[IMCnetwork] FW: Workshop on AI and decolonisation

Mon Mar 24 09:23:47 AEDT 2025

Dear IMCers, if you can manage the time difference the workshops advertised below may be of interest.

Dear All,

With apologies for cross-posting I am sharing the call for participants in a workshop which I am organising with funding from the Strategic College Teaching Fund at KCL, and based on methods for teaching and research that I developed during my PhD.

"Decolonizing AI through Memes"
The interactive workshop series on "Decolonizing Concepts through Memes” will critically deconstruct mythologies of AI and creatively reinterpret visual media. The workshops will look at the transformative potential of memes to challenge and disrupt colonial narratives embedded in political, social, and cultural concepts as reinforced by predictive and generative AI. Participants will take inspiration from the Brazilian sociologist and educator, Paulo Freire, and French Philosopher, Henri Bergson (more on this here<https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/decolonising-ai-and-memes-with-freire-and-bergson/> and here<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21681392.2024.2403388?scroll=top&needAccess=true>). For questions, please email the facilitator, Christoffer Guldberg: christoffer.guldberg at kcl.ac.uk<mailto:christoffer.guldberg at kcl.ac.uk>
Date: March 26, 2025, Time: 12:00-4:00pm* (WATERLOO FWB 2.43)**
Date: April 1, 2025, Time: 1-5pm (Bush House (SE) 2.09)
Date: April 10, 2025, Time: 2-6pm (Bush House (S)2.01)
*each date is a separate workshop; please sign up for the day and time which best fits your schedule
** For students from outside of London, a virtual participation option will be available.
Registration: If you are a student or staff at King’s or Queen Mary please register via Skillsforge:
Register here<https://training.kcl.ac.uk/kcl/#he/dev/eventDetails,;em,providerCode=DAW,providerOrgAlias=kcl,number=1,;>
If you are an external participant, please register by MS Forms depending on the day you intend to attend:
26 March: https://forms.office.com/e/JEFyZDX47L
April 1: https://forms.office.com/e/dWRD0FiRrv
April 10: https://forms.office.com/e/nXzR8Ty9Du

[A poster with writing on it  AI-generated content may be incorrect.]
(Credits: Zenia Duell, PhD-student in History at KCL)
Workshop facilitator:
This workshop is facilitated by Dr Christoffer Guldberg, who has written extensively on the war on drugs, online activism and violence in Brazil and beyond, most recently in a peer-reviewed article on multi-modal memes.<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21681392.2024.2403388?src=exp-mr> By bringing his research on the war on drugs, AI and memes into the university in this interactive workshop he intends to push the boundaries of participatory research and active learning. His teaching methods have been published as blogs and peer-reviewed article at King’s Academy<https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/activelearning/2023/01/16/decolonizing-the-classroom-with-online-image-search/>, the University of Warwick,<https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/jppp/article/view/1231> and the KCL Decolonial Blog, undotcomfortable,<https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/decolonising-ai-and-memes-with-freire-and-bergson/> and he hosts a podcast on decolonising AI at KCL – a Mostly Human Podcast<https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/podcasts/>.
Objectives:

  *   Examine Coloniality in Visual Media: Begin with guided Google Image searches of terms like "International Development," "Refugee," or "Drug Trafficker" to critically assess how visual representations reflect and reinforce colonial, racialized, and gendered biases.
  *   Creative Disruption: After identifying biases and invisibilities, participants will reframe these narratives by creating layered, multi-modal memes, drawing on their own knowledge and experience. Using screenshots from their searches, participants will draw, write, and collage over images, challenging the colonial undertones of these depictions.
  *   Collaboration and Sharing: Participants will be able to share and develop each other's works, both through institutional channels and their own networks, echoing the iterative and community-driven nature of meme culture online and offline.
  *   Competition and Exhibitions:
Selected works will be displayed at our exhibition at the Science Gallery, inviting feedback and engagement from a broader audience and continuing the critical conversations initiated in the workshop.
Agenda:
*2:00 pm - 2:45 pm: Introduction - Concept and Coloniality
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm: Hands-on Image Search and Critical Analysis Exercise
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Creative Meme-Making Session
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Sharing and Group Reflection
*Note: While each workshop follows the same sequence of activities, the start and end times vary by date to align with the different start times. This is to make sure that staff and students with different schedules and responsibilities have the chance to attend.
Who Should Attend:
This workshop is open to all students, as well as teaching and research staff, including PhD students, who are interested in media literacy, decolonial studies, and creative forms of resistance. No prior experience with meme creation is required.

