Workshop Recaps
Recap // The Tech Unconcsious: Digital Capital and its Desires
Amazon once patented a robotic cage that would transport workers within the warehouse. Meta filed one for a device that lets users type in mid-air.
The Design Institute (KMDI) is a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information dedicated to advancing design as a critical method for understanding the complex relationships between technology, information, and society.
With a focus on human-machine systems and a commitment to social justice, KMDI fosters transdisciplinary collaboration to tackle today’s most pressing challenges—from responsible AI and trusted data governance to the design of accessible, equitable cities.
October 20th 2025
Maurice Jones (Concordia University) on AI & Creative Labour
Watch recaps now! The two-day workshop explored how workers and their organizations are shaping the governance of digital technologies — including platforms, data, and AI — through collective bargaining, co-operative formation, and policy reform.
Amazon once patented a robotic cage that would transport workers within the warehouse. Meta filed one for a device that lets users type in mid-air.
Computational linguist Daniel Hardt (Copenhagen Business School) and science and technology studies scholar Nanna Bonde Thylstrup (Copenhagen University) are the invited speakers for the Franklin Lecture at the University of Toronto
Farhan Samir, Postdoctoral Fellow at U of T’s Department of Computer Science, explores how representational imbalances emerge within large information systems.