Swiping right: Are dating apps stereotype factories or love algorithms?

Dating apps are booming and catering to diverse groups of people. They claim to consider our preferences in helping us to find love or satisfy our desires. However, do these apps manipulate our seemingly personal choices? To what degree does the pursuit of profit interfere with our collective notions of romance and love? Join this public conversation to share your experiences with dating apps and explore how they shape our choices in intimate relationships.

Guests:

Élise Ross-Nadié is passionate about the links and intersections between digital cultures, intimacy, power and sexuality. She also has a keen interest in open-source software, artificial intelligence and the decolonization of knowledge. Élise is an acrobatic communicator.

Christopher Dietzel, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral researcher studying the intersections of gender, sexuality, security and technology. His current projects focus on sexual consent related to the use of dating apps and sexual violence against LGBTQ+ people.

Moderator:

Jimmy Ung is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consultant working at the intersections of education, policy development and community engagement. He is also currently working on a book about privilege and social responsibility. Jimmy is passionate about people, lifelong learning and the ability of public conversations to engage citizens in meaningful ways.

About University of the Streets Café

As a flagship program of Concordia University’s Office of Community Engagement, the public bilingual conversations are free and open to participants of all ages, backgrounds and levels of education. Since its inception in 2003, University of the Streets Café has hosted over 400 bilingual public conversations. 

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