Susan Leong

Teacher-scholar of digital media & comms in Asia (nations, social imaginaries, migration, cybersovereignty & governance

[Existentialism @rethinkexistent]

Frantz Fanon is currently Philosopher of the Month at the Oxford University Press website.

12 journal papers and book chapters are free to read online or download: https://t.co/b43ZHCtYDC

#PhilosopherOTM @OUPPhilosophy

[Susan Leong @susanmeeleong]

@schneiderfa77 @haiqing @elaine_yuan Thank you @schneiderfa77. Hope you enjoy the book.

[Susan Leong @susanmeeleong]

@aidilarazak Ask to be boss of that day's/week's issue and get all the staff to contribute pieces around question of why there even needs to be an IWD and; if, and how, different was it working w you.

[Evgeny Morozov @evgenymorozov]

Some good stuff in the latest edition of @syllabus_tweets mailed out to subscribers last night. Especially good is the new critical paper on what Google Classroom does to pedagogy https://t.co/pAExiCnWVD

[UN Women @UN_Women]

Women.
Will.
Not.
Be.
Silenced.
Until.
They.
Are.
Free.
From.
All.
Forms.
Of.
Discrimination.
And.
Every.
Person.
Can.
Enjoy.
Their.
Human.
Rights.
Fully.
And.
EQUALLY.

[Evgeny Morozov @evgenymorozov]

Ok, I've heard enough nonsense about "platforms." 1/3

[Susan Leong @susanmeeleong]

This is great news. Now to see what follows in other countries. Oz? Malaysia? Over to you...

[Fairwork @TowardsFairWork]

📢The first round of Fairwork's platform ratings in Germany released today!

In light of #COVID19, our findings are more relevant than ever, showing the important role platform workers are playing during the crisis, and the risks they are facing.

https://t.co/NUjEml96Rc

[Silvio Lorusso @silvio_lorusso]

Now that online education is becoming semi-permanent, I'd like to advance a general principle we should articulate and defend: COMMUNICATIVE SELF-DETERMINATION. Some ideas:
- no platform used without prior consent (e.g. Whatsapp)
- no default mode of presence (e.g. camera on)

[Michael Brennan - @michaelbrennan.bsky.social @brennan_mike]

Applications are open for a new @fordfoundation+@mozilla technology & society fellowship focusing on social justice organizations in the global south! https://t.co/MME0RFbWMh

[Emily Wu Pearson 柯依薇 @emilywupearson]

I heard my mom in the kitchen saying 真乖的小孩 and asked why she was saying that when I was across the house.

She was ... talking to the roomba after it docked itself post vacuum.

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

We are closed. Don't come to campus. If you do, display your parking hang tag, because we are still ticketing and towing. Parking enforcement is always essential!

[Farida Deif @FaridaDeif]

#Saudi women are using Twitter to share their experiences with sexual harassment & demand an end to male guardianship. A remarkably brave effort anytime, but nothing short of heroic amid a sweeping campaign of repression by #MBS against critics.
@HZayadin https://t.co/rMbFXmelnY

[Susan Leong @susanmeeleong]

Oh that this be so in Australia too!

[Rob Kitchin @RobKitchin]

Irish govt just announced 20 new professorships targetted at female-only applicants to part redress gender imbalances in system. Delighted one will be in physical geography/climate science (adaptation and/or mitigation) at @ICARUS_Maynooth & @Maynoothgeog https://t.co/SzjEWkn5VH

[Susan Leong @susanmeeleong]

Too right!

[Mirko Tobias Schäfer 🇪🇺 mtschaefer.bsky.social @mirkoschaefer]

A paradox in academia: While colleagues reasearch the negative impact of 'reputational technologies' (ratings, scores) on professional integrity & autonomy (e.g. in the gig economy), uni admins implement schemes of perpetual evaluation of scholarly performance.