Ned Barker
@nedbarker.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Culture & Technology @ King’s College London.
Researching technology, the body & society — from VR to robotics & more
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ned-barker
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-barker-86a47787/
@kingsdh.bsky.social
Researching technology, the body & society — from VR to robotics & more
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ned-barker
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-barker-86a47787/
@kingsdh.bsky.social
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Ned Barker
@nedbarker.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Moved across from Twitter but haven’t really posted — so, getting started (again).
I teach digital culture at King’s, thinking about how technologies meet bodies: BCIs, VR, wearables, robotics, biosensing, tracking… all that good/strange stuff.
Sharing fragments, experiments, and half-baked ideas.
I teach digital culture at King’s, thinking about how technologies meet bodies: BCIs, VR, wearables, robotics, biosensing, tracking… all that good/strange stuff.
Sharing fragments, experiments, and half-baked ideas.
Applying for funding can feel daunting — so I’ve shared a short reflections on my experience applying for a Leverhulme ECF
If you’re thinking about applying (or supervising someone who is), I hope it offers some useful insights
If you’re thinking about applying (or supervising someone who is), I hope it offers some useful insights
Early career research fellowship case study: Lecturer in Digital Culture and Technology
Read Dr Ned Barker's case study on early careers fellowships.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Applying for funding can feel daunting — so I’ve shared a short reflections on my experience applying for a Leverhulme ECF
If you’re thinking about applying (or supervising someone who is), I hope it offers some useful insights
If you’re thinking about applying (or supervising someone who is), I hope it offers some useful insights
When I visited Brown University in 2024, I sat in on a seminar where students started by sharing “pre-critical reflections” on the week’s topic. Simple idea, but it really stuck with me — a way of connecting their own experiences to the theory in focus.
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
When I visited Brown University in 2024, I sat in on a seminar where students started by sharing “pre-critical reflections” on the week’s topic. Simple idea, but it really stuck with me — a way of connecting their own experiences to the theory in focus.
Dusting off old books, diving back into educational theory ahead of term.
it’s been a while since I worked in a school of education — excited to revisit ideas on critical #Pedagogy, social learning and communities of practice while prepping for my #AdvanceHE Fellowship this year
it’s been a while since I worked in a school of education — excited to revisit ideas on critical #Pedagogy, social learning and communities of practice while prepping for my #AdvanceHE Fellowship this year
September 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Dusting off old books, diving back into educational theory ahead of term.
it’s been a while since I worked in a school of education — excited to revisit ideas on critical #Pedagogy, social learning and communities of practice while prepping for my #AdvanceHE Fellowship this year
it’s been a while since I worked in a school of education — excited to revisit ideas on critical #Pedagogy, social learning and communities of practice while prepping for my #AdvanceHE Fellowship this year
Moved across from Twitter but haven’t really posted — so, getting started (again).
I teach digital culture at King’s, thinking about how technologies meet bodies: BCIs, VR, wearables, robotics, biosensing, tracking… all that good/strange stuff.
Sharing fragments, experiments, and half-baked ideas.
I teach digital culture at King’s, thinking about how technologies meet bodies: BCIs, VR, wearables, robotics, biosensing, tracking… all that good/strange stuff.
Sharing fragments, experiments, and half-baked ideas.
September 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Moved across from Twitter but haven’t really posted — so, getting started (again).
I teach digital culture at King’s, thinking about how technologies meet bodies: BCIs, VR, wearables, robotics, biosensing, tracking… all that good/strange stuff.
Sharing fragments, experiments, and half-baked ideas.
I teach digital culture at King’s, thinking about how technologies meet bodies: BCIs, VR, wearables, robotics, biosensing, tracking… all that good/strange stuff.
Sharing fragments, experiments, and half-baked ideas.
Reposted by Ned Barker
My immediate previous issue to my last with BMJ (as editor) was also significantly about ♿️
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mh.bmj.com/content/50/3
Medical Humanities: 50 (3)
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January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My immediate previous issue to my last with BMJ (as editor) was also significantly about ♿️
mh.bmj.com/content/50/3
mh.bmj.com/content/50/3
First post here and delighted to share that my paper with Harry Parker is now out in BMJ: Humanities
mh.bmj.com/content/earl...
There are accompanying blog and audio pieces still to emerge, watch this space :)
@digitalculturekcl.bsky.social
@kingsdh.bsky.social
mh.bmj.com/content/earl...
There are accompanying blog and audio pieces still to emerge, watch this space :)
@digitalculturekcl.bsky.social
@kingsdh.bsky.social
Hybrid performances in sport: Cybathlon spectatorship for critically imagining technologies for disability futures
Disabled bodies have been historically marginalised in sporting arenas and spectacles. Assistive technologies have been increasingly featuring in, and changing, sporting landscapes. In some ways recen...
mh.bmj.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:54 AM
First post here and delighted to share that my paper with Harry Parker is now out in BMJ: Humanities
mh.bmj.com/content/earl...
There are accompanying blog and audio pieces still to emerge, watch this space :)
@digitalculturekcl.bsky.social
@kingsdh.bsky.social
mh.bmj.com/content/earl...
There are accompanying blog and audio pieces still to emerge, watch this space :)
@digitalculturekcl.bsky.social
@kingsdh.bsky.social