Digital Twins special issue in New Media & Society edited by Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun & Tristan Thielmann. 15 papers including one by Oliver Dawkins & myself. Interdisciplinary exploration of the conceptualisation and practices of digital twinning. journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8

journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/... Special Issue: Digital Twinning Editors: Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Tristan Thielmann

Alles im neuen Special Issue zu Digital Twinning in New Media & Society, herausgegeben von Christoph Borbach, @whkchun.bsky.social und @tristanthielmann.bsky.social mit vielen weiteren Beiträgen, die sich mit den medienwissenschaftlichen Implikationen dieser technologischen Praxis beschäftigen.

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

From the Archive: Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, 'Crisis, Crisis, Crisis, or Sovereignty and Networks' - addresses the seemingly paradoxical proliferation of coded systems designed to guarantee our safety and crises that endanger us. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

It’s been such a wonderful week hosting @whkchun.bsky.social as part of the #dataloss @erc.europa.eu project. Last night we were treated to a brilliant talk at the @aicentre.dk on shared archeologies of LLMs and lit theory, co-hosted with @mariaa.bsky.social ✨✨✨

What a lovely day - full room and then some for @whkchun.bsky.social’s brilliant talk on LLMs and the return of critical theory co-hosted by Data Loss and @mariaa.bsky.social at the @aicentre.dk

Save the date: On June 26, I'll be at the CHCI Annual Meeting in Berlin. Together with Wendy Chun @whkchun.bsky.social, Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Zahid R. Chaudhary @zahidrc.bsky.social & Paul Feigelfeld we'll discuss «Techno-Fascism and Democracy». Very much looking forward to it!

✨Looking so much forward to welcoming @whkchun.bsky.social at @ucph.bsky.social next week to discuss the politics of data loss w our @erc.europa.eu Data Loss project. Please feel more than welcome to join us for Chun's public lecture June 19, 14-15.30 co-organized w @mariaa.bsky.social @aicentre.dk.

"To put it most provocatively, we’ve moved from a moment of masochism to one of sadism." Read Wendy Hui Kyong Chun's "Our Cruel Crude Techne?" on the CI blog. critinq.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/o...

Each exhibition features work by six contemporary artists alongside experimental outputs from the broader Data Fluencies Project, an international research initiative based out of the Digital Democracies Institute (headed by @whkchun.bsky.social) at @simonfraseru.bsky.social.

I'm beyond excited by this event, a webinar upcoming on May 8, with the always and ever-amazing @alondra.bsky.social "AI and the Future of Higher Education." I'd make sure to RSVP early! www.eventbrite.com/e/alondra-ne... Brought to you by @hastac.bsky.social and @futuresed.bsky.social

Just coming out of a brilliant pair of talks by @alexhanna.bsky.social and Beth Coleman, during which they inspired us to think of what remains after hype and alien encounters and surrounds.

America has their Hulk Hogans. Their Marvel comic "super heroes." Their tech billionaire winners. We had Terry Fox. In our hearts we carry Terry's spirit. Canada #strongasfuck

Ken Cheng is the only person doing LinkedIn correctly

Lastly, during the final session on May 14 (2025), 5:30–7 PM (CEST) the brilliant @whkchun.bsky.social @mysdick.bsky.social and Matt Canute will collectively discuss AI and the (re)shaping of intelligence — sign up: www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/5-cri...

"Big data is the bastard child of eugenics" by Wendy Chun. Fascinating key note on "LLMs and the return to critical theory" at the Transnational Technocultures Symposium.

Ioana Jucan’s book is brilliant. So honored to be able to publish it.

It important to know the names of women researchers who've been studying, speaking & writing about bias and AI. Dr Timnit Gebru, Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble, Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Dr Buolamwini And many many more within/outside academia. Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1... 👑👑👑

Data science is likely more powerful than you think. Are we being segregated into neighborhoods of sameness based on similar repulsions to those with opposing ideas? My latest newsletter is up here: ➡️ shorturl.at/6lvgn @whkchun.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #lespressesdureel

On Tues I'm leading a virtual wkshp for a bunch of publishing, museum, + library folks through KANAL, the Centre Pompidou's new Brussels post. I was asked to address libraries as commons; I plan to talk abt what can + can't be "commoned," and what work-arounds are possible. I'll share my materials!

Last year at the Institute for Advanced Study, I had the great pleasure of convening an amazing group of multidisciplinary scholars on the topic of the platform in society. One of our collective efforts was "5 Theses on the Gravity of Platforms" www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/fiv...

Thanks to @techsequences.bsky.social‬ for the opportunity to join this for a discussion of AI and risks to social cohesion and more.

We are seeking advanced PhD students for a well-paid and nurturing research internship on topics that we can meaningfully mentor. Apps due Dec 6 socialmediacollective.org/2024/11/01/2...

Delighted to share the 2nd of 3 faculty openings in the Dept. of Media Studies, Univ. of Colorado Boulder. If you're focusing on ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA, please consider applying. It's a tenured or tenure-track OPEN-RANK search. Deadline: Dec. 10 | jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

First Transnational Technocultures Symposium 9.12.24 in Naples #critt with @whkchun.bsky.social