Dr. Btihaj Ajana

Pleased to annouce the publication of our new book "The Quantification of Bodies in Health: Multidisciplinary Perspectives": shorturl.at/owKUZ @EmeraldGlobal @kingsartshums @AIAS_dk @kingsdh @KingsCollegeLon @twsguidi @Karl_A1978 @DrDigi_Health @girlslike_us @phoebemoore

Just arrived: my first publication in Italian ☺️ in volume "Incorporazioni: Prospettive storiche e teoriche", edited by Angela Michelis and Francesco Pisano. edizioniets.com/scheda.asp?n=9…

Recording from our "Imaginative Digital Futures" symposium, hosted by the Centre for Attention Studies at King's College London, is now vailable on: youtu.be/nI0ADNfsQ_s?si… In my talk, I discussed the extractivist aspects of biometrics and raised related ethical issues.

Upcoming event on Digital Futures: tickettailor.com/events/centref…

Just out: “It Could Have Been Us”: media frames and the coverage of Ukrainian, Afghan and Syrian refugee crises, available open access at: link.springer.com/article/10.100…. The article compares the UK media coverage of different refugee crises via media frame analysis approach.

I collect ads like rich people collect cars. The 10 most iconic ads I've found:

Delighted to have a co-authored chapter in this fab new open access collection on the rise of #facialrecognition. Well worth a copy being in every university library, this technology has profound implications for individuals, spaces & polities. #fndtn-contents" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cambridge.org/core/books/cam…

Hear, hear!

My latest film "Borderscapes" is screening at Spotlight on Academics film festival in Thunder Bay and online on February 11th. The film addresses the impact of border technologies and policies on the everyday lives of migrants #migration #displacement #borders #VisualAnthropology

'Surveillance', an entry for the Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology, now live! We hope this might provide a useful starting point for anthropologists and surveillance scholars as a reflection on the field so far @EASAinfo @culanth @SurvSoc_journal anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/surveill…

Solidarity was a much spoken of concept during the Covid-19 pandemic. But what is solidarity? And how can we support and sustain acts of solidarity in and beyond moments of crises? Check out our latest blog and paper from the @SolPan_Plus project: digigov.univie.ac.at/projects/solid…

Just out: new article by @soee_sille & @jenserikmai: “The Ethics of Sharing: Privacy, Data, and Common Goods” buff.ly/3XZ54Yg

"The Relational Turn" Heute spreche ich an der Universität Bremen über das "Relational Turn" und das neue Buch "Person, Thing, Robot." @mitpress #robotrights #AIethics

@gavin_jd_smith @ourANU Congrats Gavin and bon courage! :)

Day 1 down, 1093 to go! 😆 Least I’ve got a local icon looking out for me 😉 Seriously tho, what an honour to serve at the helm of a truly world-class hub of sociological research & education. Excited to work with our amazing @ourANU students, staff & community in the days ahead!

@AIAS_dk Are they open for researchers outside Denmark too?

Opportunities for #excellent researchers. The Carlsberg Foundation has now opened their calls offering various types of grants in support of free basic research, for post doc to professor level. Check out the calls (also in English)👀 carlsbergfondet.dk/en/Applicant/A… Deadlines: 1 Oct 2023

Finally out: our article on the relationship between perceptions of risk and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine passports: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/05…

The EU's #AIAct introduces a ban on biometric surveillance (except for migrants). Meanwhile, in France . . . biometricupdate.com/202306/french-…

Just a normal day in Aarhus: while going for a little walk by the harbour before heading to the airport, I bump into a Danish royal (princess Mary) who is welcoming a Norwegian royal. The closest I ever got to a royal 😅