{"id":3928,"date":"2023-10-04T08:34:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/?page_id=3928"},"modified":"2023-10-11T10:02:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:02:18","slug":"laughing-with-machines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/laughing-with-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughing with Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"

PhD Seminar Series<\/a>, 11 October 2023<\/p>\n

How does laughter mediate our interaction with digital technologies and the experiences these enable? This workshop with guest speaker Dr Chris M\u00fcller (Macquarie University, Australia) aims to explore the forms and functions of laughter and the way tech companies and users seek to harness its power. It will start with the simple question \u201cWhat is laughter\u201d and then lead onto a set of activities and discussions to explore how laughter interfaces with machines.<\/p>\n

Background reading:<\/strong> https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-jokes-on-us-how-big-tech-is-replicating-our-laughter-online-206191\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chris M\u00fcller<\/strong><\/a> is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies & Media at the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature (MCCALL), Macquarie University, Sydney.<\/p>\n

Recent publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apocalypse Blindness, Climate Trauma and the Politics of Future Oriented Affect<\/a>,\u00a0Angelaki\u00a0<\/em>28(4)<\/p>\n

Calypso Cave: Instagram vs Reality<\/a>\u00a0MAST:\u00a0Journal of Media Art Study and Theory<\/em>\u00a04(1)<\/p>\n

Palgrave\u00a0Handbook of Critical Posthumanism\u00a0<\/em>(co-editor;\u00a0living reference work<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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