In exactly 1 week, Dr Eoin Fullam joins us for a talk on his new book on AI chatbots used in therapy, Technical Mental Health: How Therapy Became Automated, Malet St, 8pm, Thurs, 4th Dec. Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... Find Dr Fullam's new book here: www.routledge.com/Chatbot-Ther...

There's an art to creating the perfect CD rip. Join BIRMAC and Dr Eomann Bell (Durham, UK) to learn more about the digital auditory extraction community (aka cd-rippers) on 30 October, 18-21:00 in Bloomsbury. Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Some snaps from the @birmac.bsky.social / Media & Democracy / Qualitative Methods Group workshop 'Exploring Quali-Quantitative Approaches in Social Media Research', where me, @robtoes.bsky.social & participants explored methods for approaching the messy, contradictory phenomena that is social media

@scott-rodgers.bsky.social + @robtoes.bsky.social will be giving a 1/2 day BIRMAC workshop at Birkbeck for ECRs and students on methods in quali-quantitative approaches to social media research. More info & sign up here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Excited for the first BIRMAC event for 2025 - a journey through the Bolivian Cloud forest in search of honey with artist Kate Daudy that provokes speculations on how we can think AI differently (w. Rebekah Cupitt) www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... katedaudy.com

Playing around with 360 degree sound recordings after the successful Bloomsbury launch of BIRMAC's Dispatches from the Air series on sound recording technologies & transmission last Monday. Big thanks to our guest speakers Neil Wilson (RadioMuseum, Watchet) & Emily Best, Birkbeck.