A little piece from me on how paranoid whiteness haunts reactionary attitudes towards generative AI images.

Shout out to Fabian Offert and Jathan Sadowski for helping to clarify these ideas

And big thanks to Australian Academy of the Humanities for the invitation!

ADM+S Centre emergingtechlab

Any members of 4S, please vote in the elections to have a say in the future of the Society. And just saying, Thao Phan would be an incredible council member...

#4S elections are on now and our co-founder Thao Phan is running for Council! Check out her statement and the other candidates on the @4sweb page. The virtual ballot is open until Wednesday, May 10th, at 11:59 PM (Pacific time) 4sonline.org/4s_elections_2…

Aus Science & Technology Studies

Hello! 🚨 #4s2023 starts today + it is time to announce (*drumroll*) that we are holding an STS School next year, June 2024 in Singapore. 4 packed days of seminars, workshops, keynotes and fieldtrips. See sthvschool.org for details and the call for applications! 🚨

Hello #4SHonolulu23 friends! We're hosting an in-person AusSTS meetup on Friday at 12:30 in room 308A. A social gathering for scholars based in the Australasian region. Lunch provided, come by and say hello! Sponsored by Deakin Science and Society Network #AusSTS #4S2023 The Society for Social Studies of Science

Last week @TopEndSTS & NI hosted Profs Celia Roberts & Adrian Mackenzie of ANU Sociology.
We were guided in collaborations around thinking with creeks by Larrakia elders & enjoyed events with Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory & leading STS scholars & students.
More🖼️bit.ly/STSANUvisit #CDUresearch

The third session of Day 2 opening with Roberta Pala discussing the responsibilisation of mothers through microbiome science. #AusSTS2023

Very grateful to all those who generously provided feedback on our paper at #AusSTS2023 , and especially thankful to the Australasian STS Network network for creating and nurturing the space.

Incredibly grateful for a very fulfilling two days at #AusSTS2023 and the helpful feedback on my paper this morning. Special thanks to the Australasian STS Network organisers for all their work to make this conference happen!

Thank you #AusSTS2023 folks for these two days in Sydney and the generous feedback! Hope to contribute to the field eventually :)

Off and running with Day 2 of #AusSTS2023 with a panel of draft papers on algorithms, responsibility, intention, including Lorenn Ruster and Ned Cooper from @ANUcybernetics, Jeremie Poiroux Glen Berman Libby Young and Angus Dowell

#AusSTS2023 has always been the best conference 💕 photo from the field trip at Sydney Observatory.

What an honour to be keynoting this year's #AusSTS2023 with Celia Roberts! We spoke about contribution and belonging, metaphors of rivers and mushrooms, the politics of indeterminacy, and making a home in feminist STS. Will hold this one in my heart for a very long time❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Wrapped up day 1 of #AusSTS2023 with a field trip Sydney Observatory. Impressive work by the folks at the Observatory, keeping us energised and engaged after 12 hours of conferencing.

The #AusSTS2023 field trip kicks off at Observatory Hill

The second #AusSTS2023 session, a great panel with Michaela Spencer Courtney Addison Ash Watson and Thom van Dooren on 'an Australasian STS'