Anne Burkhardt is a postdoc researcher in the area of "AI and Visual Culture" at the Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET AI Center). She is part of Unit 2 (Visual Communication), which is located at the Chair of Audiovisual Media, Film and Television.

Anne Burkhardt's current research focuses on AI and Global Justice. It examines discourses on artificial intelligence in the Global South, with a focus on Latin America, including (audio)visual discourses. Previous projects have focused on media ethics, populism, and discourses of violence.

Anne Burkhardt studied Film and Theater Studies at the University of Mainz. She received her Ph.D. from the Institute for Media Studies at the University of Tübingen with a dissertation on the cinematic treatment of the inner-Colombian conflict. She was awarded a dissertation prize of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerikaforschung (ADLAF). During her dissertation, Anne Burkhardt lived in Colombia on a doctoral scholarship, where she also participated in the organization of a short film festival. Before joining the RHET AI Center, she worked for five years as a research assistant at the research area of "Society, Culture and Technological Change" at the International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW). In January 2022, she joined the RHET AI Center as a postdoc researcher. Her work in the Visual Communication Unit of the Center focuses on »AI and Visual Culture«.

• Burkhardt, Anne (forthcoming): Infrastructural Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence – On the Implications of AI Infrastructures for Global Justice. In: Bieling, Hans-Jürgen; Diez, Thomas; Flemmer, Riccarda; Futterer, Andrea (ed.): Transnational Infrastructures and the Transformation of Global Orders. Springer, SpaceAffairs: City – Region – Landscape.
• Burkhardt, Anne (2023): ‘Centering the South(s)’: Dekoloniale Perspektiven auf Künstliche Intelligenz. In: Burkhardt, Anne; Kramer, Olaf; Marschall, Susanne (ed.): Artificial Turn? Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Künstliche Intelligenz. Freiburg: wbg, 2024. Preprint available to download from https://rhet.ai/2023/12/13/centering-the-souths-dekoloniale-perspektiven-auf-kuenstliche-intelligenz/
• Burkhardt, Anne: Ausbeutung im Zeitalter des technisch erweiterten Menschen – Dekoloniale Perspektiven auf Alex Riveras Film 'Sleep Dealer' (2008). In: Reiter, Barbara/Reulecke, Anne-Kathrin (ed.): Imaginationen des Künstlichen Menschen und Grenzen des Humanen. Bielefeld: transcript-Verlag, (forthcoming 2024).
• Burkhardt, Anne (2023): Von Kontrolle, Ausbeutung und Widerstand: Künstliche Intelligenz im lateinamerikanischen Film. Te.ma, 26.10.2023, https://doi.org/10.57964/g7jv-yr19
• Jang, Heesoo; Narayanamoorthy, Nanditha; Schelenz, Laura; Brandner, Lou Therese; Burkhardt, Anne; Hirsbrunner, Simon David; Timcke, Scott (2023): Platform (In)Justice: A Call for a Global Research Agenda. Companion Publication of the 2023 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), Minneapolis, MN, USA, Pages 411–414, https://doi.org/10.1145/3584931.3608439
• Jang, Heesoo; Narayanamoorthy, Nanditha; Schelenz, Laura; Brandner, Lou Therese; Burkhardt, Anne; Hirsbrunner, Simon David; Pidoux, Jessica; Timcke, Scott; Lampinen, Airi; Shaikh, Riyaj Isamiya (2023): Platform (In)Justice: Exploring Research Priorities and Practical Solutions. Companion Publication of the 2023 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), Minneapolis, MN, USA, Pages 576–580, https://doi.org/10.1145/3584931.3606953
• Burkhardt, Anne (2022): Entre la violencia generalizada y la esperanza de paz: Imaginarios de la urbe colombiana a partir de La Virgen de los Sicarios (B. Schroeder, 2000) y La Sombra del Caminante (C. Guerra, 2004). In: Cebey, Georgina (ed.): Cine y megalópolis. Aproximaciones a la ciudad latinoamericana desde el cine urbano. México: UNAM - EKUT, Pages 195-226, https://arquitectura.unam.mx/uploads/8/1/1/0/8110907/cine_y_megalopolis.pdf
• Burkhardt, Anne (2021): Aspekte einer guten Medienpraxis für Quartiere der Vielfalt. In: Frevel, Bernhard (Hg.): Migration und Sicherheit in der Stadt. Münster: Lit-Verlag, Pages 140-159, https://www.migsst.de/onewebmedia/Frevel%20%28Hg%29%20migsst%209783643150295.pdf
• Bescherer, Peter/Burkhardt, Anne/Feustel, Robert/Mackenroth, Gisela/Sievi, Luzia (2021): Urbane Konflikte und die Krise der Demokratie. Stadtentwicklung, Rechtsruck und Soziale Bewegungen. Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot. ISBN: 978-3-89691-057-8
• Burkhardt, Anne (2019): Kino in Kolumbien. Der innerkolumbianische Konflikt im Film zwischen Gewaltdiskurs und (trans-)nationaler Identität. Bielefeld: transcript. ISBN: 978-3-8376-4673-3

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