Philosopher of technology Yuk Hui introduces ideas from his new book developing political thought to address today's planetary crises. Talk held at Birkbeck, University of London 1 Nov 2024. Talk followed by dialogue with Joel McKim, Director of the Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology. Yuk Hui, professor of philosophy at Erasmus Universit…

In this episode we speak with Aylish Wood, Professor Emerita in Animation and Film Studies at the University of Kent. Aylish is a pioneering figure in the study of digital animation and 3D imaging software. She is the author of Software, Animation and the Moving Image: What’s in the Box?, a study of how animation and visualization artists enter int…

In this episode, we speak with Sam Kinsley, Senior Lecturer in Human Geographies at the University of Exeter, in Devon, England, and the inaugural Co-Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal Digital Geography & Society. Sam is interested in spatialities and geographical imaginations of technology and the future; about how our situated existence i…

In this episode we speak with Yanni Loukissas, Associate Professor of Digital Media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, based in Atlanta, USA. With a background spanning design, computing, and ethnography, Yanni’s work has involved a series of unique approaches to thinking critically about data and its materialiti…

In this episode we speak with Paula Bialski, Associated Professor of Digital Sociology at University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Paula’s research focuses on the impact of digital media on working cultures, communication and the concept of intimacy. In this podcast we discuss her current book project entitled Slow Software which is based on a two-…

In this episode of Data Materiality, we speak with Shannon Mattern, Professor of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research, New York City, USA. Shannon’s work spans a very wide range of topics – from archives and libraries to the deep histories of media infrastructures and the city. Our interview ranged from Shannon’s recent essay on the n…

In this episode of Data Materiality, we speak with Vicki Mayer, Professor of Communication at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA. Vicki’s research on media production and consumption – and its relationships with economic and political transformations in the media and creative industries – is well known. In our chat we speak about her field researc…