  *   Embark on a critical journey with us to uncover and subvert colonial narratives through the power of digital media and meme-making! More info here: Decolonising AI and Memes with Freire and Bergson<https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/decolonising-ai-and-memes-with-freire-and-bergson/>

Yours sincerely,
Christoffer Guldberg

Member of the editorial collective for decolonising the curriculum, Comfortably Uncomfortable, at King's College London https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/our-work/

Corresponding editor for the Palgrave Handbook of the International Relations of the Amazon.

Mobile: 0044 7721391829

Most recent publications:

Guldberg, C. (2024). <https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/decolonising-ai-and-memes-with-freire-and-bergson/> Decolonising AI and memes with Freire and Bergson. Comfortably Uncomfortable, Decolonial Blog of KCL.<https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/decolonising-ai-and-memes-with-freire-and-bergson/> <https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/decolonising-ai-and-memes-with-freire-and-bergson/>
[Image removed by sender.]<https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/decolonising-ai-and-memes-with-freire-and-bergson/>
Decolonising AI and memes with Freire and Bergson<https://undotcomfortable.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/decolonising-ai-and-memes-with-freire-and-bergson/>
Christoffer Guldberg christoffer.guldberg at gmail.com In this paper, I outline a method to decolonise the classroom by allowing students to exercise their critical thinking skills, thus exploring ways of seeing and doing that resist colonial ways of seeing and being – i.e. the colonial gaze. This method was inspired by my research on visual performances of sovereignty…
undotcomfortable.wordpress.com

Guldberg, C. (2024). Laughing at the state: state violence and satirical acts of citizenship in the Afro-Brazilian diaspora. Critical African Studies, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2024.2403388<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/21681392.2024.2403388?needAccess=true>

Guldberg, C. (2023) Decolonizing the classroom with online image search, Active Learning at Kings<https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/activelearning/2023/01/16/decolonizing-the-classroom-with-online-image-search/>

Guldberg, C.<https://interessenacional.com.br/edicoes-posts/terrivelmente-humanos-a-violencia-do-desaparecimento-e-a-nossa-tentativa-de-impor-significado-ao-mundo/>(2023) Terrivelmente humanos: A violência do desaparecimento e a nossa tentativa de impor significado ao mundo. <https://interessenacional.com.br/edicoes-posts/terrivelmente-humanos-a-violencia-do-desaparecimento-e-a-nossa-tentativa-de-impor-significado-ao-mundo/> Interesse Nacional <https://interessenacional.com.br/edicoes-posts/terrivelmente-humanos-a-violencia-do-desaparecimento-e-a-nossa-tentativa-de-impor-significado-ao-mundo/>

Guldberg, C. (2022). Using Google Images, Maps and Earth to teach critical thinking: Decolonising the curriculum and beyond. <https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/jppp/article/view/1231> Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice<https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/jppp/article/view/1231>, <https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/jppp/article/view/1231> 2<https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/jppp/article/view/1231>, 61-78.<https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/jppp/article/view/1231>

Guldberg, C. (2022). <https://interessenacional.com.br/edicoes-posts/chacina-na-vila-cruzeiro-cidadania-desigual-guerra-as-drogas-e-a-democracia-no-brasil/> Chacina na Vila Cruzeiro: cidadania desigual, guerra às drogas e a democracia no Brasil.<https://interessenacional.com.br/edicoes-posts/chacina-na-vila-cruzeiro-cidadania-desigual-guerra-as-drogas-e-a-democracia-no-brasil/> Interesse Nacional.<https://interessenacional.com.br/edicoes-posts/chacina-na-vila-cruzeiro-cidadania-desigual-guerra-as-drogas-e-a-democracia-no-brasil/>

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