Dr. Anu A Harju
@memoriscapes.bsky.social
Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow, University of Helsinki. Media Studies, death, data and memory. Digital afterlife and politics of remembering.
Current research project: Death, Data, and Digital Media, funded by Kone Foundation
Current research project: Death, Data, and Digital Media, funded by Kone Foundation
This arrived in the post yesterday, excited to have a chapter in it on witnessing and victimhood with Johanna Sumiala - the collection looks great!
September 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This arrived in the post yesterday, excited to have a chapter in it on witnessing and victimhood with Johanna Sumiala - the collection looks great!
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Well, if you're looking for a distraction from politics, come on over to the weird and wonderful world of medical history! If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further. Bloodlettings! Bodysnatchers! I got it all.
June 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Well, if you're looking for a distraction from politics, come on over to the weird and wonderful world of medical history! If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further. Bloodlettings! Bodysnatchers! I got it all.
New open access publication in Nordic Journal of Media Studies on #grief and #Instagram #influencers
"Grief labour on Instagram: Resilient influencers and platformed grief", authored by my wonderful colleague Linda Pentikäinen @helsinki.fi and myself @koneensaatio.fi
sciendo.com/it/article/1...
"Grief labour on Instagram: Resilient influencers and platformed grief", authored by my wonderful colleague Linda Pentikäinen @helsinki.fi and myself @koneensaatio.fi
sciendo.com/it/article/1...
Grief labour on Instagram: Resilient influencers and...
Drawing on the postfeminist notion of resilience, in this article we explore female influencers in grief who, after losing their spouse, share...
sciendo.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New open access publication in Nordic Journal of Media Studies on #grief and #Instagram #influencers
"Grief labour on Instagram: Resilient influencers and platformed grief", authored by my wonderful colleague Linda Pentikäinen @helsinki.fi and myself @koneensaatio.fi
sciendo.com/it/article/1...
"Grief labour on Instagram: Resilient influencers and platformed grief", authored by my wonderful colleague Linda Pentikäinen @helsinki.fi and myself @koneensaatio.fi
sciendo.com/it/article/1...
Excited about the upcoming #DDD17 conference and our panel on the Politics of #Digital #Afterlife with many wonderful colleagues. My collaborator, visual artist and photographer @sadekahra.bsky.social and I will be talking about "Authorship, Data, the Techno-Affective Contours of Digital Afterlife".
Our conference programme is almost ready — and trust us, it’s going to be inspiring, energising, and full of can't-miss moments. 💥🎤
📅 We’re dropping the full programme later this month, so stay tuned!
👀 Keep an eye on our website and socials
@asdsdeath.bsky.social
📅 We’re dropping the full programme later this month, so stay tuned!
👀 Keep an eye on our website and socials
@asdsdeath.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Excited about the upcoming #DDD17 conference and our panel on the Politics of #Digital #Afterlife with many wonderful colleagues. My collaborator, visual artist and photographer @sadekahra.bsky.social and I will be talking about "Authorship, Data, the Techno-Affective Contours of Digital Afterlife".
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“The future does not depend on what we can imagine. It often exceeds our imagination in both wonderful and terrible ways. Preparing to meet it is partly accepting the sheer unpredictability of it and partly in being ready to meet and participate in what arises.”
Rebecca Solnit: ‘Fiction is treated as the most literary, aspirational – f*** that’
The prolific non-fiction writer returns to her favourite themes of hope and uncertainty in her cheerful new book, ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’. In a conversation with Hannah Ewens, she…
www.the-independent.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“The future does not depend on what we can imagine. It often exceeds our imagination in both wonderful and terrible ways. Preparing to meet it is partly accepting the sheer unpredictability of it and partly in being ready to meet and participate in what arises.”
