John Postill

RMIT. The Anthropology of Digital Practices: Dispatches from the Online Culture Wars, Rise of Nerd Politics

[John Postill @JohnPostill]

I'm very pleased to announce that my new book, The Anthropology of Digital Practices: Dispatches from the Online Culture Wars, is now out.

Enjoy!

https://t.co/lEcp66rwId

[John Postill @JohnPostill]

@Kulambq That’s right. No hemming or hawing

[EASA @EASAinfo]

EASA Media Anthropology Network (@medianthro) is pleased to announce that a new team of convenors will take over in Dec. 2024:
💫 @JohnPostill, Katrien Pype & @sakaerka

[Media Anthropology Network @medianthro]

CfP: one of @EASAinfo Media #Anthropology Network's workshops in 2025 will take place in #Vienna to discuss #AI in #media anthropology.
➡️ deadline: 15 Sept. 2024
➡️ details: https://t.co/WrHbBqmmox

[John Postill @JohnPostill]

@ElliottDGreen Yes, the term imagined communities is an evergreen buzzword, seldom critiqued.

[Arthur Dent @ArthurCDent]

New from a colleague - key dramatis personae include Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, Sam Harris, Tucker Carlson, Bret Weinstein, and Heather Heying: academic guruology is becoming a thing...

[Laurence Cox @ceesa_ma]

How can we research social movements?

**Weds 24th April**

Global, free online symposium with 28 contributors to the new Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements discussing their practice and experience

Full details: https://t.co/HlPP2AIKM0

[g0v.tw | 台灣零時政府 @g0vtw]

本次 #g0vSummit2024 大會將由兩場基調演講（Keynote）來拉開序幕。首先要介紹的是由 @JohnPostill 主講的 ”Nerd politics and the global culture wars”，探討宅宅政治與全球文化戰爭之間的聯繫。
立刻報名 🔗 https://t.co/oC3eELuPmc

[g0v.tw | 台灣零時政府 @g0vtw]

In the upcoming #g0vSummit2024, keynote speaker @JohnPostill will explore techno-political activism & how “nerds” engage in the forefront of (de)polarizing our world in his talk, “Nerd politics and the global culture wars.”
💬🔗https://t.co/12XKqaN5LT

[Laurence Cox @ceesa_ma]

How can we research social movements?

Weds 24th April

Global, free online symposium with 28 contributors to the new Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements discussing their practice and experience

Full details:

https://t.co/gtEVj6m0Pa

[Jorge Resina @jorgeresina]

Hoy, en la Escuela de Relaciones Laborales @unicomplutense nuevo seminario de @movicon_ucm con @JohnPostill Comentan @crendueles y @mariasp_12 👇

[MOVICON @movicon_ucm]

📢Mañana jueves 21 vuelve el seminario MOVICON con la discusión del trabajo "Follow the (de)polarisers: anthropological notes on the global culture wars", de @JohnPostill. Comentan María Santiago y @crendueles.

⏰18.00
📍Escuela Relaciones Laborales UCM

https://t.co/lYntQcUKUO

[John Postill @JohnPostill]

@paco_ferrandiz Muchas gracias a @acorsin por la invitación y a todos vosotros-as por una gran conversación! Voy a pasar un rato largo en las próximas semanas reflexionando sobre vuestros comentarios.

[ASAEE @asaeeantropo]

Seminario de @JohnPostill sobre culturas de la polarización global.
El próximo 5 de marzo a las 12h en el Departamento de Antropología del @CCHS_CSIC

[BibliotecaTNT (CSIC) @Bibtntcsic]

Charla: "Siga a esos (des)polarizadores: notas antropológicas sobre las guerras culturales mundiales"
Por Por Dr. John Postill @JohnPostill @RMIT
5 de marzo de 2024 - 12:00h
https://t.co/sohOrxYqSR a través de @CCHS_CSIC @ILLA_CSIC

[Jose Candón-Mena @ozecai_tw]

📢 V @CongresoMovenet sobre Movimientos Sociales y TIC 🙋💻🙋‍♀️📱🙋‍♂️🖥️

📌#Sevilla / 📆15-17 de #mayo de 2024

📝 Envío de propuestas hasta el 15 DE MARZO: https://t.co/8NiCLoRsVI

[Alberto Corsín Jiménez (@[email protected]) @acorsin]

Lo anunciamos con tiempo porque esto va a ser muy especial: Seminario de @JohnPostill sobre culturas de la polarización global. El próximo 5 de marzo a las 12h en el Departamento de Antropología del @CCHS_CSIC

[Laurence Cox @ceesa_ma]

Chapters cover the politics of knowledge of SM research from many angles; *lots* of methods of data collection; and applications - how do movements actually use research?

Detailed overview in the intro to get people started:

https://t.co/07JtZNtRV4

[Laurence Cox @ceesa_ma]

How can we research social movements - well?

Decolonising, engaged and inclusive approaches in 32 chapters from 49 authors in 5 continents

Just published w @aniaszolucha Sutapa Chattopadhyay & Alberto Arribas Lozano.

https://t.co/xPNrVgipFM

[Dan Williams @danwilliamsphil]

New essay: I argue that misinformation is often better viewed as a symptom of deep societal problems rather than their cause. When that’s true, interventions like debunking and censorship are unlikely to help – and might make things worse. (1/15)
https://t.co/l6Ki6eVzUM