Past events:
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Interview with Digital Rhetorician Estee Beck on Algorithmic Surveillance
The CodeWork team is proud to present a special CodeWork interview with digital rhetorician Dr. Estee Beck. We discuss digital rhetoric, what is it, and how does it help illuminate issues regarding algorithmic surveillance. -
Interview with New Media artist Daniel Temkin on Esolangs
CodeWork member, Chris Lindgren, interviews New Media artist Daniel Temkin. They discuss esolangs, or esoteric programming languages, Temkin's particular esolang projects, the esolang community, and intersections between programming and human languages. -
CodeWork Unconference
Join CodeWork for an unconference exploring computer code and the various ways it influences our lives -
The rhetorics of code-work and programming as writing
Join us in a multi-disciplinary conversation about how the technical and cultural shape programming practices. The CodeWork collaborative is excited to lead a discussion between Professor of Informatics and Computer Science Cristina Videira Lopes (University of California-Irvine), Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Krista Kennedy (Syracuse University), and Assistant Professor of English and Literacy Studies scholar Annette Vee (University of Pittsburgh). We will discuss the technical and cultural constraints and affordances that influence the ways programmers write their code, and how source code complicates notions of writing and authorship. -
Coffee and Code with CodeWork & GiTMSP
Join CodeWork and Girls in Tech for a night of coffee & coding at the University of Minnesota! -
CodeWork/Open Twin Cities February Book Club
Join CodeWork and Open Twin Cities for a book club discussion of Assange's 'When Google Met Wikileaks' -
Gender, Identity, and Video Games
Discussion with Amanda Ochsner, Ph D Candidate, UW Madison; Danika Raghnild, Audio Producer, Naming is Hard, LLC; Charles McGregor, Game Developer, Tribe Games; Evva Kraikul, Executive Director, GLITCH -
Ethics of Code-Work - Parsing Ethical Responsibilities
Computer Scientist Phillip Barry (University of Minnesota) and Digital Rhetorician James Brown, Jr. (Rutgers University-Camden) will discuss the ethical issues surrounding code exploits, the increasingly long reach of software into the everyday lives and practices of both programmers and users, and how they think their disciplines are poised to approach such issues. -
Open Twin Cities October Book Club
Open Twin Cities
Join Open Twin Cities for a book club discussion of Lessig's 'Code (Version 2)' -
Miss Representation Screening + Discussion
Girls in Tech Minneapolis/St. Paul
Girls in Tech (GitMSP) will be screening Miss Representation. This documentary examines how mainstream media contributes to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America--including coding!