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And if you're curious about my new book The Space of the World, this blog introduces the key ideas of the book to whet your appetite. Thanks to @lseinequalities.bsky.social
The root of all our problems with social media? The fundamental decision to delegate the design of our social spaces to profit-seeking businesses, writes @couldrynick.bsky.social #LSEInequalitiesBlog
buff.ly/ONF3UUX
buff.ly/ONF3UUX
The battle to rebuild our social media has started
The harms of social media platforms are well known. But the root cause is not: namely, letting profit-seeking businesses design our social spaces.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And if you're curious about my new book The Space of the World, this blog introduces the key ideas of the book to whet your appetite. Thanks to @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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Also, if you're on TikTok, please donate your data so we can better understand how the platform works:
Our TikTok data donation platform is finally public! We're inviting Australians to explore their TikTok data and discover their unique 'TikTok personality'.
Participate in the study: foryouparticipate.net/tiktok/
Read about our project: www.foryouresearch.net
Participate in the study: foryouparticipate.net/tiktok/
Read about our project: www.foryouresearch.net
April 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Also, if you're on TikTok, please donate your data so we can better understand how the platform works:
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It's launch day for the data donation platform we're using to explore Australians' relationship with the TikTok algorithm(s) - fantastic ABC Story Lab piece here. Includes links to the project and platform so you can sign up now and help us track the TikTok election! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Peering inside his TikTok viewing history, one user finds it is 'not just raw, pointless data'
A new tool created by researchers at the Queensland University of Technology is allowing people to see themselves through the eyes of the algorithm.
www.abc.net.au
April 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It's launch day for the data donation platform we're using to explore Australians' relationship with the TikTok algorithm(s) - fantastic ABC Story Lab piece here. Includes links to the project and platform so you can sign up now and help us track the TikTok election! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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Relevantly to International Trans Day of Visibility, the new Read Them Sideways episode discusses recent changes to the Meta hate speech policies, with a particular focus on transgender and queer people. Listen to hear @lucinda-nelson.bsky.social lend her expertise!
open.spotify.com/episode/5Fhb...
open.spotify.com/episode/5Fhb...
Episode 22: Meta hate speech policy changes with Lucinda Nelson
Read Them Sideways · Episode
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March 31, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Relevantly to International Trans Day of Visibility, the new Read Them Sideways episode discusses recent changes to the Meta hate speech policies, with a particular focus on transgender and queer people. Listen to hear @lucinda-nelson.bsky.social lend her expertise!
open.spotify.com/episode/5Fhb...
open.spotify.com/episode/5Fhb...
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Just one week left to shared your nominations for the ASDS Book Award and Public Engagement Award. We'd love to hear from you ⬇️
📢Please share your nominations for books and public engagement on death and dying for the ASDS Awards.
🎉We know there is so much amazing work going on and we want to celebrate it!
⌛️Deadline for award nominations: end of March. Details below!
🎉We know there is so much amazing work going on and we want to celebrate it!
⌛️Deadline for award nominations: end of March. Details below!
Award nominations are open! Please tell us about brilliant books and inspiring engagement on death, dying and bereavement. We'd love to hear from you.
Find all the details and nomination forms here: deathandsociety.org/asds-awards-2/
Closing date: 31 March 2025.
Find all the details and nomination forms here: deathandsociety.org/asds-awards-2/
Closing date: 31 March 2025.
March 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Just one week left to shared your nominations for the ASDS Book Award and Public Engagement Award. We'd love to hear from you ⬇️
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In terms of practical advice, consider consulting @societyofauthors.bsky.social. They previously produced guidance on this area: societyofauthors.org/2023/06/07/a...
The Authors Guild have created a template email addressed to Meta asserting your rights: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
The Authors Guild have created a template email addressed to Meta asserting your rights: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work
I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.
actionnetwork.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In terms of practical advice, consider consulting @societyofauthors.bsky.social. They previously produced guidance on this area: societyofauthors.org/2023/06/07/a...
