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Philipp Budka
@philbu.bsky.social
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sociocultural anthropologist
infrastructure, tech, media, temporality, politics, ethnography
currently @univie.ac.at
https://www.philbu.net/
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anthropologica.bsky.social
...and the Introduction: Narratives and Temporalities of Infrastructure in Canada
Philipp Budka, Giuseppe Amatulli

@philbu.bsky.social @gamatulli.bsky.social

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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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anthropologica.bsky.social
Current Issue Published!

Vol. 67 No. 1 (2025)

Narratives and Temporalities of Infrastructure: The Canadian Experience

Thematic Section editors:
Philipp Budka, Giuseppe Amatulli

cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...

@alexandrinebf.bsky.social @philbu.bsky.social @gamatulli.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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AI's capabilities may be exaggerated by flawed tests, according to new study:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI's capabilities may be exaggerated by flawed tests, according to new study
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute analyzed 445 tests used to evaluate AI models.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Looking forward to my lecture on community #infrastructures, #sovereignty & futures in remote 🇨🇦 @ the Wednesday Seminar Series of the Dpt. of Social & Cultural #Anthropology @univie.ac.at.
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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How Jean Baudrillard predicted today’s #AI 30 years before ChatGPT:
theconversation.com/how-the-fren...
How the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard predicted today’s AI 30 years before ChatGPT
Baudrillard’s genius lay in foreseeing what these rudimentary devices like fax machines suggested about likely future uses of technology.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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infranortherc.bsky.social
📅 Join us this Wednesday, Nov 5, at 5 pm CET, for a lecture by #InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka, on infrastructural sovereignty in remote Canadian communities.

🌐 Hybrid at Uni Wien & Zoom, no registration needed. More details on the link below!

@philbu.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #Infrastructure
Nov 5, 2025: Presentation by Philipp Budka at the University of Vienna - InfraNorth
On November 5, 2025, at 5:00 pm CET, InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka will deliver a lecture titled “Sovereignty by Design: Community Infrastructures and Relational Futures in Remote Canada,” as pa...
infranorth.eu
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
philbu.bsky.social
New blog post for the Digital #Ethnography Initiative (DEI) @univie.ac.at.

#Selfies Beyond the Frame: Digital Cultures in #India by Avishek Ray:
digitalethnography.at/selfies-beyo...
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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theguardian.com
‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?
‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?
In an online landscape characterised by doom and division, the people’s encyclopedia stands out – a huge collective endeavour giving everyone free access to the sum of human knowledge. But with Elon Musk branding it ‘Wokipedia’ and AI looming large, can it survive?
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Otto-Wagner Areal & Church, #Vienna.
Otto-Wagner Areal. Photo by Philipp Budka. Otto-Wagner Areal. Photo by Philipp Budka. Otto-Wagner Areal. Photo by Philipp Budka.
October 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Kremlin envoy proposes "Putin-Trump #rail tunnel" to link Russia and US in the #Arctic:
www.reuters.com/world/kremli...
www.reuters.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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The Ethnographic Field School @univie.ac.at - on thinking archives ethnographically - starts today!

Looking forward to an engaging semester of hands-on research & exploration of archives.

ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...
Archives. Photo by: https://unsplash.com/@nananadolgo
October 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Trump approves #Alaska mining #road to boost copper, zinc production:
apnews.com/article/alas...
Trump approves Alaska mining road to boost copper, zinc production
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other minerals.
apnews.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
philbu.bsky.social
A little bit of sightseeing to wrap up #DGSKA2025 in #Cologne.
Cologne Cathedral. Photo by Philipp Budka.
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Interesting exhibition at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in #Cologne, accompanying the #DGSKA2025 conference:
nomadit.co.uk/conference/d...
Exhibition “Out of Focus” at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne. Photo by Philipp Budka. Exhibition “Out of Focus” at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne. Photo by Philipp Budka. Exhibition “Out of Focus” at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne. Photo by Philipp Budka. Exhibition “Out of Focus” at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne. Photo by Philipp Budka.
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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dgska.bsky.social
Eriko Yamasaki, Sandra Calkins, Phillip Budka & André Thiemann explore un/commoning and sustainability—from Maya maize farming 🌽 to green gentrification 🚧, Arctic infrastructure 🚂 & swine fever in Serbia 🐗. Chaired by Maike Melles & Daniel Sosna. #dgska2025
October 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I’m really looking forward to my talk tomorrow at #DGSKA2025 (@dgska.bsky.social) in #Cologne.

