Scott Wark

For the past nine weeks I've been running a lecture series at @Viscult on 'race and/as technology.' We're having a double act for the last in the series: old mate Thao Phan and the incomparable Maya Indira Ganesh talking B2B. You should come, too.

Tomorrow:

How can screenshots trouble our understanding of AI? To explore this we’re launching a call for screenshots. Further details can be found at: troubling-ai.glitch.me #ai #genai #chatgpt #midjourney #mediastudies #internetstudies #artificialintelligence

3pm - 5pm, 5.11.24, @GoldsmithsUoL Register: targad.eventbrite.com

I think Malcolm Gladwell books are a great introduction to nonfiction writing for older children.

Vol. 33 No. 67 (2024): Aesthetics in the Age of Unreason | The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics Just out…. tidsskrift.dk/nja/issue/view…

The redundancies threatened by Goldsmiths judgment been finalised. There's still time to affect the outcome. #notadonedeal

I joined this wonderful department in January this year. I can safely say that it is not just a bastion of engaged critical thought, but the nicest group of people I've had the pleasure of working with. You can add your signature here: x.com/nickmirzoeff/s…

This week, several colleagues from @Viscult learned that they were selected for redundancy. Theese redundancies he department. Below is a letter initiated by @nickmirzoeff (incl @mckenziewark & other luminaries) calling on @GoldsmithsUoL to stop this from happening.

It lives! Ever wondered why the rise of the robots, far from decreasing work, has only added to it? Read the brilliant new book, Cyberboss, by @VivaHarehills, out at the end of August from @VersoBooks

Goldsmiths wants to sack 133 academics to 'rightsize' the institution in the face of fiscal 'headwinds' Weather's changing. Time for @GoldsmithsUoL to change tack, too @GoldsmithsUCU #notadonedeal

📢CALL TO ACTION: Senior management @GoldsmithsUoL are counting on our exhaustion. They want us to think these redundancies are a forgone conclusion. But we know it’s #NotADoneDeal! Use the hashtag #NotADoneDeal to let them know that you will help us fight until the end!💪

Prototipos de investigación Con Celia Lury de @CIMethods, @mvaldeb @smwark @ProfSophieDay En excelente revista @Val_Studies diseno.uc.cl/2024/05/martin…

use your brain and think about it

Please consider adding your signature to this open letter opposing this plan: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

If you haven't heard the news, Goldsmiths is in the midst of another crisis, including a truly eye watering number of proposed job cuts:

Tomorrow, Goldsmiths. Byo device.

On Wednesday we received the devastating and unprecedented news of 130 full-time equivalent compulsory redundancies on top of an extensive Voluntary Severance Scheme. GUCU has been preparing: our industrial action ballot opens TODAY. Vote Yes Yes #bintheTP @ucu