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Life in the Age of Automation: Cultural and Creative Perspectives
26 September 2022 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm AEST

Automation is widely recognised as one of the most central and powerful organising systems of everyday life, yet key questions about its historical, cultural and epistemological specificity remain unanswered.
Following the lead of Siegfried Giedion’s ground-breaking Mechanisation Takes Command (1948), this one-day event is designed to trace the impact of automation on the practices and technologies of everyday life.
The symposium brings together researchers and representatives from key centres and projects focused on the study of automation, including:
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)
admscentre.org.au - Digital Cultures and Society Hub (UQ)
Digital-Cultures-and-Societies - ARC DP “The Cultural and Intellectual History of Automated Labour” (UWA/UQ)
automationcultures.com - ARC DP “The Geopolitics of Automation” (WSU)
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This symposium, held in collaboration with the DCS Hub at UQ, is organised as part of the ARC DP “The Cultural and Intellectual History of Automated Labour.” Where many studies of automation are focused on its technological aspects, this project foregrounds the importance of cultural perspectives on and creative engagements with automation. It asks: how does automation look different when considered from these perspectives?
Confirmed Speakers
- Mark Andrejevic
Professor, Communications and Media Studies; CI ADM+S Centre (Monash) - Jean Burgess
Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) (QUT) - Nic Carah
Director, DCS Hub (UQ); CI ADM+S Centre; CI ARC DP “Using Machine Vision to Explore Instagram’s Everyday Promotional Cultures” - Oron Catts
Director, SymbioticA (Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, UWA); CI, ARC DP “The Cultural and Intellectual History of Automated Labour” (UWA) - Sarah Collins
Lead CI, ARC DP “The Cultural and Intellectual History of Automated Labour” (UWA) - Ned Rossiter
Professor of Communication, lead CI, ARC DP “The Geopolitics of Automation” (WSU) - Elizabeth Stephens
Associate Professor in Cultural Studies; CI, ARC DP “The Cultural and Intellectual History of Automated Labour” (UQ) - Ionat Zurr
Head of the Fine Arts School of Design, and SymbioticA; CI, ARC DP “The Cultural and Intellectual History of Automated Labour” (UWA)