[Commlist] CFP: networking session/Visual AI politics/politics of visual AI

Our *Digital Politics Summer School 
<https://digitalpoliticsmanmet.bloggi.co/summer-school>* is celebrating 
its fifth anniversary! This year, the school is focusing on visual 
generative AI. We are inviting applications for participation in a 
networking and co-production session. This session is for you if:

-Your research focuses on the use of visual generative AI in contexts of 
politics, violence or social injustice

-You would like to collaborate on a jointly produced map of ideas and 
concepts

-You are interested in being part of an international research network 
on the politics of visual AI

To be considered, please send a 200 word description of your research 
and a short bio (no longer than 50 words) to 
(digitalpoliticsmanmet /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(digitalpoliticsmanmet /at/ gmail.com)> 
by 19th May 2025.

*Digital Politics Summer School 2025: Visual AI politics/politics of 
visual AI 
<https://digitalpoliticsmanmet.bloggi.co/visual-ai-politics-politics-of-visual-ai-digital-politics-summer-school-2025>*

*23-27 June, online*

**

When AI image generators were first popularised in 2023, they were 
perceived as leading to a new crisis of deepfakes and misinformation, 
particularly dangerous in cases of reporting war and human suffering, 
because of the dire consequences of war-time misinformation. Many media 
scholars view AI as a significant threat, that can lead to a new scale 
of media manipulation, an erosion of sense of truth, and a crisis of 
visual evidence. Others suggest that visual generative AI leads to a new 
form of synthetic realism and a potentially powerful political 
storytelling. Between these polarising approaches, much remains 
unexplored when it comes to visual AI politics and the politics of 
visual AI: the biases in representation; the absence of visual digital 
and political literacy; the lack of social justice considerations in 
both the techno-hype around AI-enabled possibilities and the fears 
around AI-induced harms; and the need for complex and interdisciplinary 
thinking around the rapidly expanding use of AI-generated images in 
political landscapes.

This summer school brings together established scholars, early career 
researchers and PhD students, to learn about, discuss, and experiment 
with visual generative AI, combining insights from media and 
communication studies, politics, visual criminology, AI art, and 
computational science. The programme will consist of a keynote by Prof 
Liv Hausken, a roundtable exploring the politics of visual generative 
AI, and a workshop on visual AI tools for academic research with Dr Sam 
Martin. Further details about speakers, programme and registration links 
are coming soon, and will be available here 
<https://digitalpoliticsmanmet.bloggi.co/visual-ai-politics-politics-of-visual-ai-digital-politics-summer-school-2025> 



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