David Cecchetto

Humanesis | Manifold@UMinnPress *Humanesis* critically examines central strains of posthumanism, searching out biases in the ways that human–technology coupling is explained and interrogating three approaches taken by posthumanist d...

Happy to say that Humanesis (2013) is now available in a snazzy open access format. I don't think I have it in me to recommend that anyone read something that I first drafted >15 years ago, but I'm glad that if anyone wants to they can do so for free!
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cec...

Really enjoyed this interview! Looking forward to the book

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

So much looking forward to this! Thank you @carolynpedwell.bsky.social for the invite and for organising such a great event ✨

It’s finally here. :)

Frederick, by Bitstance 8 track album

Very pleased that the new Bitstance album, Frederick, is out! It's weird and wonderful in different ways than Array. Listen on Bandcamp at the link below, or on whatever streaming service you prefer. (Although it may take a day or two to be live on Spotify.)
bitstance.bandcamp.com/album/freder...

Last night people bikes rode in the rain for bike lanes. Immediately @torontopolice.bsky.social were antagonistic. A dozen bike cops arrived early & took over the main gathering point. The bike cops attending were the same ones who had arrested the @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social Stantec protestors.

Jonathan Sterne managed to be an incredibly disciplined historian (he did the work) without being overly disciplined--a whole career of weird little essays. Not that he separated himself from his fields, he thought constantly about research as a social endeavor. Like this essay on materiality.

Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?

Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.

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How it started, how it’s going

Geosonics: Book Talk w/ author Josh Dittrich & respondent Mitchell Akiyama Join us for a lively discussion on sound, media, and environment with author Josh Dittrich and respondent Mitchell Akiyama!

For Toronto folks: this book talk/launch should be great www.eventbrite.com/e/geosonics-...

Learn how Musk is using algorithms to destroy the social compact we have with government and rob us blind. This is not inevitable. We can and must fight back. Sarah Roberts explains how AI relies on humans on Speaking Out of Place. Podcast link in thread. Please support us

Listening in the Afterlife of Data
A Discussion with David Cecchetto
David Cecchetto
2025

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Absolutely thrilled that Bitstance Radio is finally up and working properly. The beta version has been a frequent soundtrack in my life for months. bitstance.org

University of Basel, media studies department, offers a 100% PhD position on the status of prompts and prompting in AI models. I will be one of the co-supervisors.

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An image of Aaron Swartz with the following text: "Meta illegally downloaded 80+ TB of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models. In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.

My heart ached when I was reminded that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for trying to make academic knowledge more accessible to the public. Meta, meanwhile, is doing it for their own bottom line. I'm going to guess that no one at Meta will be looking at spending 35 years in jail for this.

The CU Boulder Media Studies Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor! We’re seeking candidates with expertise in global media, screen cultures, and digital production cultures. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

I think because so many things have become unnecessarily hard we've conflated all hard things with being unnecessarily hard. And that's not true.

Re: the boastful/weird claims to invade other sovereign nations is predicated on the fact that Trump's narcissism is so severe he cannot even fathom the existence of other countries with their own cultures, concerns, and though he may have been to some places, he's only ever inside himself.

Penn among elite universities accused of forming ‘cartel’ to avoid paying aid. Ex-dean testified that applicants connected to big donors were ‘untouchable.’ Ten of the 17 elite-universities that were originally sued settled for a combined $284 million in July. Penn said the lawsuit has "no merit."

“The University of Pennsylvania is part of a group of elite universities facing a lawsuit accusing them of forming a “price-fixing cartel” to avoid paying financial aid… Lawyers say Penn and the other schools give preference to applicants from wealthy families while claiming to be need-blind.” 🙀

Ohio State Design invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Computational Visual Design Assistant Professor in Computational Visual DesignDepartment of Design - College of Arts and SciencesPosition OverviewThe Department of Design at The Ohio State University invites applications for a T...

Reminder that this position for a Computational Visual Designer is still open!
Come work with me at OSU
design.osu.edu/news/ohio-st...

I’ve never seen Wicked the musical or the movie and yet somehow social media has incepted each one of the ear worms into my head

🚨 Sussex AI PhD studentships - call is open now!

Scholarships are available for researchers working at the intersection of multiple academic fields.

I am interested in supervising doctoral projects with strong philosophical approaches/research questions.

www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

Gorgeous cat sleeping on shelf with plant

Hard to believe it has been three years without Phannie. Raising a glass to her memory tonight

Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Digital Technologies - The Citizen Lab The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time

Exciting-as-exciting can be assistant prof with endowed chair job alert at the Citizen Lab: citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assi...

Amazing, looking forward to it!

Going basic with this because even at the time I thought my love of this album was anachronistic...still don't know why I dig/dug it so much

Universität Basel: PhD or Postdoctoral position, Machine learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 60% The Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Basel is looking for a research assistant (with a Master's or PhD) as of 1st February 2025 or by arrangement. The Digital Humanities is an interdiscipli...

Fyi folks here is a postdoc/PhD position opening at my lab, @DHLabBasel, in Basel.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Assoc/Full Prof. of Design position at U Michigan
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