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jonathan w. y. gray

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📗 public data cultures https://jonathangray.org/publicdatacultures
🌱 codirector @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Oct 23

Public Data Cultures is out today on @politybooks.bsky.social! 📗🎊 jonathangray.org/2025/10/23/p...
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜

Copies of the book on a train in Totoro bag.

Front and back cover of Public Data Cultures with quotes and book blurb.

jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 7d

really appreciate @jymak.bsky.social for pictures & welcoming people - and @lboungr.bsky.social, Mykola, Thais, Sasha & many more for all the printing, carrying, guiding, coordinating and facilitating! 💜

jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 7d

thanks to all who came to warm up at launch of @nsrnicek.bsky.social's Silicon Empires, @mayameme.bsky.social's Auto-Correct & my Public Data Cultures with responses from @joannazylinska.bsky.social & @noortjem.bsky.social 🌌🍵📚 some notes 📝 jonathangray.org/2025/12/19/j... @politybooks.bsky.social

notes on joint book launch for Silicon Empires x Auto-Correct x Public Data Cultures

We recently had a joint launch for Nick Srnicek’s Silicon Empires, Maya Ganesh’s Auto-Correct and my Public Data Cultures book - with Noortje Marres and Joanna Zylinska as respondents.

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wfleung.bsky.social @wfleung.bsky.social · 7d

Full PhD studentship offered (closing date 13 Feb)
A Collaborative Doctoral Award with British Film Institute (BFI) and BEATS - a not-for-profit advocacy group for British East & South East Asians working in the Screen & Stage Industries. www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

Critical Approaches to the History of East and Southeast Asian Contributions in the British Screen Industry

We seek a passionate researcher/practitioner with relevant professional and/or lived experience to undertake a doctoral project that examines East and Southeast Asian (ESEA).

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Paul Spence @politonaiz.bsky.social · 8d

Beca completa de Doctorado en #HumanidadesDigitales en @KingsCollegeLon
La beca King’s–Fundación Ramón Areces ofrece matrícula completa, estipendio (£22.780/año) para Investigadores/as de nacionalidad española).
📅Fecha límite: 13 feb 2026
tinyurl.com/mr3dsh3h

King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarship Programme (K-FRA)

King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarships support candidates with Spanish nationality for full-time doctoral study in Digital Humanities at King's College London.

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Paul Spence @politonaiz.bsky.social · 8d

🎓🇪🇸 Fully funded PhD in Digital Humanities at King’s College London
The King’s–Ramón Areces Foundation scholarship supports Spanish nationals with full tuition, an annual stipend (£22,780), and research funding.
📅 Deadline: 13 February 2026
#PhDFunding #DigitalHumanities
www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarship Programme (K-FRA)

King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarships support candidates with Spanish nationality for full-time doctoral study in Digital Humanities at King's College London.

www.kcl.ac.uk

jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 9d

some notes on "regenerative data cultures" and "Human Machine: Soil, Sound, Memory" symposium at Akademie der Künste in Berlin 🪱🌱🍂🔊✨
jonathangray.org/2025/12/16/s...

with @wesleygoatley.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @jenniferwalshe.bsky.social & many more! 🍵💜

notes on regenerative data cultures and “Human Machine: Soil, Sound, Memory” at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin

Some notes on the “Human Machine: Soil, Sound, Memory” symposium at Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

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Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social · 15d

❗ We are urgently looking for a new Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI at the University of Amsterdam: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

The deadline for applying is very soon: Jan 4th.

You’ll work with @tpoell.bsky.social, @riederb.bsky.social, @dluitse.bsky.social, @louravn.bsky.social, me, & more

Vacancy — Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI (D4)

<p>Would you like to teach cutting-edge theories, computational methods, and questions in Critical Data & AI? Then we have the perfect challenge for you!</p>

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 16d

@fvandervlist.bsky.social and I are pleased to share that our book 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 will be published with Polity in June/Aug 2026!

We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...

jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 21d

🌱📗 book launch for "public data cultures" with Digital Methods Winter School and Data Sprint in Amsterdam on 7th January: jonathangray.org/2025/11/28/a...
@digitalmethods.net @digitalmethods.bsky.social #dmi26 #digitalmethods

public data cultures in Amsterdam, 7th January 2026

critical engagements with digital data, methods and infrastructures

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 26

ahh - I believe the ebook will be available in December! 🌱

jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 26

ahh - thanks for your interest! did you try links here? jonathangray.org/publicdatacu...

Public Data Cultures

a page about Public Data Cultures (Polity Books, 2025)

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 26

🌱📗 exploring public data cultures with School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo on 4th Dec jonathangray.org/2025/11/24/s...
#publicdatacultures

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 25

how to support care in group learning? @lboungr.bsky.social @pippasterk.bsky.social and I co-organised a project on “growing group care” and cocreated a zine with our students Abi Abosejo, Adja Seck, cong fu, Ellie Jennings, Kesara Ariyapongpairoj & Louis Saha 🌱✨ jonathangray.org/2025/11/25/g...

zine on growing group care

Liliana Bounegru, Pippa Sterk and I recently organised a project on “growing group care”. As part of the project we cocreated a zine with our students - Abi Abosejo, Adja Seck, Cong Fu, Ellie Jennings...

