Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI)

DEEPFAKE: A Rhetorical and Economic Alternative to Address the So-Called “Post-Truth Era”

Date/Time
Wednesday
10 May 2023
9:00 am - 7:00 pm

Event Type
Symposium

Since Greek antiquity, the rhetorical tradition has proposed to conceive and apprehend the search for truth differently from the Western philosophical tradition that was born with Plato. Platonic politics wished to control the city by subjecting political expression to the philosophical concept, whereas rhetoric opposed the logocratic and universal claim of philosophy, in the name of the diversity of subjectivities and forms of life that composed the demos, and...

Marion Fourcade: The Ordinal Society

The Ordinal Society book coverDate/Time
Thursday
5 Dec 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location
820 Social Sciences Building

Event Type
Non-CSTMS Event

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Agriculture 4.0: Revolution or Repetition?

Date/Time
Saturday
26 Apr 2025
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location
Social Science Matrix

Event Type
Conference

Agriculture 4.0 promises to be the newest “agricultural revolution.” It adapts the technologies of Industry 4.0—AI, advanced robotics, the Internet of Things, and more—to the agri-food system. Proponents of these “disruptive” technologies argue that they will solve many of the problems associated with...