"... We conclude that lack of access to a computer is a tractable risk factor that likely compounds other adversities facing children and young people during periods of social isolation..." Cool work by Sakshi Ghai @OrbenAmy & co. using Understanding Society data! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congratulations Emma Walker whose first PhD publication is out today. ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies Dr Daisy Fancourt A Bourdieusian Latent Class Analysis of Cultural, Arts, Heritage and Sports Activities in the UK Representative Understanding Society Dataset journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Out! In this article Marcela Suárez and I identify a 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 internet imaginary emerging among Indigenous, Afrodescendant, feminist and worker groups in Latin America. We draw on wonderful articles of a Tapuya STS Journal special issue we co-edited tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Over a dozen public libraries in the U.S. and Canada have begun offering their own music streaming services to patrons, with the goal of boosting artists and local music scenes. vice.com/en/article/5d3…

So excited to be part of this new collection on #culturalpolicies interrogating the impact of the digital. I have to thank Pip Shea for providing much inspirations on #makerculture and Australia research council for funding the research project. @MFJMonash Monash Arts

1 in 5 of people living on household incomes under £25k never use the internet – rising to nearly a third of disabled people & nearly half of those aged 65+. We’ve published a new The British Academy review of digital exclusion to consider how to tackle this thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-repor…

Margherita Sani presents a digital competence framework developed by NEMO Office (under test) which puts cultural heritage at the centre as a common good and it is based on 6 functions of cultural heritage competences to be crossed with digital competences😲🤓 CHARTER-European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance

Launching in 2023! The AMaGA Mentorship Pilot Program pairs emerging professionals in the GLAM sector with experienced mentors in their area of interest for one-on-one skills building, career guidance and networking opportunities. With AMaGA Emerging Professionals and EVRNN amaga.org.au/amaga-mentorsh…

We're supporting Department for Culture, Media and Sport in promoting broadband social tariffs Social tariffs offer cheaper, reliable broadband and phone packages to those on low incomes. For some, accessing this could mean a saving of around £180 a year. Info 👉 ofcom.org.uk/cheap-broadband #FixTheDigitalDivide

Have you ever wondered how QR codes are suddenly everywhere? How we are all suddenly scanning QR codes to order at restaurants, check in to places, pay our bills, access music from new artists? My new paper with New Media & Society has some answers. doi.org/10.1177/146144…

🚨Good news siren!🚨 V proud to announce the publication of "Economies of Virtue: The Circulation of 'Ethics' in AI" with Institute of Network Cultures edited by me Jake Goldenfein @agentdeclan @DrMoniqueMann. It's live and gloriously open-access networkcultures.org/blog/publicati…

How can we make sense of AI-generated media? In this new🔓article, [email protected] McKelvey and I propose a new concept to grasp the penetration of cultural life with deep generative models: hyperproduction. doi.org/10.1080/160091…

Now recruiting a postdoc to work with NHelberger is @[email protected] and me at UvA Amsterdam (w/possible visit to Northwestern). We want to use sci-fi prototyping / scenario writing with *lots* of diverse participants to explore AI impacts in society. Join us? Apply: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdo…

Looking forward to "If the Archive Can’t Consent: Historical Dance Footage, Computer Vision, and the Ethics of AI" with Kate Elswit. Tuesday 31 January 2023, 4pm-5:30pm GMT. cdareinvites.coventry.ac.uk/the-body-and-a…

'Mapping Museums' - just read final report of this research project led by Prof Fiona Candlin Birkbeck, University of London. "The assumption that museums survive and that they keep collections for posterity is misplaced"-18% of museums open in 1960 had closed by 2020. #museums museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/static/pdf/Map…

I'm once again asking you to read (or kindly RT) my book, only now I can say the intro is FREE at link below. "[A] remarkable book." - Judith Butler "'Assembly' is the perfect keyword for contemporary cultural production." - Ryan M. Milner U of MN Press upress.umn.edu/book-division/…

It’s out: Cultural Participation: The perpetuation of middle-class privilege in Dublin, Ireland | SpringerLink an important read for anyone interested in arts and cultural policy, participation and not just in the Irish context by ⁦Dr Kerry McCall Magan⁩ link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…