Ongoing

Exhibit — Maps in the News

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee

For centuries, newspapers have created a touchpoint between citizens and local and world affairs. Whether considering a war on the other side of the globe or an election with local implications, maps in the news situate an event in its …

Exhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

A traveling exhibition in conjunction with the “Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee" oral history project, which challenges and complicates existing narratives about Black Milwaukee mired in narrow assertions of poverty, segregation, incarceration, and educational underachievement. …

When Silicon Hallucinates: Deception Machines in an Age of Ontological Crisis

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee

Presented by David Witzling, UWM Peck School of the Arts. In the present moment, “truth” is becoming an increasingly contested term.  Between fake news, UFO disclosure, and popular deep fakes, generative AI will play an increasingly prominent role in complicating …