Ian Pollock
@ianfpollock.bsky.social
New Melburnian, old New Yorker. ANU anthropology PhD, sometime-designer, always Mets fan. Posting on anthro, STS, economics, history, design, SE Asia (especially Indonesia), writing, birds, baseball.
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif.
Reposted by Ian Pollock
The Clothworkers Textile Project have been looking at two 'Pua Kumbu' textiles from Sarawak. Collected a century apart in 1908 & 2019, they were made using a combination of ikat dyeing and backstrap loom weaving, a technique unique in its use of fibres and dyes endemic to the jungles of Borneo.
September 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Clothworkers Textile Project have been looking at two 'Pua Kumbu' textiles from Sarawak. Collected a century apart in 1908 & 2019, they were made using a combination of ikat dyeing and backstrap loom weaving, a technique unique in its use of fibres and dyes endemic to the jungles of Borneo.
I'm writing a study of a social/economic system that makes a better future by storing wealth in relationships.
Soon I'll start a new job leading human-centered research to make aged care in Australia safer and better.
Soon I'll start a new job leading human-centered research to make aged care in Australia safer and better.
i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again
tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
tell me what u are doing
be proud of your work and share it here
be proud of your work and share it here
September 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm writing a study of a social/economic system that makes a better future by storing wealth in relationships.
Soon I'll start a new job leading human-centered research to make aged care in Australia safer and better.
Soon I'll start a new job leading human-centered research to make aged care in Australia safer and better.
"Hey you know that bit in the Name of the Rose where he talks about how great lists are?!"
and now I’ll read it off, straight out of the book
August 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Hey you know that bit in the Name of the Rose where he talks about how great lists are?!"
Indonesia rn
August 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Indonesia rn
Start your sunday with this
High-pitched voice theory - Neanderthal - BBC science
YouTube video by BBC Studios
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August 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Start your sunday with this
I just came within a hair's breadth of telling my actual son to "measure once cut twice" @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I just came within a hair's breadth of telling my actual son to "measure once cut twice" @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social
Hello, I'm an anthropologist in a film. I am grossly appropriative and condescendingly academic, and I have a moral relativism the audience finds disgusting. The heroes will see my support for my community as both foolish and traitorous.
Hello, I'm an English Professor in a film. I have only ever read Moby Dick, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. I quote them extensively in ways that let you know the film writers were English majors.
Hello, I'm a historian in a film. My office is a massive space filled with Persian rugs, leather couches and massive wooden bookcases. There's a Tiffany lamp on my desk and an original Gutenberg Bible on a stand next to it. I am wearing a tweed suit with five layers.
July 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Hello, I'm an anthropologist in a film. I am grossly appropriative and condescendingly academic, and I have a moral relativism the audience finds disgusting. The heroes will see my support for my community as both foolish and traitorous.
Anyone who was part of the conference, it'd be great to see your thoughts in the replies ⬇️ #AusSTS25
To really really close, @carinatruyts.bsky.social leads a reflection on the conference:
I heard
I saw
I felt
I made
#AusSTS25
I heard
I saw
I felt
I made
#AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Anyone who was part of the conference, it'd be great to see your thoughts in the replies ⬇️ #AusSTS25
To really really close, @carinatruyts.bsky.social leads a reflection on the conference:
I heard
I saw
I felt
I made
#AusSTS25
I heard
I saw
I felt
I made
#AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
To really really close, @carinatruyts.bsky.social leads a reflection on the conference:
I heard
I saw
I felt
I made
#AusSTS25
I heard
I saw
I felt
I made
#AusSTS25
Closing us out, it's @wombatscholar.bsky.social (University of Sydney), with "noise as an attention ecology, or hauntology"
#AusSTS25
#AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Closing us out, it's @wombatscholar.bsky.social (University of Sydney), with "noise as an attention ecology, or hauntology"
#AusSTS25
#AusSTS25
Up next, Kari Lancaster (University of Bath) with "Shitty signals: wastewater epidemiology, addicted fish, and an ecological wrong-turn." Some wild entanglements here. #AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Up next, Kari Lancaster (University of Bath) with "Shitty signals: wastewater epidemiology, addicted fish, and an ecological wrong-turn." Some wild entanglements here. #AusSTS25
Now it's Christopher O’Neill (Deakin University), as part of the closing plenary panel, which starts from Foucault's 1966 essay, "message or noise?"
