Would >> you like to join? 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Hey everyone, Yesterday and today, I've been attending the expansive Black Information Futures Symposium, led by a thoughtful curatorial team and supported by CALMA and the UW Information School. I left after a session on designing technologies for Black memory work to write this letter to you. But before I go on, I want to share a few notes. Memory work, at this convening, is grief work. And memory is interpersonal, fragmented, and dear. So technology is?and must be?relational and not extractive. Other technologies of Black memory work include libraries, quilts, oral histories, and poetry?poetry as method for metadata and preservation. What?s notable to me is that the symposium is threaded and themed as a gesture to Afrofuturism and African futurism, with a quote from Octavia Butler?s duet, *Parable of the Sower* and *Parable of the Talents*, offered as a keystone to the convening: ?All that you touch / You Change. / All that you Change / Changes you.? Before I head back inside for the final session, I'm sharing below affiliate events and news updates that may be of interest to you that are happening soon. Some are only open to the UW community, but those open to the public are so noted. *STSS+ Opportunity | Genetics Reading Group | Friday, February 27, 2026 | 10:30?11:00 AM | Communications Building (CMU) 218D + Zoom | UW ONLY* UW?s Evo-Hub (a research cluster from the Simpson Center) is hosting philosopher and historian of biology Gregory Radick on March 5?6, 2026. His work is concerned with the history of genetics. The cluster has a reading group to discuss his book *Disputed Inheritance*. It?s not too late to join the reading group this Friday (online and in person) to discuss the last two chapters of the book (?disputed? is a scholarly signal for ?conflict.? In other words, this is a high-conflict book that may have you rethinking everything you thought you knew about genetics). Radick will also be giving a public lecture; details below. Join the 2/27 reading group via Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97651838914 Interested in learning more? Join the evo-hub-hpb mailing list: https://mailman23.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/evo-hub-hpb Or email Rose Novick (Philosophy, UW Seattle) at rmnovick@uw.edu. *First Monday STSS Reading Group | Digital Shamanism | Monday, March 2, 2026 | 12:30?1:25 PM | Online via Zoom | UW ONLY OR BY INVITATION* The First Monday STSS Reading Group is pleased to welcome Margaret Brady (PhD, Social Anthropology & Ethnology, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences / ?cole des hautes ?tudes en sciences sociales, EHESS) to host our next session, where we?ll be discussing Liora Sarfati?s 2016 article ?Shifting Agencies through New Media: New Social Statuses for Female South Korean Shamans,? published in the *Journal of Korean Studies*. Reading link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t6em-sb4Xa-GGG3T0tOekqSODYY2Ix8b9/view?usp=drive_link Zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96892037334?pwd=Co0Rq8Fg20Q0bmnua4PwkfezQ8VCmE.1 Learn more about First Monday STSS: https://depts.washington.edu/stsst/first-monday/ *Op-Eds for Academics | In-Person | Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | 2:00?4:00 PM | William H. Gates Hall, 115 ABC ? Perkins Coie Room | UW Seattle | UW ONLY* Op-Eds for Academics (In-Person Workshop) A hands-on workshop for UW tri-campus scholars working on technology and society topics. Participants will consider how to translate academic research into persuasive public commentary. Hosted by Society + Technology at UW and the Center for an Informed Public. Register: https://tinyurl.com/inperson-opedsforacademics-uw *Op-Eds for Academics | Online | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 2:00?4:00 PM | Zoom | UW ONLY* Op-Eds for Academics (Online Workshop) A hands-on online workshop for UW tri-campus scholars working on technology and society topics. Participants will consider how to translate academic research into persuasive public commentary. Hosted by Society + Technology at UW and the Center for an Informed Public. Register: https://tinyurl.com/online-opedsforacademics-uw *Rethinking Science Education to Include History & Philosophy of Science | Gregory Radick Lecture | Evo-Hub/Simpson Center | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 4:00?5:30 PM | Communications 120 | UW Seattle | FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC* Philosopher and historian of biology and author of *Disputed Inheritance*, Gregory Radick (University of Leeds), is coming to UW Seattle to discuss his work and, in this lecture, make a case for a deeper integration of history and philosophy of science into science education. Hosted by Evo-Hub and the Simpson Center for the Humanities (S+T @ UW Affiliate). Free and open to the public. Add to Calendar: https://simpsoncenter.org/events/event-detail?eventid=196619508&trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D196619508 *Empire of AI | Karen Hao at Seattle U | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 5:00?6:30 PM | Pigott Auditorium | 901 12th Ave, Seattle | FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC* It?s going to be difficult to leave the U District early to attend Karen Hao?s free and public lecture at Seattle U, cross-promoted by our affiliate the Technology Ethics Initiative, but for the determined, this is not impossible. If your interests in society and technology veer toward understanding and dismantling the ?empire of AI,? then you won?t want to miss journalist Karen Hao discussing her bestselling book *Empire of AI*. A book signing will follow. Learn more: https://events.seattleu.edu/event/empire-of-ai-how-to-reclaim-democracy-and-build-a-fairer-future# *One year in?what?s next? | FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC* Did you know that January 12 was our first birthday? In our first year, Society + Technology at UW welcomed 2,000+ attendees across 26 events and grew to 700+ subscribers. More importantly, you?ve told us this initiative is fostering curiosity, connection, and opportunity across disciplines and campuses. I?m thrilled to share that the Office of the Provost and the UW School of Law have pledged support for Society + Technology at UW through 2026. As we plan what?s next, we?d love your input. Please share your reflections here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg9fa_d3tGU4NRNKKDa-qR5MtP0-SEPgNIgmWI80RMf489hQ/viewform *Questions? Have an announcement to share?* You?re welcome to post to this listserv or email me at mmjones@uw.edu In partnership, Monika Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD (she/her) www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: