Felicitas MacGilChrist
@discoursology.bsky.social
research // generative critique // edtech // critical digital education // solarpunk // recovering poststructuralist // prof in oldenburg // editor at learning, media and technology @lmt-journal.bsky.social // curator of the relab
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Who said only military officers can deal with uncertainty? On the importance of uncertainty in edtech data visualisations
AI-powered predictive systems have high margins of error. However, data visualisations of algorithmic systems in education and other social fields tend to visualise certainty, thus invisibilising t...
www.tandfonline.com
Can uncertainty be visualised in educational data dashboards, if so, how and with what (pedagogical, social) implications? With @julianejarke.bsky.social, we found no uncertainty #dataviz in #edtech (no surprise), but examples in other fields (hence the title!)
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RGATI...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RGATI...
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In 2026, I will be working with others to organize a grassroots public history convening here in NYC. Excited to share more as planning gets underway.
August 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In 2026, I will be working with others to organize a grassroots public history convening here in NYC. Excited to share more as planning gets underway.
“And it’s something that theorists can be experts in: tendering compelling ideas”, with metaphors, images, aesthetics.
Said @annakornbluh.bsky.social
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#counteraesthetics #activism #academia
Said @annakornbluh.bsky.social
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#counteraesthetics #activism #academia
Bluesky
annakornbluh.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“And it’s something that theorists can be experts in: tendering compelling ideas”, with metaphors, images, aesthetics.
Said @annakornbluh.bsky.social
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#counteraesthetics #activism #academia
Said @annakornbluh.bsky.social
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#counteraesthetics #activism #academia
The problem if we assume that freedom means individual sovereignty is that we either deny freedom (when we realise humans are not sovereign) or, as is happening now, we think “that the freedom of one [hu]man or a group can only be purchased at the price of the freedom of others.” Hannah Arendt
July 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The problem if we assume that freedom means individual sovereignty is that we either deny freedom (when we realise humans are not sovereign) or, as is happening now, we think “that the freedom of one [hu]man or a group can only be purchased at the price of the freedom of others.” Hannah Arendt
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I trust Turnberry will receive the same treatment now Janey Godley is no longer with us.
July 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I trust Turnberry will receive the same treatment now Janey Godley is no longer with us.
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🟨 New Publication in #LMT 🟪
As part of LMT's 20th anniversary, in this editorial eight current and former editors reflect on the journal's achievements and consider its future.
Read more: tinyurl.com/yk7k2hkf
As part of LMT's 20th anniversary, in this editorial eight current and former editors reflect on the journal's achievements and consider its future.
Read more: tinyurl.com/yk7k2hkf
June 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🟨 New Publication in #LMT 🟪
As part of LMT's 20th anniversary, in this editorial eight current and former editors reflect on the journal's achievements and consider its future.
Read more: tinyurl.com/yk7k2hkf
As part of LMT's 20th anniversary, in this editorial eight current and former editors reflect on the journal's achievements and consider its future.
Read more: tinyurl.com/yk7k2hkf
Everyone is talking about #Adolescence - here's an interesting take from educational theorists reflecting on today's digital culture.
(in German, no spoilers included)
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(in German, no spoilers included)
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(PDF) Adolescence als Spiegel gesellschaftlicher Schlüsselprobleme - Bildung wieder kritisch-konstruktiv denken. Eine Stellungnahme
PDF | Die Netflix-Serie Adolescence erweckt aktuell große mediale Aufmerksamkeit, da sie erwachsenen Zuschauern eindringlich vor Augen führt, dass sie... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
dx.doi.org
May 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Everyone is talking about #Adolescence - here's an interesting take from educational theorists reflecting on today's digital culture.
(in German, no spoilers included)
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(in German, no spoilers included)
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
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Reminder: Wer sich für Fragen rund um Technologien, Medien, Bildung, Gesellschaft, Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit und Planetare Grenzen interessiert, ist herzlich zum Online-Workshop am 6.6. eingeladen. Organisiert von: @ngruenberger.bsky.social & @discoursology.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/medi...
bsky.app/profile/medi...
