It is our pleasure to invite you to the 2026 Alice Tay Lecture presented by the Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry, held at the University House Common Room on Thursday 5th November at 5:45, followed by a reception at 6:45. This free public lecture is titled Preventing Generated Futures: Indigenous Resistance to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will be delivered by Dr. Tamika Worrell, a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University.
Attendance at the lecture and reception is free, but bookings are required. Please sign up and advise of dietary and accessibility requirements here:
In contemporary discourse, the term “artificial intelligence” (AI), is frequently employed as a catch-all descriptor, encompassing a heterogeneous array of technologies that differ markedly in form, function and capability. Often, this is overwhelmingly positioned as an inevitability, a future that must be embraced for the sake of progress. But progress for whom? Who gets to decide?
In this session, Dr Tamika Worrell will explore how AI can function as a form of algorithmic settler colonialism, examining the growing concerns and risks associated with its use from a Critical Indigenous perspective. Drawing on her research, she will consider how emerging technologies can reinforce existing systems of power while shaping the ways knowledge is created, shared and valued. Dr Worrell will also discuss how these dynamics are emerging in higher education and classroom settings, encouraging reflection on current practices and inviting us to consider how we might better support and protect Indigenous knowledge systems and ways of knowing. Ultimately asking the question: what future worlds do we want to live in?
Speaker bio:
Dr Tamika Worrell is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University. Her family is from Gamilaroi Country, and she has been grown by Dharug Country, Western Sydney since birth. Tamika is a leading voice in Artificial Intelligence and Indigenous perspectives, documenting how AI technologies function as an extension of settler colonial systems.
Online attendance is possible (no registration required by pasting the following zoom link into your browser): https://anu.zoom.us/j/86936592661?pwd=fMQVb7QW9uYuq8kVDs0Pa3yxqayzRk.1
Meeting ID : 869 3659 2661
Password: 386602
The Herbert and Valmae Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry is a philanthropically funded, interdisciplinary research centre based at The Australian National University. The Project supports research into the causes, histories and effects of ethnic, cultural, religious, and sexual bigotry and animosity. It promotes public discussion on how such intolerance can be combatted and how co-existence can be promoted through social, research and educational programs.
Location
Common Room, University House, 1 Balmain Cre
Speaker
- Dr. Tamika Worrell
Event series
Contact
- Dr. Bridget Vincent