gillian rose

Rest in Power, Teresa de Lauretis (1938 - 2026). 💔

I wrote a blog on images and cultural geography, prompted by an essay in an excellent collection convened by @benandersongeog.bsky.social @vickiezhang.bsky.social available here: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/473927627/DIGITAL-Promises_revised_5Sep25.pdf

Now I think about it, perhaps Cathy being driven to a breakdown by lack of economic independence and denial of personal autonomy while Heathcliff is unstinting in his cruelty and personal vengeance is indeed a story for our times, but the romcom vibe of the movie press tour still jar a bit

‘fun’ fact: established in 1991 (yes, 1991 not 1891), the Vautrin Lud prize has been awarded to a grand total of five women. #geosky

✍️ @profgillian.bsky.social

🔍 If in #digital #visual culture, images require screens and data networks to become visible, how does this mediate the #infrastructure of cities both materially and imaginatively?

📖 buff.ly/gltMcGX

Better Images of AI We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...

reminded of this resource by @jilltxt.bsky.social

betterimagesofai.org

Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue Entertainment about or made with artificial intelligence has been missing the mark with viewers over the past year.

Published my first piece at @wired.com today, about a string of AI thrillers that have bombed (most recent being the hopelessly naive Chris Pratt vehicle 'Mercy'), the backlash to Darren Aronofsky's YouTube slop take on the American Revolution, and a grotesque nostalgia-bait Super Bowl ad:

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I have a new paper out: "image, screen, projection: conceptualising the urban (imaginary) in digital visual culture." #urban #visualculture #imaginary

available #openaccess here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

A few days ago we lost an important hidden figure in the history of 20th century Cold War technology—Gladys West’s work and insights were essential in the creation of GPS:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I wrote an enthusiastic review of 'The Smartness Mandate' and 'The Ordinal Society', with added geographies.
@ohalpern.bsky.social @marionf.bsky.social @dgrgrgs.bsky.social

learn more about the visual politics of lots of ecologies by registering for the Digital Ecologies conference, 2-3 Feb in Oxford - tickets going fast! 🧐
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-visual...

@digicologies.bsky.social

The first talk in the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series will be delivered by @rikjaz.bsky.social (@uclgeography.bsky.social)

Tuesday 27th January, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!

Funded PhD opportunities - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life

The @leverhulmecal.bsky.social PhD studentships are now live here leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/leverhulme-c... Are you looking for a PhD programme that supports interdisciplinary approaches to algorithmic life? Closing date 26 February

delighted to be part of this amazing lineup. #geosky

register now for the Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies conference, 2-3 Feb 2026 in Oxford! with keynotes @joannazylinska.bsky.social and Daisy Ginsberg www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-visual... 🌳 📹 🦫 🛰️

this was a hugely impactful event, centring on the multiple costs of chronic and endemic precarity in UK HE. the full report and some highly practical action plans are here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #HigherEd

@rgs-ibghe.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social

"extensive powers" that hopefully exclude the use of #AIslop to visualise new infrastructure and other development. this kind of glutinous aerial AI landscape is so thoughtless about picturing place, the built environment and how they're experienced in multiple ways. @bildoperationen.bsky.social

register now for the Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies conference, 2-3 Feb 2026 in Oxford! with keynotes @joannazylinska.bsky.social and Daisy Ginsberg www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-visual... 🌳 📹 🦫 🛰️

States of precarity in UK geography report launch We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

Cuts, mergers, and redundancies risk hollowing out the discipline and eroding its interdisciplinary core. Geography’s future depends on confronting precarity head-on. Join us for our launch event on Wednesday!

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

sci fi novel recommends from my 2025 reading

I read (and watch) quite a lot of science fiction - mostly new, or new-ish. Here are sci fi novels I would recommend from what I read in 2025 - there are actually ten, so I guess this is yet another 'top of 2025' list, albeit a bit late: Sierra Greer,…

A white consumer drone hovers in front of the viewer

CFP, Please Share - A few days left to submit for "Critical Drone Studies: Drones in Society, Politics, and Culture" (25-26 June 2026, University of Cambridge) - Deadline for proposals: 12 January www.centrefordronesandculture.com/blog/confere...

#drone #cfp #conference #academicSky

States of precarity in UK geography report launch We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

Join us for our report launch event next Wednesday, 1pm-2.30pm [Online]

Guest speakers:
Prof. Gillian Rose, Lekan Adekola, Matilda Fitzmaurice, Jay Todd

Register 👇
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Mark Sinker | Glitchcore Bosch Above Côte Brasserie in Kingston upon Thames, overlooking its Riverside Walk, there was for a week in mid-November a...

‘Imagine a whole army wading ashore at you through the snowmelt, writhing fused limbs and non-Euclidean torsos, every zoomed-in detail a hideous AI patchwork. The chicken-dogs were even worse.’

Mark Sinker (@hiddenlandsc8pe.bsky.social) on a divisive AI mural.

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

this is a crucial report with significance across the UK #highered sector, for all workers, on fixed-tem contracts or not, including senior management. @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @resprofnews.bsky.social

Cover of Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies by Isabelle Held. The cover is a a blue and coral pink duotone of a woman wearing a leotard that depicts a mushroom cloud. She is posing with her hands up and her mouth open in joy. The blue and pink are inverted to create circles around her. The title is written vertical in a large bold yellow sans serif font. The subtitle is in white in the bottom left corner. The author's name is below in yellow.

In "Atomic Bombshells," Isabelle Held examines the effects of military-industrial science and the emergence of synthetic materials such as nylon, silicone, and foams on the female body. Read the intro for free on our site! buff.ly/Ee58UOa

that's exactly how my book is organised! hope you find it useful.

It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️

Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

it was a real pleasure to listen to @ahjackman.bsky.social and @adammpacker.bsky.social discuss their work on #dronegeographies #volumetricair - thanks so much for coming to @oxfordgeography.bsky.social!

Picturing reproductive techno-futurism through pre-wedding photography in Singapore This paper examines how the production of photographs can enact heteronormative, gendered and national sociotechnical imaginaries, by scrutinising the popular commercial practice of pre-wedding pho...

Rachael Chan and I have a new paper out in the ever-excellent Gender, Place and Culture. title: picturing reproductive techno-futurism through pre-wedding photography in Singapore. #openaccess here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @oxfordgeography.bsky.social