The Authors Guild have created a template email addressed to Meta asserting your rights: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
The Authors Guild have created a template email addressed to Meta asserting your rights: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
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This is further proof that AI companies are free-riding on the work of authors, which makes effective legal regulation that gives creators proper transparency and control all the more urgent. We're working with our partners in the creative sector to urgently make this case to the Government.
@alcs.co.uk Does ALCS have any position on the Meta/LibGen issue, or know how UK authors might seek reimbursement?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is further proof that AI companies are free-riding on the work of authors, which makes effective legal regulation that gives creators proper transparency and control all the more urgent. We're working with our partners in the creative sector to urgently make this case to the Government.
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We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
March 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
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@societyofauthors.bsky.social
Have you seen the Atlantic's database of work stolen by Meta to train its AI? I just found a lot of my work listed. Members might like to check for their own:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Have you seen the Atlantic's database of work stolen by Meta to train its AI? I just found a lot of my work listed. Members might like to check for their own:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
Have you seen the Atlantic's database of work stolen by Meta to train its AI? I just found a lot of my work listed. Members might like to check for their own:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Have you seen the Atlantic's database of work stolen by Meta to train its AI? I just found a lot of my work listed. Members might like to check for their own:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Catania <3
After regularly visiting this beautiful city for nearly ten years, I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend this academic year in Sicily on a #research #visit at the University of Catania.
If and when visiting Sicily, make sure to spend some days in Catania, too.
After regularly visiting this beautiful city for nearly ten years, I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend this academic year in Sicily on a #research #visit at the University of Catania.
If and when visiting Sicily, make sure to spend some days in Catania, too.
Did you know that #Catania in #Sicily is known as the second most sunniest city in #Europe boasting an average of 347 hours of sun each month? 🌞
Today here are my TOP CATANIA TRAVEL TIPS whitealmond-privatesicily.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-t...
Today here are my TOP CATANIA TRAVEL TIPS whitealmond-privatesicily.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-t...
My Top Catania Travel Tips
whitealmond-privatesicily.blogspot.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Interested in participating in research relating to #data after #death?
Read more below on the doctoral research by @dannysnow.bsky.social
Read more below on the doctoral research by @dannysnow.bsky.social
Digital Twin: A virtual representation of a person that allows prediction, dynamic simulation of treatment strategies and intervention based on modelling of multi-modal data.
Would you donate your data to develop a 'Digital Twin' after you die?
forms.gle/rfAD5y2wPs6m...
Would you donate your data to develop a 'Digital Twin' after you die?
forms.gle/rfAD5y2wPs6m...
Data Donation Card
WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY?
This survey is part of a PhD research project in the School of Information and Communication Studies University College Dublin. The study aims to investigate ou...
forms.gle
March 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Interested in participating in research relating to #data after #death?
Read more below on the doctoral research by @dannysnow.bsky.social
Read more below on the doctoral research by @dannysnow.bsky.social
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💬 We're excited to announce a new series of free online events from ASDS!
From March to July, we'll hear from a range of speakers about their research, with opportunities for discussion.
Full list of dates and topics below. Booking now open.
deathandsociety.org/online-event...
From March to July, we'll hear from a range of speakers about their research, with opportunities for discussion.
Full list of dates and topics below. Booking now open.
deathandsociety.org/online-event...
March 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
💬 We're excited to announce a new series of free online events from ASDS!
From March to July, we'll hear from a range of speakers about their research, with opportunities for discussion.
Full list of dates and topics below. Booking now open.
deathandsociety.org/online-event...
From March to July, we'll hear from a range of speakers about their research, with opportunities for discussion.
Full list of dates and topics below. Booking now open.
deathandsociety.org/online-event...
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We must all thank Alondra Nelson for putting some essential points on the table about AI: www.techpolicy.press/three-fallac...