Oft bleibt wenig Zeit für inhaltlich intensiven Austausch. Der AK Nachhaltigkeit @medienpaed-dgfe.bsky.social lädt am 6.6.25 zum Online-Workshop ein. Driving questions & Informationen zur Anmeldung gibt`s hier www.medienpaed.net/ags-der-sekt...
@ngruenberger.bsky.social @discoursology.bsky.social
@ngruenberger.bsky.social @discoursology.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reminder: Wer sich für Fragen rund um Technologien, Medien, Bildung, Gesellschaft, Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit und Planetare Grenzen interessiert, ist herzlich zum Online-Workshop am 6.6. eingeladen. Organisiert von: @ngruenberger.bsky.social & @discoursology.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/medi...
bsky.app/profile/medi...
On the current crises and conspiracy theories: “immediacy is our most treacherous problem: our t has permeated all forms of the social and hence has effectively dismantled the social as a form.”
Alenka Zupančič, Disavowal.
Alenka Zupančič, Disavowal.
May 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
On the current crises and conspiracy theories: “immediacy is our most treacherous problem: our t has permeated all forms of the social and hence has effectively dismantled the social as a form.”
Alenka Zupančič, Disavowal.
Alenka Zupančič, Disavowal.
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Happy to celebrate #mayday2025 with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social! We start talking about antifascism, which now has to include all types of mutual aid and direct action. What does it mean to meet fascists in the streets when they control every lever of federal government?
This week on Movement Memos, my friend @shaneburley.bsky.social and I discuss fascism, including techno-fascism, mutual aid, and the kind of organizing and solidarity we need to survive these times. Audio + transcript:
How to Fight Fascism in a Captured State
A union exists whenever a group of people work together to solve a problem they couldn’t alone, says Shane Burley.
truthout.org
May 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Happy to celebrate #mayday2025 with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social! We start talking about antifascism, which now has to include all types of mutual aid and direct action. What does it mean to meet fascists in the streets when they control every lever of federal government?
What is "participation" in participatory research? New publication (in German), co-written with inspiring colleagues!
partizipation-als-zu-mutung.de
partizipation-als-zu-mutung.de
Partizipation als Zu-Mutung – Positionspapier
partizipation-als-zu-mutung.de
April 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
What is "participation" in participatory research? New publication (in German), co-written with inspiring colleagues!
partizipation-als-zu-mutung.de
partizipation-als-zu-mutung.de
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A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s.
www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...
www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...
"Gut Feeling" Is Outweighing Evidence-Based Rhetoric In US Politics"
A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s.
www.iflscience.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s.
www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...
www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...
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Gut, die Union ist eh Team Ausländer raus, aber gibt es eigentlich für die SPD überhaupt keine Grenze nach unten?
Es ist schon krass, tatsächlich steht im KoaVertrag drin, dass der Amtsermittlungsgrundsatz im Asylprozess durch den Beibringungsgrundsatz ersetzt wird. Das ist rechtsstaatlich in jeder Hinsicht unhaltbar.
April 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Gut, die Union ist eh Team Ausländer raus, aber gibt es eigentlich für die SPD überhaupt keine Grenze nach unten?
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Die Vorsitzende der Linken im Bundestag informiert im Pressestatement zu aktuellen politischen Themen. @heidireichinnek.de und @inesschwerdtner.bsky.social sprechen zur Vorstellung des Koalitionsvertrages.
youtu.be/COP6n-g_lHs
youtu.be/COP6n-g_lHs
Koalitionsvertrag von CDU, CSU & SPD: Die Menschen verdienen etwas Besseres! (Pressestatement)
YouTube video by Die Linke im Bundestag
youtu.be
April 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Die Vorsitzende der Linken im Bundestag informiert im Pressestatement zu aktuellen politischen Themen. @heidireichinnek.de und @inesschwerdtner.bsky.social sprechen zur Vorstellung des Koalitionsvertrages.
youtu.be/COP6n-g_lHs
youtu.be/COP6n-g_lHs
@mrs-frazzled.bsky.social ‘s analysis of the recent reinterpretation of civil rights laws (that all schools have to stop
DEI activities too): “obeying in advance” is going to be a key problem.