I’ll be speaking about #sustainability & #infrastructure in 🇨🇦, drawing on my work with @infranortherc.bsky.social @univie.ac.at.
Port of Churchill, MB, Canada. Photo by Philipp Budka.
September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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After yesterday's keynote, the GASCA/DGSKA conference @dgska.bsky.social in #Cologne continues today with its 1st plenary session.

Full program:
tagung.dgska.de/en/timetable/

#anthropology
1st plenary session at GASCA/DGSKA conference in Cologne. Photo by Philipp Budka.
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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infranortherc.bsky.social
Next week, four #InfraNorth researchers will present at the 2025 GASCA/DGKSA conference, on how #infrastructures sustain & transform livelihoods; epistemologies & methodologies of accompanied research; and commoning practices in the #Arctic.

@philbu.bsky.social @dgska.bsky.social #Anthropology
Oct 1, 2025: InfraNorth Presentations at the 2025 GASCA Conference “Un/Commoning Anthropology” - InfraNorth
On October 1, 2025, InfraNorth researchers Philipp Budka, Elena Davydova, Katrin Schmid and Susanna Gartler will present at the 2025 conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthro...
infranorth.eu
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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The conference "Beyond #Infrastructure?" @univie.ac.at is followed by a workshop on #Arctic #transport futures with various stakeholders & experts from Northern #Europe & Arctic #America.
Tim Heleniak (Nordregio) presents on panarctic infrastructures.
September 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Looking forward to my presentation tomorrow @infranortherc.bsky.social conference, where I show how #transport #infrastructures enable northern #sovereignty in 🇨🇦.
#Arctic #anthropology
Street sign in Churchill, MB, Canada. Photo by Philipp Budka.
September 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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infranortherc.bsky.social
In his keynote lecture, Alessandro Rippa takes us on a journey across the China-Burma borderlands to examine #Anthropocene landscapes as extended #infrastructure space.

🔗 infranorth.eu/beyond-infrastructure-conference/

#BeyondInfrastructure #InfraNorth @alessandrorippa.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Alessandro Rippa gives the keynote lecture of the Beyond Infrastructure conference at the University of Vienna, September 22. 2025.
September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The @infranortherc.bsky.social conference "Beyond #Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the #Anthropocene" starts today @univie.ac.at bringing together researchers from multiple disciplines to rethink how built, unbuilt & imagined environments shape our world:
infranorth.eu/beyond-infra...
Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene - InfraNorth
Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene International Conference, University of Vienna, September 22 – 24, 2025 About the conference Keynote lecture Registration Program Fre...
infranorth.eu
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
philbu.bsky.social
Google DeepMind claims ‘historic’ #AI breakthrough in problem solving:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google DeepMind claims ‘historic’ AI breakthrough in problem solving
Version of company’s Gemini 2.5 AI model solved complex real-world problem that stumped human programmers
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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ChatGPT-5 and the Limits of Machine Intelligence:
quillette.com/2025/09/07/c...
ChatGPT-5 and the Limits of Machine Intelligence
The disillusion produced by GPT-5 is not a technical hiccup, it’s a philosophical wake-up call.
quillette.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The Pöstlingbergbahn is a historic narrow-gauge electric #railway - also known as a "mountain tramway" - located in #Linz 🇦🇹 It’s famous for scenic rides up Pöstlingberg hill.
Pöstlingbergbahn. Photo by Philipp Budka. Pöstlingbergbahn. Photo by Philipp Budka. Pöstlingbergbahn. Photo by Philipp Budka.
August 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM