Algorithmic Bias\, Phallicism &\; Counter-Insurgency: Understanding the Racialized Male Target
\nHosted by the Clay-Gilmore Institute for Philosophy\, Technology\, and Counterinsurgency (CG-IPTC) in collaboration with the Algorithmic Bias Project in Canada &\; Centre for Ethics\, University of Toronto
\nWorkshop (in-person &\; online): Summer 2026
\nConference (University of Toronto): Winter 2027
\nEdited Anthology (same title): 2027&ndash\;2028
\nOverview
\nThe Clay-Gilmore Institute for Philosophy\, Technology\, and Counterinsurgency (CG-IPTC)\, in collaboration with the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto\, invites abstract submissions for an interdisciplinary workshop and subsequent international conference addressing how racism is being reproduced through AI and how AI technologies can be located within the long history of slavery and colonization.
\nThis initiative situates algorithms\, data infrastructures\, and AI-enabled systems of surveillance within longer genealogies of colonial militarism\, genocide\, racial capitalism\, and counterinsurgency doctrine. We are especially interested in work that theorizes and historicizes the racialized male body as a primary site of technological targeting\, focusing on how Black and racialized men have been repeatedly constructed as objects of risk\, control\, expendability\, and elimination across colonial\, military\, and data-driven regimes. This project develops what we call the technologization of counterinsurgency: the translation of racialized fear\, militarized governance\, and tactical logics into algorithmic systems of prediction\, classification\, and surveillance.
\nWe seek 10&ndash\;12 contributors whose work will form the basis of:
\n&bull\; a Summer 2026 in-person workshop
\n&bull\; a Winter 2027 conference at the University of Toronto
\n&bull\; an edited anthology by the same title
\nCore Themes &ndash\; Submissions should engage one or more of the following themes:
\nAlgorithmic Targeting and the Racialization of Risk
\nPhallicism\, Gendercide\, and the Political Construction of the &ldquo\;Dangerous Male&rdquo\;
\nCounterinsurgency Logics in Contemporary AI Systems
\nGenocide Studies and Slow Violence: From Camps to Code
\nNecro-Being\, Social Death\, and Digital Ontologies of the Racialized Male
\nMilitarized Data and the War Origins of Artificial Intelligence
\nMapping the Racialized Body: Computer Vision and the Politics of Recognition
\nStatistical Objects and the Colonial Invention of Populations
\nPhilosophy of Technology and the Myth of Neutral Systems
\nPredictive Policing\, &ldquo\;Pre-Crime\,&rdquo\; and Temporal Violence
\nResistance\, Refusal\, and Counter-Surveillance Practices
\nArt\, Visualization\, and the Algorithmic Imagination
\nWe particularly encourage work that:
\n&bull\; Connects AI technologies to colonial\, genocidal\, and military histories
\n&bull\; Engages Black Male Studies\, Africana philosophy\, Black Power thought\, and especially Phallicism
\n&bull\; Analyzes facial recognition\, predictive policing\, gang databases\, drone warfare\, biometric surveillance\, risk modeling\, or &ldquo\;pattern-of-life&rdquo\; technologies
\n&bull\; Employs philosophical\, historical\, ethnographic\, legal\, technical\, artistic\, or data-driven methods
\nSubmissions may be traditional academic papers or include creative\, visual\, or experimental components.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease submit the following materials by April 15\, 2026:
\n&bull\; Abstract (300&ndash\;500 words)
\n&bull\; Short bio (max 150 words)
\n&bull\; Institutional affiliation (if any)
\n&bull\; Contact information
\nSend submissions to: \;miron.claygilmore@utoronto.ca
\nSubject line: \;Algorithmic Bias/CG-IPTC CFP &ndash\; [Your Last Name]
\nWe strongly encourage submissions from:
\n&bull\; Early-career researchers
\n&bull\; Black\, Indigenous\, and racialized scholars
\n&bull\; Scholars from the Global South
\n&bull\; Independent researchers and artists
\n&bull\; Community\, abolitionist\, and activist practitioners
\nLimited travel support will be available for selected participants when possible.
\nTimeline
\nAbstract deadline: April 15\, 2026
\nDecisions announced: May 15\, 2026
\nWorkshop (selected participants): July 2026
\nFull paper drafts due: December 2026
\nConference: March 2027 (University of Toronto)
\nFinal revised papers due: May 2027
\nEdited anthology publication: 2027&ndash\;2028
\nAbout the Hosts
\nThe Clay-Gilmore Institute for Philosophy\, Technology\, and Counterinsurgency (CG-IPTC) \;is an independent research institute dedicated to examining the connections between of artificial intelligence\, liberal humanism\, racialization\, and militarized state power. Through philosophical inquiry\, historical analysis\, and data-driven research\, it investigates the technological infrastructures that govern life\, death\, and social control. Website: \;https://www.cg-iptc.org
\nThe Centre for Ethics\, University of Toronto \;is a leading interdisciplinary research center engaged in critical inquiry into emerging technologies\, governance\, and public life. It supports innovative scholarship at the intersection of ethics\, science\, and society.
\nTogether\, this collaboration responds to the urgent need to interrogate the role of AI in the reproduction of racialized violence\, population control\, and the management of life and death in the contemporary world. Website: \;https://algorithmicbias.ca
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