I thought there was only a German phrase for this.
#vorauseilenderGehorsam
DEI activities too): “obeying in advance” is going to be a key problem.
I thought there was only a German phrase for this.
#vorauseilenderGehorsam
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
@mrs-frazzled.bsky.social ‘s analysis of the recent reinterpretation of civil rights laws (that all schools have to stop
DEI activities too): “obeying in advance” is going to be a key problem.
I thought there was only a German phrase for this.
#vorauseilenderGehorsam
DEI activities too): “obeying in advance” is going to be a key problem.
I thought there was only a German phrase for this.
#vorauseilenderGehorsam
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At least it’s for a good purpose 🙄
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
At least it’s for a good purpose 🙄
Replace “games” and “art” with “education” and “teaching”, and the article sounds like it’s about the future of the profession #edtech
“When I’m told 'Think of how much time you could be spending instead on making the actual game!', [they] don't understand that all this brainstorming and iteration is making the game, it’s a crucial everyday part of game development (and human interaction) and is not a problem to be solved.”
‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers - Aftermath
'I have had conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea'
aftermath.site
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Replace “games” and “art” with “education” and “teaching”, and the article sounds like it’s about the future of the profession #edtech
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I am so excited to share the stage with @ruchowdh.bsky.social & Megan Smith 11 April at 11.20 am ET @rad-institute.bsky.social event "Gender and AI: Promise and Perils" www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g... - cannot wait! @oii.ox.ac.uk @ajlunited.bsky.social @ainowinstitute.bsky.social
Gender and AI: Promise and Perils | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
In this conference, leading computer scientists, engineers, policy makers, ethicists, artists, and representatives from the private sector will explore present and future challenges and opportunities ...
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I am so excited to share the stage with @ruchowdh.bsky.social & Megan Smith 11 April at 11.20 am ET @rad-institute.bsky.social event "Gender and AI: Promise and Perils" www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g... - cannot wait! @oii.ox.ac.uk @ajlunited.bsky.social @ainowinstitute.bsky.social
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Join us in the next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Online Seminar, where @danmcquillan.bsky.social from @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social will argue that having a responsible approach to #AI means #decomputing.
📅 Thu 24 Apr
⏰ 4 – 5pm
📍 Online via Zoom
🎟 edin.ac/40zUOao
📅 Thu 24 Apr
⏰ 4 – 5pm
📍 Online via Zoom
🎟 edin.ac/40zUOao
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Join us in the next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Online Seminar, where @danmcquillan.bsky.social from @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social will argue that having a responsible approach to #AI means #decomputing.
📅 Thu 24 Apr
⏰ 4 – 5pm
📍 Online via Zoom
🎟 edin.ac/40zUOao
📅 Thu 24 Apr
⏰ 4 – 5pm
📍 Online via Zoom
🎟 edin.ac/40zUOao
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This free event is part of the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Making Waves Event Season, and is run in collaboration with @braiduk.bsky.social!
📅 Thursday 10 April at 18.00
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online
🎟️ Tickets & more info ▶️ edin.ac/3WJhuUH
📅 Thursday 10 April at 18.00
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online
🎟️ Tickets & more info ▶️ edin.ac/3WJhuUH
Technomoral Conversations: AI & Creative Labour - Edinburgh Futures Institute
A conversation about the role of AI in creative practice and culture.
edin.ac
April 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This free event is part of the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Making Waves Event Season, and is run in collaboration with @braiduk.bsky.social!
📅 Thursday 10 April at 18.00
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online
🎟️ Tickets & more info ▶️ edin.ac/3WJhuUH
📅 Thursday 10 April at 18.00
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online
🎟️ Tickets & more info ▶️ edin.ac/3WJhuUH
Reposted by Felicitas MacGilChrist
Dean Jackson writes that the country’s democratic crisis can no longer be treated as acute, with relief hiding one or two elections away; it is plainly chronic.
The United States Needs a Democratic Vision for Its Post-Democracy Era | TechPolicy.Press
Democracy in the US requires more than analysis; it requires faith, writes Dean Jackson.
buff.ly
April 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dean Jackson writes that the country’s democratic crisis can no longer be treated as acute, with relief hiding one or two elections away; it is plainly chronic.
