Humanizing Digital Culture
Fall 2025
i/oCourse (Session B)
What questions does the digital world raise about human identity? Culture?
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How do communities use digital culture to create change and solidarity?
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What does a future for AI centered on ethics and care look like?
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How do digital tools de/humanize learning, working, creating?
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How do we use digital tools to improve the world around us? To address urgent needs?
What does it mean to be human in a digital world?
Working together, Lab participants will consider several questions concerning how digital culture is (re)shaping human identity and investigate humankind's relationship to technology: What does it mean to be human in a digital world? How does digital identity determine how we relate to each other and the planet? How do we define and demonstrate human identity now and in the future? How does our relationship to technology create empathy or cause real-world harm? Student teams will research and develop ways to humanize digital technologies.
Collaborations
- Collaborators TBA
Impact Outcomes
Students will share their findings with the general public in a format of their choosing. Check this page at the end of the semester for updates!
Digital Culture in the News
At the Humanities Lab, we strive to ensure our Labs are relevant and current. Here are some recent articles about digital culture in today’s news!
How Social Media Shapes Our Identity
Ethical concerns mount as AI takes bigger decision-making role in more industries
Enrollment Information