Three Fallacies: Alondra Nelson's Remarks at the Elysée Palace on the Occasion of the AI Action Summit | TechPolicy.Press
Dr. Nelson was an invited speaker at a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palais de l'Élysée on February 10, 2025.
www.techpolicy.press
February 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We must all thank Alondra Nelson for putting some essential points on the table about AI: www.techpolicy.press/three-fallac...
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I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe.
She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.
RIP Elisa.
She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.
RIP Elisa.
Vet found hanging draped in trans flag
The suicide letter they won't publish
zerodoesntsleep.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe.
She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.
RIP Elisa.
She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.
RIP Elisa.
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Hello, Bluesky community. Given the fact that Bluesky does not (yet) operate with algorithmic recommendations, it would be useful to like less and retweet/ share more, in order to find each other quickly. Thanks 😇
February 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hello, Bluesky community. Given the fact that Bluesky does not (yet) operate with algorithmic recommendations, it would be useful to like less and retweet/ share more, in order to find each other quickly. Thanks 😇
Exciting new #book in #death #studies coming out this spring, Death and Institutions: Processes, Places and the Past (Bristol University Press), edited by @katewoody.bsky.social, Helen Frisby and Bethan Michal-Fox @deathstudiespod.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
Death and Institutions
Death and Institutions - Processes, Places and the Past; Institutions play a crucial role in shaping experiences of end-of-life care, death and bereavement, yet research is often limited to specific s...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Exciting new #book in #death #studies coming out this spring, Death and Institutions: Processes, Places and the Past (Bristol University Press), edited by @katewoody.bsky.social, Helen Frisby and Bethan Michal-Fox @deathstudiespod.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
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It’s a coup! Please read or listen to Robert Hubbell’s newsletter!
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Call it by its name: A coup.
February 1, 2025
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February 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It’s a coup! Please read or listen to Robert Hubbell’s newsletter!
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This book sounds like one not to miss, particularly if you’re interested in datafication, the historical echoes of eugenics and anti-immigration movements in the context of techno-surveillance and algorithmic discrimination.
Will try and tune in tomorrow!
Will try and tune in tomorrow!
Tomorrow, noon ET, book talk with @anitachan.bsky.social on the DigiLabour channel. She will talk about her new book, Predatory Data @ucpress.bsky.social . @estebanmorales.bsky.social and Paola Ricaurte will be the discussants www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbye...
January 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This book sounds like one not to miss, particularly if you’re interested in datafication, the historical echoes of eugenics and anti-immigration movements in the context of techno-surveillance and algorithmic discrimination.
Will try and tune in tomorrow!
Will try and tune in tomorrow!
Missed this in December, but good #books are always worth sharing!
Our chapter w/ @jnkka.bsky.social "Streaming Death: Terrorist Violence, Post-death Data and the Digital Afterlife of Difficult Death" features in this fabulous collection offering different takes on difficult death. Have a listen 😊
Our chapter w/ @jnkka.bsky.social "Streaming Death: Terrorist Violence, Post-death Data and the Digital Afterlife of Difficult Death" features in this fabulous collection offering different takes on difficult death. Have a listen 😊
⭐️🎄🎁 Day 5 🎁🎄⭐️ The Death Studies Podcast Advent
Today we highlight the edited collection Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture, co-edited with Dr Sharon Coleclough
Listen to the episode that goes with the book: thedeathstudiespodcast.com/difficult-de...
Today we highlight the edited collection Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture, co-edited with Dr Sharon Coleclough
Listen to the episode that goes with the book: thedeathstudiespodcast.com/difficult-de...
January 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Missed this in December, but good #books are always worth sharing!
Our chapter w/ @jnkka.bsky.social "Streaming Death: Terrorist Violence, Post-death Data and the Digital Afterlife of Difficult Death" features in this fabulous collection offering different takes on difficult death. Have a listen 😊
Our chapter w/ @jnkka.bsky.social "Streaming Death: Terrorist Violence, Post-death Data and the Digital Afterlife of Difficult Death" features in this fabulous collection offering different takes on difficult death. Have a listen 😊