Rafal Zaborowski
@zaborowski.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof) at King's College London. Media, audiences, popular music, virtual idols, migration, Japan, brewing, wrestling, board games, stuff no one else finds funny.
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Rafal Zaborowski
@zaborowski.bsky.social
· Feb 18
#Runningupthathill, revival and popular music fandom on TikTok
The fourth season of Stranger Things (2022) used Kate Bush’s 1985 single ‘Running up that Hill’ for a key narrative moment, propelling the song back into the charts. This resurgence also inspired n...
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New open access article!
With @lucykbennett.bsky.social we explore the resurgence of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" on TikTok -- creativity, renewal and nostalgia through fandom, but also tensions between platform infrastructure, creators and audiences.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
With @lucykbennett.bsky.social we explore the resurgence of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" on TikTok -- creativity, renewal and nostalgia through fandom, but also tensions between platform infrastructure, creators and audiences.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A new book series with Univ of Exeter Press: Global Digital Futures, ed. by Cristina Moreno Almeida and myself.
It takes digital culture beyond the anglophone datasphere, focusing on alternative epistemologies, methods, and futures. Check www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/... and get in touch!
It takes digital culture beyond the anglophone datasphere, focusing on alternative epistemologies, methods, and futures. Check www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/... and get in touch!
Global Digital Futures
Series editors: Cristina Moreno-Almeida, Queen Mary University of London and Rafal Zaborowski, King’s College London The Global Digital Futures book series is dedicated to expanding the intellectual h...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A new book series with Univ of Exeter Press: Global Digital Futures, ed. by Cristina Moreno Almeida and myself.
It takes digital culture beyond the anglophone datasphere, focusing on alternative epistemologies, methods, and futures. Check www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/... and get in touch!
It takes digital culture beyond the anglophone datasphere, focusing on alternative epistemologies, methods, and futures. Check www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/... and get in touch!
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New Book Series 📚️ Global Digital Futures
If you are interested in writing for the series we would love to hear from you. Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/k8xvs2ck
#digitalculturestudies #digitalculture #digitalfutures
If you are interested in writing for the series we would love to hear from you. Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/k8xvs2ck
#digitalculturestudies #digitalculture #digitalfutures
January 23, 2026 at 12:55 PM
New Book Series 📚️ Global Digital Futures
If you are interested in writing for the series we would love to hear from you. Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/k8xvs2ck
#digitalculturestudies #digitalculture #digitalfutures
If you are interested in writing for the series we would love to hear from you. Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/k8xvs2ck
#digitalculturestudies #digitalculture #digitalfutures
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🚨Special Issue Alert: Platforms, Publics, and Anti-Publics
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#academicsky #socialmediasky
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#academicsky #socialmediasky
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨Special Issue Alert: Platforms, Publics, and Anti-Publics
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#academicsky #socialmediasky
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#academicsky #socialmediasky
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📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway).
📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract
🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025
Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring
📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract
🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025
Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring
my.corehr.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway).
📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract
🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025
Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring
📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract
🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025
Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring
A very full and fascinating Audience Section panel on influencer cultures at #iamcr2025 #iamcr #iamcraud More tomorrow!
July 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A very full and fascinating Audience Section panel on influencer cultures at #iamcr2025 #iamcr #iamcraud More tomorrow!
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📺 Tune in this Sunday, 6 July, at 9:10 am for the English version of the NHK documentary "New Japonism: Vocaloids", featuring our own Dr @zaborowski.bsky.social!
🔗 Catch it on NHK On-Demand: buff.ly/RmQa19V
#DigitalCulture #Vocaloids @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
🔗 Catch it on NHK On-Demand: buff.ly/RmQa19V
#DigitalCulture #Vocaloids @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
📺 Tune in this Sunday, 6 July, at 9:10 am for the English version of the NHK documentary "New Japonism: Vocaloids", featuring our own Dr @zaborowski.bsky.social!
🔗 Catch it on NHK On-Demand: buff.ly/RmQa19V
#DigitalCulture #Vocaloids @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
🔗 Catch it on NHK On-Demand: buff.ly/RmQa19V
#DigitalCulture #Vocaloids @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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We'll be getting 4 airings of this in the next day, so there will be a few chances to catch it before it's taken off. You can find the schedule here!
July 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We'll be getting 4 airings of this in the next day, so there will be a few chances to catch it before it's taken off. You can find the schedule here!
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hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇
www3.nhk.or.jp
July 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇
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Characteristically forgot to sit down to watch this but managed to tune in to the last quarter, just at @zaborowski.bsky.social's interview!
hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇
www3.nhk.or.jp
July 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Characteristically forgot to sit down to watch this but managed to tune in to the last quarter, just at @zaborowski.bsky.social's interview!
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Very exciting PhD on film tourism impacts being advertised at Edith Cowan University supervised by Associate Professor Sangkyun Kim & Dr Eerang Park with the potential for a scholarship too. I'm tempted and I've got a PhD!
More details at www.linkedin.com/posts/kouros... #fanstudies #filmtourism
More details at www.linkedin.com/posts/kouros... #fanstudies #filmtourism
Microsoft Word - Film tourism impacts_SeanKim_Eerang Park_ECU SBL 2024 | Kourosh Esfandiar, PhD | 16 comments
Exciting PhD Scholarship Opportunity – Film Tourism Impacts Project
I am delighted to share an excellent PhD scholarship opportunity on a film tourism impacts… | 16 comments on LinkedIn
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March 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Very exciting PhD on film tourism impacts being advertised at Edith Cowan University supervised by Associate Professor Sangkyun Kim & Dr Eerang Park with the potential for a scholarship too. I'm tempted and I've got a PhD!
