tech.culture.matters

Research collective @umsi. We study cultures of technology production and use.

[tech.culture.matters @TechCultures]

Hello! We're are a group of researchers based out of @umsi working at the intersections of technology, culture and society. The research group is lead by @yunnia and includes @jean__hardy @kaiy1ng @josh_guberman @1roboter @PuellaLudens @AnubhaUsha

[tech.culture.matters @TechCultures]

ALSO, this great news from our group member @1roboter 🎉🎉

[tech.culture.matters @TechCultures]

WE HAVE NEWS! Our director and mentor @yunnia’s book Prototype Nation was awarded the prestigious Francis L.K. Hsu book prize by @EastAsiaAnthro 🥳🍾🎊🍻🎉

[ESC Center @MichiganESC]

RoboTruckers! -- TODAY at 4pm ET, @UMich participants can join @MichiganSTS and @karen_ec_levy for a talk about the implications of #AI for low-wage work. https://t.co/MV4DtZTSIb

[Oliver Haimson @oliverhaimson]

🌟 I'm recruiting 1-2 PhD students who want to study 1) designing trans technologies and/or 2) social media content moderation and marginalized populations with me @umsi! #CSCW2021 🌟

[Nick Seaver @npseaver]

🚨 new publication alert 🚨
I co-authored this annual review essay on the anthropology of attention with Morten Axel Pedersen and @Krisalbris, in which we try to draw out the disciplines’s longstanding, mostly tacit interest in attention: https://t.co/fV1rDpdpIm

[tech.culture.matters @TechCultures]

New paper alert from our TCM member @1roboter 📣📣

[Oliver Haimson @oliverhaimson]

✨🏳️‍🌈research opportunity🏳️‍⚧️✨: participate in our (paid) interview study about experiences with content and account removals on social media! especially looking to hear from LGBTQ+ and BIPOC people. please retweet! screening survey here:
https://t.co/Y4GA5pVV7R

[tech.culture.matters @TechCultures]

Woohoo! Great news from our very own @yunnia

[Weiyu Zhang @WeiyuZ]

As a vice-chair to CPT, I came up with this idea hoping to meet the book authors I secretly admired. :) Such as Jing Wang, @gleemie @yunnia @msteinbrg But my colleague and CCA chair Jack Qiu turned it into a mid-summer feast of recent books about Digital Asia.

[Weiyu Zhang @WeiyuZ]

Communication Technology & Policy Section #IAMCR2021 is co-organizing a virtual book talk series with National University of Singapore and Chinese Communication Association. The full series will cover 7 books. Registration https://t.co/X87giyR2Ke @IAMCRtweets @iamcrconference

[Michigan News @UMichiganNews]

.@umsi prof @niftyc:

“The issue at the heart of our case has now been decided by @Scotus. It is now clear that academics like us and investigative journalists are not criminal hackers when we examine public information released by big tech companies.”

https://t.co/F0bUC5Jd4N

[Robert Barat @volt4ire]

New report finds Amazon warehouse injuries are 80% higher than their competitors https://t.co/7qHjuYOzZV

[tech.culture.matters @TechCultures]

Great news! Also happy bday @niftyc 🎂🎉

[comp.social @eegilbert]

I took a breath this weekend, and feel like I can reflect on the WL situation. I was concerned about writing this down earlier because I thought it might add fuel to the “Eric and UMSI are out to get me��� narrative.