New Technologies Research Academy
The New Technologies Research Academy follows from a successful sandpit event on ‘Culture and New Technology’ in August 2022, where objects of inquiry included hardware like computers and communications devices; visual, digital, and social media; digital security, cryptocurrency, and blockchains; wearable technology and sensor technology; as well as research methods like eye tracking, data mining, network analysis, and natural language processing.
Past Events
How are different cultures and social groups using or appropriating new technologies in distinct ways? How do new technologies and technological objects impact upon questions of subjectivity and embodiment, and on the idea of the human and the post-human? How are data and computational methods transforming the way we do research in the social sciences and the humanities? To explore these and other questions, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) warmly invited researchers interested in the histories, politics, philosophies, and applications of emerging technologies to participate in the New Technologies Research Academy, held at NUS from 17-19 May 2023. This was an in-person, 3-day event that offered talks and masterclass workshops on three themes:
1. Practical application of digital technologies for creating avenues for dignity and identity (such as the usage of blockchain in the humanitarian sector)
2. Computer-assisted technologies for research in the humanities (in areas such as AI-assisted translation and computer vision)
3. Autonomous agents and surveillance (including UAVs)
Browse more details about the keynotes, workshops, and sandpit position paper presentations here.
Keynote Replays
Conference Committee
The New Technologies Research Academy is organised by Beryl Pong (English, Linguistics & Theatre Studies), Bei Hu (Chinese Studies), Kokil Jaidka (Communications and New Media), Elliott Prasse-Freeman (Sociology & Anthropology) and Miguel Escobar Varela (English, Linguistics & Theatre Studies).
Have a question or feedback? Feel free to contact us at fassresearchevents@nus.edu.sg.