#AusSTS25
#AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Now it's Christopher O’Neill (Deakin University), as part of the closing plenary panel, which starts from Foucault's 1966 essay, "message or noise?"
#AusSTS25
#AusSTS25
Now we've got "Increasing Military Interest in the Electromagnetic Spectrum: A Painter's Guide," by
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox (University of Queensland)
#AusSTS25
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox (University of Queensland)
#AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Now we've got "Increasing Military Interest in the Electromagnetic Spectrum: A Painter's Guide," by
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox (University of Queensland)
#AusSTS25
Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox (University of Queensland)
#AusSTS25
Last panel of the conference, starting with "‘A map they could all understand:’ Beyond cartographic distortion with Web Mercator," by Gethin Rees (King’s College London). How can the history of cartography help us to work with web maps? #AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Last panel of the conference, starting with "‘A map they could all understand:’ Beyond cartographic distortion with Web Mercator," by Gethin Rees (King’s College London). How can the history of cartography help us to work with web maps? #AusSTS25
Next up, "Signals and noses" by Kylie Dolan (ANU). How does smell fit amongst the other signs people use to understand their environment, and especially signs of danger? Based on ethnographic work with an Aboriginal community in northern Australia.
#AusSTS25
#AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Next up, "Signals and noses" by Kylie Dolan (ANU). How does smell fit amongst the other signs people use to understand their environment, and especially signs of danger? Based on ethnographic work with an Aboriginal community in northern Australia.
#AusSTS25
#AusSTS25
Now it's "Songs, Silence, and Noise: Exploring Sonic Narratives of Bushfire Recovery," by Scott Webster (University of Sydney) and Kuai Shen (University of Lisbon) #AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Now it's "Songs, Silence, and Noise: Exploring Sonic Narratives of Bushfire Recovery," by Scott Webster (University of Sydney) and Kuai Shen (University of Lisbon) #AusSTS25
It's hard to overstate the importance of sharing unfinished work -- and the necessity of a community of practice that will support that kind of sharing. Taking and giving feedback, including across disciplines and methods, are crucial skills that lead to better work. #AusSTS25
July 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's hard to overstate the importance of sharing unfinished work -- and the necessity of a community of practice that will support that kind of sharing. Taking and giving feedback, including across disciplines and methods, are crucial skills that lead to better work. #AusSTS25
Next, James Parker from Melbourne Law School with "What did wake words do?" Wake words = words that activate devices like an Echo, e.g. "Hey Alexa..."
#AusSTS25
#AusSTS25
July 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Next, James Parker from Melbourne Law School with "What did wake words do?" Wake words = words that activate devices like an Echo, e.g. "Hey Alexa..."
#AusSTS25
#AusSTS25
Up next: Lorenn Ruster from ANU school of cybernetics: "Building an intuition for doing responsible AI: through the lens of signals and noises." #AusSTS25
July 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Up next: Lorenn Ruster from ANU school of cybernetics: "Building an intuition for doing responsible AI: through the lens of signals and noises." #AusSTS25
Reposted by Ian Pollock
(I personally love the Agile Manifesto website as a relic of an earlier web, and one that's now an eerie omen of the digital world of today -- and the ways tech governance has spilled into the "real" world.) #AusSTS25 agilemanifesto.org
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developing software
by doing it and helping others do it. These are our
values and principles.
agilemanifesto.org
July 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
(I personally love the Agile Manifesto website as a relic of an earlier web, and one that's now an eerie omen of the digital world of today -- and the ways tech governance has spilled into the "real" world.) #AusSTS25 agilemanifesto.org