DESIGN JUSTICE AI: Global Humanities Post-Institute
2025-05-08 10:00 - 17:30 UTC
DESIGN JUSTICE AI: Global Humanities Post-Institute
Thursday, May 8, 10am-5:30pm
Location: 302 Murray Hall, George St.
We conclude last July’s Mellon-CHCI Global Humanities Institute with a post-institute that features four panels from our continuing work in DESIGN JUSTICE AI.

Program
Panel 1: DESIGN JUSTICE AI: Why the Local Matters
10am-11:30 Eastern
For hybrid registration, click here.
Vukosi Marivate (U Pretoria) and Happy Buzaaba (Princeton) discuss recent work on adapting large language models for Natural Language Processing tasks in “low-resource” African languages.
Moderator: Eleni Coundouriotis
Coffee Break
Panel 2: DESIGN JUSTICE NOW! (Lunch will be served for in-person attendees!)
12:00pm-1:30 Eastern
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Wes Taylor and Nour Arafat from Design Justice Network describe how design justice principles can intersect with “AI” developments inside the academy and beyond it.
Moderator: Daniel Estrada
Coffee Break
Panel 3: DESIGN JUSTICE ONTOLOGIES
2:00pm-3:30 Eastern
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Dalaki Livingston (U Utah) and Chloë Kitzinger (Rutgers) will discuss new ontological and epistemological perspectives on AI, from Indigenous philosophies to the writings of Dostoevsky.
Moderator: David Hughes
Coffee Break
Panel 4: BENCHMARKING INTELLIGENCE: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 4:00pm-5:30 Eastern
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Webb Keane (U Michigan) joins Lauren M.E. Goodlad (Rutgers) and Matthew Stone (Rutgers) to discuss ideas for the “benchmarking” of machine intelligence drawn from anthropology and comparative literature.
Moderator: Colin Jager
Reception

Workshop: Enhancing PDB Deposition and Validation Practices
2025-05-08 13:00 - 17:30
Join the RAD Collaboratory and the RCSB PDB at Rutgers for a hands-on workshop for depositors at all stages of PDB data submission on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
Attendees will become proficient in leveraging various OneDep features and tools, including ORCiD management, validating data, submitting batches of structures, and completing depositions with minimal manual input.
Registration: Click here to register

Agenda:
1:00pm: Preparing PDBx/mmCIF files; validating structures before deposition; and OneDep overview
2:00pm: Tutorial 1: Prepare, validate, and correct errors
3:00pm: Coffee Break
3:15pm: Tutorial 2: Making OneDep easy: ORCiD features, checking sequences and ligands, reviewing validation
4:30pm: Discussion: Share your stories (all participants); One-on-one help provided where possible.
5:30pm: Conclusion and Acknowledgements
Time & Location:

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Room 120, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine (building labeled Proteomics).

Parking:

Rutgers Students, Staff, and Faculty: Please adhere to parking permit restrictions. Faculty and staff with valid permits may park in the Faculty and Staff lots across campus. Please adhere to parking permit restrictions. Faculty and staff with valid permits may park in the Faculty & Staff lots across all campuses.

Lot 58: 165 Bevier Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Lots A, B, and C: 679 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Participants not affiliated with Rutgers: Please contact the IQB Building Manager, Hank Wojciechowski, at henry.wojciechowski@rutgers.edu with the following information: License State; License Number; Make; Model; Year; Color; and Registered Owner of Vehicle. Parking for participants not affiliated with Rutgers will be available in Lots A, B, and C (Address: 679 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854). Important Reminder: Please adhere to parking lot signage, as an ePermit does not override signage such as “guaranteed” or “reserved” parking.

Rutgers Bus System: If you’re using the Rutgers bus system, the Alison Road Classroom (ARC) Building/Science Buildings bus stop is a short walk to IQB. The C, REXB, B, A, H, and BL bus routes all stop at ARC.
Questions: Contact info@rcsb.org.

DESIGN JUSTICE AI: DiscoTECH
2025-05-09 11:00 - 18:00
DESIGN JUSTICE AI: DiscoTECH
Friday, May 9, 2025
11am-6pm
Zimmerli Art Museum
Rutgers University
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick
The DiscoTECH showcases a design justice approach to engagement with generative AI. Learn more about community-facing research, critical AI literacies, and the future of human-technology interaction.
Ask questions and discuss concerns over AI in the coolest way possible: with Rutgers student researchers, artists, and other experts.
Free and open to the public!
Kids, neighbors, friends and parents are warmly welcomed!
Program
11:30am – 11:45am
Opening Remarks
Lauren M. E. Goodlad (English), Chloë Kitzinger (Comparative Literature), Matthew Stone (Computer Science)
11:45am – 1:45pm
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Molly Crabapple, award-winning artist and activist, will talk about the future of art and the human at a time of generative Al.
Introduced by Rachel Gill
2pm – 6pm
Design Justice Network DiscoTECH
Imagine a high-tech science fair but with music and art! This unique social space, organized around the idea of design justice, is geared toward demystifying technology, exchanging knowledge, and building community. Researchers, artists and musicians look forward to sharing their work, answering your questions, and brainstorming your ideas. All ages are welcome!
Special Honored Guests
Join us in congratulating our 2025 Inaugural DESIGN JUSTICE LAB Fellows, supported by the chancellor’s new PERC program. Fellows from across the Rutgers campus showcase their ongoing research projects devoted to exploring the future of technology and inspired by design justice principles.
