The Digital Ethnography Research Centre

How can we get ahead of the curve when it comes to ethical problems around new tech? Join the discussion about why “society 5.0” is a useful label that centres human accountability for ethical futures. ⁦@DigitalEthno⁩ ⁦⁦@ResearchRMIT⁩ socialsciencesweek.org.au/event/society-…

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DERC member @sister0 has released a new essay from the expanded writers collective. In the form of 25,081 words written by eight women, over one year, the essay takes an experimental form - addressing archipelagos of grief and crises partially digested #DERCresearch

Here is the latest in our Spotlight On blog, on TASA Youth member @SharonG tasa.org.au/content.aspx?p…

Attention french-speakers! #DERC executive member @robcover has recently given an interview on #sapiosexuality (attraction to intelligence) for a supplement of Le Figaro, France's oldest national daily newspaper. Read below! madame.lefigaro.fr/bien-etre/psyc…

DERC co-founder Larissa Hjorth has gained an ARC #FutureFellowship to research ‘The Mourning After: Grief rituals, affective witnessing and mobile media’, aiming to understand the role of mobile media mourning rituals as a reflection of our social and cultural lives. Congrats!

#CaféLab co-founders Tania Lewis and Helen Addison Smith have won further funding! Working to building a low carbon and equitable hospitality sector, CaféLab brings researchers from across RMIT together with industry and policy actors in a public facing cafe. #dercresearch

RMIT's Mapping Future Imaginaries research network, run by #DERC member Linda Knight, have received Enabling Impact Platform funding to host ‘Making Connection: Mapping Creative Encounters’. All are welcome to participate! Congratulations, Linda! #dercfam #creativeresearch

DERC member Dr. Tami Gadir is interviewed here on her forthcoming book on dance music, and on music and politics in general: podcasts.apple.com/.../the-sound.……... Keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for the release of her book later this year! #soundofsolidarity @RMIT @ResearchRMIT

#DERCresearcher Ramon Lobato and Alex Scarlata have just published a stellar new article on broadcaster video-on-demand in Australia - find the article here: ow.ly/Ioyz50OGk1E and gain some insight to our rapidly shifting media landscape! #digitalethnography #dercfam

The Death Online Research Symposium's 6th annual event starts TODAY! Running to June 2nd, this year is featuring a keynote by DERC’s founder @micronarrative discussing ‘Mobile Media Mourning of More-than-human Futures’. Find out more about the event here: ow.ly/h4mP50OAkgc

#DERC Co-director @annettemarkham's energising and inspiring latest article with @rpronzato "showcases the usefulness of critical (...) techniques in enhancing (...) awareness regarding hegemonic datafication structures" read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Last month #RMIT staff celebrated the projects that were made possible through the EIP funding scheme. Former #DERC co-director Tania Lewis' #CaféLab project headlined the event, presenting her team’s exciting work on #sustainability in #foodwaste and #caféculture. Updates soon!

DERC-member @haiqing has just co-authored the first book on #Chinese-language media in Australia, investigating how "how migrants from (...) China negotiate two media, cultural and political systems.” Be sure to request your library purchase a copy! ow.ly/S0zO50Ol6Y7

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A new article has been published from @huedavies @micronarrative @MarkAndrejevic @DeSouzaRN and Ingrid Richardson examining “how the scanning of #QRcodes reveals much about the (..) practices of mobile contract tracing [& their] role in public placemaking.” Linked below!

Looking for some mid-week #brain-food? Save the date for the launch of @annahm's new book, 'Faith Stories: Sustaining Meaning and Community in Troubling Times'. Join us at State Library @ReadingsBooks on May 24th at 6 PM to hear from Anna on this fascinating topic! #ethnography

DERC member @haiqing is assisting in hosting a public ADM+S event featuring @ausma_b on China's queer social sorting methods. This event is hosted in person at The Oxford Scholar in Melbourne and on Zoom. Check out and register for the event here: ow.ly/OGU050ObfQF

#DERC IS BACK FROM THE DEAD! After a much-needed decompression break, #DERC’s social media presence is back! Your feeds will be packed with digital ethnography content in the coming months from our thriving cross-disciplinary research centre, so keep those peepers peeled!

DERC member @robcover's work published through @routledgebooks is on sale for today only! This includes his exciting most recent book 'Identity and Digital Communication' so make the most of this promotion and feed your brain here: ow.ly/v2Iy50O7py4 #digitalethnographyrmit