@JohnPostill

RMIT. The Anthropology of Digital Practices: Dispatches from the Online Culture Wars, https://xitter.cf/t.co/ldNFMvaw4y Rise of Nerd Politics https://xitter.cf/t.co/uE6Wmbqaj3

 Melbourne, Victoria
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I'm very pleased to announce that my new book, The Anthropology of Digital Practices: Dispatches from the Online Culture Wars, is now out. Enjoy! routledge.com/The-Anthropolo…

The Anthropology of Digital Practices: Dispatches from the Online Culture Wars

The Anthropology of Digital Practices connects for the first time three distinct research areas – digital ethnography, causal ethnography, and media practice theory – to explore how we might track...

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EASA@EASAinfo11 Nov 2024
EASA Media Anthropology Network (@medianthro) is pleased to announce that a new team of convenors will take over in Dec. 2024: 💫 @JohnPostill, Katrien Pype & @sakaerka
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CfP: one of @EASAinfo Media #Anthropology Network's workshops in 2025 will take place in #Vienna to discuss #AI in #media anthropology. ➡️ deadline: 15 Sept. 2024 ➡️ details: easaonline.org/networks/medi…
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Arthur Dent@ArthurCDent16 Apr 2024
New from a colleague - key dramatis personae include Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, Sam Harris, Tucker Carlson, Bret Weinstein, and Heather Heying: academic guruology is becoming a thing...
John Postill@JohnPostill15 Apr 2024
I'm very pleased to announce that my new book, The Anthropology of Digital Practices: Dispatches from the Online Culture Wars, is now out. Enjoy! routledge.com/The-Anthropolo…

The Anthropology of Digital Practices: Dispatches from the Online Culture Wars

The Anthropology of Digital Practices connects for the first time three distinct research areas – digital ethnography, causal ethnography, and media practice theory – to explore how we might track...

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Laurence Cox@ceesa_ma16 Apr 2024
How can we research social movements? **Weds 24th April** Global, free online symposium with 28 contributors to the new Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements discussing their practice and experience Full details: maynoothuniversity.ie/news-e…
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本次 #g0vSummit2024 大會將由兩場基調演講（Keynote）來拉開序幕。首先要介紹的是由 @JohnPostill 主講的 ”Nerd politics and the global culture wars”，探討宅宅政治與全球文化戰爭之間的聯繫。 立刻報名 🔗 g0v-summit-2024.kktix.cc/eve…
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In the upcoming #g0vSummit2024, keynote speaker @JohnPostill will explore techno-political activism & how “nerds” engage in the forefront of (de)polarizing our world in his talk, “Nerd politics and the global culture wars.” 💬🔗summit.g0v.tw/2024/?lang=en
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Laurence Cox@ceesa_ma5 Apr 2024
How can we research social movements? Weds 24th April Global, free online symposium with 28 contributors to the new Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements discussing their practice and experience Full details: laurencecox.wordpress.com/20…
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Hoy, en la Escuela de Relaciones Laborales @unicomplutense nuevo seminario de @movicon_ucm con @JohnPostill Comentan @crendueles y @mariasp_12 👇
MOVICON@movicon_ucm20 Mar 2024
📢Mañana jueves 21 vuelve el seminario MOVICON con la discusión del trabajo "Follow the (de)polarisers: anthropological notes on the global culture wars", de @JohnPostill. Comentan María Santiago y @crendueles. ⏰18.00 📍Escuela Relaciones Laborales UCM ucm.es/movicon/seminario
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MOVICON@movicon_ucm20 Mar 2024
📢Mañana jueves 21 vuelve el seminario MOVICON con la discusión del trabajo "Follow the (de)polarisers: anthropological notes on the global culture wars", de @JohnPostill. Comentan María Santiago y @crendueles. ⏰18.00 📍Escuela Relaciones Laborales UCM ucm.es/movicon/seminario
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ASAEE@asaeeantropo29 Feb 2024
Seminario de @JohnPostill sobre culturas de la polarización global. El próximo 5 de marzo a las 12h en el Departamento de Antropología del @CCHS_CSIC
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Charla: "Siga a esos (des)polarizadores: notas antropológicas sobre las guerras culturales mundiales" Por Por Dr. John Postill @JohnPostill @RMIT 5 de marzo de 2024 - 12:00h cchs.csic.es/es/event/charla… a través de @CCHS_CSIC @ILLA_CSIC
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📢 V @CongresoMovenet sobre Movimientos Sociales y TIC 🙋💻🙋‍♀️📱🙋‍♂️🖥️ 📌#Sevilla / 📆15-17 de #mayo de 2024 📝 Envío de propuestas hasta el 15 DE MARZO: congreso.us.es/movenet/c4p/
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Lo anunciamos con tiempo porque esto va a ser muy especial: Seminario de @JohnPostill sobre culturas de la polarización global. El próximo 5 de marzo a las 12h en el Departamento de Antropología del @CCHS_CSIC
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Laurence Cox@ceesa_ma22 Jan 2024
Chapters cover the politics of knowledge of SM research from many angles; *lots* of methods of data collection; and applications - how do movements actually use research? Detailed overview in the intro to get people started: elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b…

Chapter 1: How can we research social movements? An introduction

This introductory chapter is written for beginning researchers, whether in movements or universities, for people from non-traditional academic backgrounds and non-native English speakers. We share...

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Laurence Cox@ceesa_ma22 Jan 2024
How can we research social movements - well? Decolonising, engaged and inclusive approaches in 32 chapters from 49 authors in 5 continents Just published w @aniaszolucha Sutapa Chattopadhyay & Alberto Arribas Lozano. e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handboo…

Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements

‘A copious compilation for social movement research, attentive to movement-relevant knowledge and conscious of western ventriloquism and the political diminishment of southern movements as empirical...

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New essay: I argue that misinformation is often better viewed as a symptom of deep societal problems rather than their cause. When that’s true, interventions like debunking and censorship are unlikely to help – and might make things worse. (1/15) iai.tv/articles/misinformati…

Misinformation is the symptom, not the disease

We are more conscious than ever of the harms of misinformation for the common good. This concern is driven by a widespread understanding of misinformation as a public disease in need of an urgent...

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The much-revised 2nd ed. of the Handbook of Digital Politics, co-edited by myself and Stephen Coleman, is now out. We've worked with some fantastic authors, both established names and promising new scholars. tinyurl.com/2h8epf4u
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The 73rd EASA Media Anthropology e-seminar has started! We discuss, via our mailing-list, the Intro to *The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology, coedited by @pglange @jolynnasinanan @draluchadora and myself. @medianthro. Chaired by @JohnPostill. easaonline.org/networks/medi…
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So glad to have @JohnPostill in the house @CardiffJomec tomorrow! Will be great to catch up & learn about his new research and book - this is a hybrid event please see details below⬇️
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