“On 15 February, a memo from the US General Services Administration removed an explicit ‘Prohibition of Segregated Facilities’ (like waiting rooms, restaurants and drinking fountains) for federal contractors.“
🚨NEW🚨
How Nazi Race Science Conquered the White House, and is Coming for Your Democracy
One of the major ‘Dark Enlightenment’ influencers has stepped into the light, talking of the ‘negro problem’.
@nafeez.bsky.social on broligarch extremism
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
How Nazi Race Science Conquered the White House, and is Coming for Your Democracy
One of the major ‘Dark Enlightenment’ influencers has stepped into the light, talking of the ‘negro problem’.
@nafeez.bsky.social on broligarch extremism
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
How Nazi Race Science Conquered the White House, and is Coming for Your Democracy
One of the major ‘Dark Enlightenment’ influencers has stepped into the light, talking of the 'negro problem'. Nafeez Ahmed explains how the Silicon Valley broligarchy has resurrected Nazi-inspired eug...
bylinetimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“On 15 February, a memo from the US General Services Administration removed an explicit ‘Prohibition of Segregated Facilities’ (like waiting rooms, restaurants and drinking fountains) for federal contractors.“
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🤩🤩 #AcademicSky, too!
Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, who I have the great fortune to be colleagues with at Sheffield, on In Our Time this morning, on Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#philsky #philofortnight #philosophymatters
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#philsky #philofortnight #philosophymatters
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought
www.bbc.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🤩🤩 #AcademicSky, too!
New book on radical democracy and education. So so so necessary right now. Looking forward to reading.
In German, edited by W. Friedrichs, @larakierot.bsky.social, D. Lange & @olivermarchart.bsky.social. Radikale Demokratiebildung: Postfundamentale Streifzüge. Springer. doi.org/10.1080/0305...
In German, edited by W. Friedrichs, @larakierot.bsky.social, D. Lange & @olivermarchart.bsky.social. Radikale Demokratiebildung: Postfundamentale Streifzüge. Springer. doi.org/10.1080/0305...
doi.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New book on radical democracy and education. So so so necessary right now. Looking forward to reading.
In German, edited by W. Friedrichs, @larakierot.bsky.social, D. Lange & @olivermarchart.bsky.social. Radikale Demokratiebildung: Postfundamentale Streifzüge. Springer. doi.org/10.1080/0305...
In German, edited by W. Friedrichs, @larakierot.bsky.social, D. Lange & @olivermarchart.bsky.social. Radikale Demokratiebildung: Postfundamentale Streifzüge. Springer. doi.org/10.1080/0305...
“The real antidote to exclusion isn’t inclusion, it’s commoning.”
Bcos keeping the binary “does nothing to challenge the fundamental premise on which exclusionary solutions are based.”
Am just re-reading the end of @danmcquillan.bsky.social’s Resisting AI for a talk tmrw. #commons #civictech
Bcos keeping the binary “does nothing to challenge the fundamental premise on which exclusionary solutions are based.”
Am just re-reading the end of @danmcquillan.bsky.social’s Resisting AI for a talk tmrw. #commons #civictech
March 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“The real antidote to exclusion isn’t inclusion, it’s commoning.”
Bcos keeping the binary “does nothing to challenge the fundamental premise on which exclusionary solutions are based.”
Am just re-reading the end of @danmcquillan.bsky.social’s Resisting AI for a talk tmrw. #commons #civictech
Bcos keeping the binary “does nothing to challenge the fundamental premise on which exclusionary solutions are based.”
Am just re-reading the end of @danmcquillan.bsky.social’s Resisting AI for a talk tmrw. #commons #civictech
Edith Weigert on working as a psychoanalyst in Germany in the 1930s:”At that time, I wondered how we could possibly work towards the goal of mental health in an insane society.”
March 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Edith Weigert on working as a psychoanalyst in Germany in the 1930s:”At that time, I wondered how we could possibly work towards the goal of mental health in an insane society.”