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · Nov 25

Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.

While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.

Committee on Technology

Sarah Aoun

Ruha Benjamin, Ida B Wells Just Data Lab at Princeton

Myaisha Hayes, MediaJustice

Noel Hidalgo, BetaNYC

Sam Jacobs, Food Fight Lab

Katherine Jin, Democratic Socialists of America

Amba Kak, AI Now Institute

Huge Ma, Turbovax

Matt Mitchell

ReNika Moore, ACLU

Alondra Nelson, Institute for Advanced Study

Martha Norrick, Backbone Strategies

Julie Samuels, Tech NYC

Garfield Swaby, New York Public Library

Julie Swoope Democratic Socialists of America

Haley Van Dyck

Elyse Voegeli, 18F

Maia Woluchem, Data & Society

The Mamdani administration’s 17 transition committees:

Housing
Youth & Education
Transportation, Climate & Infrastructure
Arts & Culture
Community Organizing
Community Safety
Economic Development & Workforce Development
Emergency Response
Government Operations
Health
Immigrant Justice
Criminal Legal System
Legal Affairs
Small Businesses & MWBEs
Social Services
Technology
Worker Justice

Photo of a colorful keffiyeh with a name tag on it that says “Ruha Benjamin, Technology, A NEW ERA for New York City”

jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 24

🎊 exciting news!

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 24

look forward to being back in Paris on 2nd dec to speak about public data cultures 🌱
jonathangray.org/2025/11/24/p...
at @sciencespo.bsky.social with Séverine Dusollier, Yochai Benkler, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, Léo Pascault, Balazs Bodo and @arisimarta.bsky.social

public data cultures in Paris, 2nd December 2025

Looking forward to visiting Sciences Po, Paris on 2nd December to speak about Public Data Cultures. This is part of a panel on “openness to achieve digital justice: experiments, promises, and flaws” w...

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Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · Nov 24

New article w @cearadau.bsky.social
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.

www.eflux.com/architecture...

Humanitarianism - Margie Cheesman et al. - Technosocial Reproduction and Humanitarian Reason

A white van rolled through the gates of a refugee camp in mainland Greece, its driver unloading a stack of pre-packaged lunches.

www.e-flux.com

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · Nov 21

🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟

Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities.

More details and how to apply 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...

@komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social

Arts & Humanities Doctoral School launches new studentships programme | King's College London

Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Nov 18

Joint book launch at King’s 🌟
Featuring:
• @jwyg.bsky.social, Public Data Cultures
• @nsrnicek.bsky.social, Silicon Empires
• @mayameme.bsky.social, Auto-Correct

In conversation with @noortjem.bsky.social &
@joannazylinska.bsky.social

📅 3 Dec, 19:00-21:00
www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...

free ticket 🎟️ – joint book launch 🎊 Silicon Empires x Auto-Correct x Public Data Cultures 📚✨ – Macadam Building - MB 4.2

joint book launch 🎊 Silicon Empires x Auto-Correct x Public Data Cultures 📚✨ – Macadam Building - MB 4.2, Wed 3 Dec 2025 - Join us for a book launch event for Nick Srnicek's Silicon Empires, Maya Gane...

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 18

aww thanks so much @timdavies.org.uk 💜🌱 would love to hear more about the course @kcorrick.bsky.social! happy to send a review copy / join for a chat with your students if you thought it might be relevant. 🍵✨

jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 13

much look forward to speaking about "regenerative data cultures" at "Human Machine: Soil, Sound, Memory" symposium at Akademie der Künste in Berlin 🪱🌱🍂🔊✨ jonathangray.org/2025/11/07/r... with @wesleygoatley.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @jenniferwalshe.bsky.social & many more! 🍵💜

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Nov 11

Amelia Acker: "Each chapter introduces data archiving processes that relate to the evolution of data sovereignty...: from magnetic tape + timesharing computer models from the 1950s,... to file structures + virtual containers in cloud-based information services over the past 40 yrs" — open access!

Archiving Machines

Archiving Machines advances our understanding of memory, information, and data by charting the struggle between the computing technologies that archive data ...

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 11

fantastic - thanks so much! added to this channel and will share with our students. 💜 www.are.na/jonathan-gra...

🗃 web archivery | Are.na

links, resources, projects on working with web archives. used for teaching digital methods classes - e.g. https://jwyg.github.io/digitalmethods/web-archives

www.are.na

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · Nov 11

Great piece by Fred Turner on the pivot from Californian ideology of connection (which built the web) to Texan ideology of extraction and theocracy thebaffler.com/salvos/the-t...

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 11

congrats - this looks great! 🎊 would love to share method and code with our students if it is available. 🌱

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Sara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social · Nov 10

I wrote this piece for @antipodeonline.bsky.social on street names as anticolonial traces, looking at Lusaka's map as a cartography of solidarity. Though these solidarities are less vivid today, I suggest these traces continue to hold revolutionary potential

antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...