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gillian rose
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digital things, visual culture, cities, visual research methods. And sometimes academic life. Prof of Human Geography at the University of Oxford. I still blog, occasionally, here:
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Gillian Rose FBA is a British geographer and geographic author. She is a professor of human geography in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. Previously, she taught and served as Associate Dean at The Open University. She is best known for her 1993 book, Feminism & Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge. .. more

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 18h
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
‘the image’ and cultural geography
I've just been browsing a fascinating collection of short essays, gathered by Ben Anderson and Vickie Zhang in the summer of 2025. They invited contributions on 'the promise of cultural geography' and put all the responses into an open-access book which you can download here. It's a wonderful initiative in many ways, not least in its openness to contributions and its publication as open access.
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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 1d
‘fun’ fact: established in 1991 (yes, 1991 not 1891), the Vautrin Lud prize has been awarded to a grand total of five women. #geosky
dib.ie Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 3d
#NewDIBLives As a geographer, Dr Anne Buttimer placed human lived experiences at the centre of geographical studies. Amongst many other honours and awards, in 2012 she won the Vautrin Lud prize, widely regarded as the discipline of geography’s equivalent of a Nobel prize. www.dib.ie/biography/bu...

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 2d
Not seen the film (yet?) but went back to Wuthering Heights today for the first time in 30 years and reminded that Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar called it a "bible of hell". What an odd story to sell with Margot Robbie wearing beautiful dresses.

Reposted by Gillian Rose, Mary Burke

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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 3d
#NewDIBLives As a geographer, Dr Anne Buttimer placed human lived experiences at the centre of geographical studies. Amongst many other honours and awards, in 2012 she won the Vautrin Lud prize, widely regarded as the discipline of geography’s equivalent of a Nobel prize. www.dib.ie/biography/bu...

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 3d
reminded of this resource by @jilltxt.bsky.social

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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...
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Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Gillian Rose, Janet Murray

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Miles Klee 🦉 @milesklee.bsky.social · 4d
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:
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.
www.wired.com

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Urban Studies Journal @urbanstudiesjournal.com · 11d
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🔍 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

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 11d
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/...
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jennifer uncoolidge @histoftech.bsky.social · 13d
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...
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.
www.nature.com

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 17d
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
The Smartness Mandate + The Ordinal Society = 2026(primer)
This is a review of two of the best books I've read more or less recently on the currently digital moment ('best' meaning 'most useful for things I am thinking about right now'). I should admit I haven't got round to many of the flood of academic/popular books on AI yet, though I'm looking forward to Karen Hao's The Empire of AI…
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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 19d
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...

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slowbikeiain.bsky.social Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20d
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Dorothy Bishop, Peter Thorne , and 25 more

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20d
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"

Reposted by Gillian Rose, Lieven Ameel

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Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 20d
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!

Reposted by Gillian Rose, John Hogan

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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 21d
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
Funded PhD opportunities - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life
leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 24d
delighted to be part of this amazing lineup. #geosky
urbanmulti.bsky.social Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 25d
Announcing the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series, featuring six brilliant speakers
@rikjaz.bsky.social
@ayonadatta.bsky.social
Charlotte Lemanski
@princeguma.bsky.social
@maanbarua.bsky.social
@profgillian.bsky.social

Location: Small Lecture Theatre @camunigeography.bsky.social

Reposted by Gillian Rose, Ayona Datta

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Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 25d
Announcing the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series, featuring six brilliant speakers
@rikjaz.bsky.social
@ayonadatta.bsky.social
Charlotte Lemanski
@princeguma.bsky.social
@maanbarua.bsky.social
@profgillian.bsky.social

Location: Small Lecture Theatre @camunigeography.bsky.social

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 26d
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

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 26d
"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
oxfordclarion.bsky.social Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 26d
Control of the Oxford–Cambridge Corridor should be given to a single development corporation with extensive powers, argues an thinktank closely associated with Keir Starmer. Labour Together says “Project Hawking” should aim to triple economic area in the area by 2050.
Illustrations from the Project Hawking report, which they credit to ChatGPT. Pretty sure King's College Chapel isn't quite that big, but we like the trams

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 26d
Control of the Oxford–Cambridge Corridor should be given to a single development corporation with extensive powers, argues an thinktank closely associated with Keir Starmer. Labour Together says “Project Hawking” should aim to triple economic area in the area by 2050.
Illustrations from the Project Hawking report, which they credit to ChatGPT. Pretty sure King's College Chapel isn't quite that big, but we like the trams

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 28d
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... 🌳 📹 🦫 🛰️

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 28d
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,…
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, Annie Bot Alex Foster, Circular Motion Silvia Park, Luminous…
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States of Precarity @statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 28d
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...
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.
www.rgs.org

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Richard A Carter @richardacarter.bsky.social · Jan 8
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
A white consumer drone hovers in front of the viewer

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States of Precarity @statesofprecarity.bsky.social · Jan 7
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...
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.
www.rgs.org

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Dec 9
‘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...
Mark Sinker | Glitchcore Bosch
Above Côte Brasserie in Kingston upon Thames, overlooking its Riverside Walk, there was for a week in mid-November a...
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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · Dec 9
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
rgsibg.bsky.social Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · Dec 4
📣Join the States of Precarity team for the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

📅 Wednesday 14 January
🎦 Online
👉 Sign up to attend: https://bit.ly/4rvQgP2

Check out the report before the launch: https://bit.ly/44HTUvg
Small blue house perched precariously on the edge of a concrete structure against a cloudy sky.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Dec 5
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
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.

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · Dec 4
that's exactly how my book is organised! hope you find it useful.

Reposted by Stuart Elden, Gillian Rose

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · Dec 4
📣Join the States of Precarity team for the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

📅 Wednesday 14 January
🎦 Online
👉 Sign up to attend: https://bit.ly/4rvQgP2

Check out the report before the launch: https://bit.ly/44HTUvg
Small blue house perched precariously on the edge of a concrete structure against a cloudy sky.

Reposted by Paul Davies, Gillian Rose, David Murakami Wood

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · Dec 3
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. ⬇️