More details at www.linkedin.com/posts/kouros... #fanstudies #filmtourism
More details at www.linkedin.com/posts/kouros... #fanstudies #filmtourism
That is just so many jobs!
Applications are now open for 20 interdisciplinary jobs in AI at King’s College London: King’s AI+ Academic Fellowships, advancing AI across *all* disciplines (yes, inc. Arts & Hums — come and work with me!). www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki...
@kingsdh.bsky.social @kings-dfi.bsky.social
@kingsdh.bsky.social @kings-dfi.bsky.social
King's AI+ Academic Fellowships (leading to an open-ended academic post)
King’s is making a major strategic investment into driving AI activity across our nine academic Faculties. Our ambition is to accelerate growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data-driven research...
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That is just so many jobs!
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RIP Jonathan Sterne - most influential sound studies scholar of the past 20 years, renowned mentor, dedicated colleague.
this morning friends, colleagues, and students recieved an email with the sad news that jonathan sterne passed away last night in his sleep. if you would like to reach out to carrie, you can do so at the heyjonandcarrie email that was previously distributed. (dm me if you dont have this)
March 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
RIP Jonathan Sterne - most influential sound studies scholar of the past 20 years, renowned mentor, dedicated colleague.
Debuted on NHK last week! I was interviewed for a TV special on vocaloid cultures, focusing on how they allow listeners and young people in particular to develop their voice and a sense of agency. Friends in Japan can catch it on-demand.
March 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Debuted on NHK last week! I was interviewed for a TV special on vocaloid cultures, focusing on how they allow listeners and young people in particular to develop their voice and a sense of agency. Friends in Japan can catch it on-demand.
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My new article, co-authored with @zaborowski.bsky.social & focused on Kate Bush fandom on TikTok is now out 🎵
One of our lecturers, @lucykbennett.bsky.social, has published a new journal article which talks about the revival and popular music fandom on TikTok.
Read more ⤵️
tinyurl.com/d4a3b4s4
Read more ⤵️
tinyurl.com/d4a3b4s4
#Runningupthathill, revival and popular music fandom on TikTok
The fourth season of Stranger Things (2022) used Kate Bush’s 1985 single ‘Running up that Hill’ for a key narrative moment, propelling the song back into the charts. This resurgence also inspired n...
tinyurl.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My new article, co-authored with @zaborowski.bsky.social & focused on Kate Bush fandom on TikTok is now out 🎵
Happy Fat Thursday, the best Polish holiday
February 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy Fat Thursday, the best Polish holiday
Can’t believe it. Effortlessly kind. A rare quality of leaving you feeling better after every interaction.
February 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Can’t believe it. Effortlessly kind. A rare quality of leaving you feeling better after every interaction.
Works well now - maybe just a temporary glitch on my side. Thanks!
February 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Works well now - maybe just a temporary glitch on my side. Thanks!
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Nelson correctly says that of course Sunak is English, but absolutely misses his part in shaping the rhetoric we have now which makes the "unthinkable" questions mainstream.
February 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Nelson correctly says that of course Sunak is English, but absolutely misses his part in shaping the rhetoric we have now which makes the "unthinkable" questions mainstream.
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Sankei gallery for 猫の日(Cat Day) leads with this photo. www.sankei.com/article/2025...
February 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Sankei gallery for 猫の日(Cat Day) leads with this photo. www.sankei.com/article/2025...
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Please repost! My department -- Waseda University's Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies -- is planning to offer a tenured position to begin in 2026. We're a friendly place and we offer one of the best research environments in Japan. Application information here! Thanks for reposting, folks!
Academic Recruitment April 2026 for the Post of Full-Time Academic Faculty
The Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS) at WASEDA University is conducting a search for the following full-time academic faculty...
www.waseda.jp
February 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Please repost! My department -- Waseda University's Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies -- is planning to offer a tenured position to begin in 2026. We're a friendly place and we offer one of the best research environments in Japan. Application information here! Thanks for reposting, folks!
Looks fun - the link does not open for me though
February 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Looks fun - the link does not open for me though
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It's publication day for this edited collection that I've been working on with my two fabulous co-editors.
Plenty of great work in here on animation, fandom and transmedia, and the general importance of this classic film 🕷🎃🎄
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmare...
Plenty of great work in here on animation, fandom and transmedia, and the general importance of this classic film 🕷🎃🎄
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmare...
The Nightmare Before Christmas
This edited collection considers The Nightmare Before Christmas as a milestone in animation and film history, considering the different layers of meaning and hi…
www.bloomsbury.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It's publication day for this edited collection that I've been working on with my two fabulous co-editors.
Plenty of great work in here on animation, fandom and transmedia, and the general importance of this classic film 🕷🎃🎄
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmare...
Plenty of great work in here on animation, fandom and transmedia, and the general importance of this classic film 🕷🎃🎄
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmare...
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🎭 How is bias reproduced in text-to-image generative AI models? Join Dr. Stephanie Diepeveen for a public talk on Power, Representation & GenAI.
📅 26 February | 5PM
📍 King’s College London | Free event
🔗 Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/digit...
#AI #GenerativeAI #digitalmedia
📅 26 February | 5PM
📍 King’s College London | Free event
🔗 Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/digit...
#AI #GenerativeAI #digitalmedia
Select tickets – Stephanie Diepeveen: Power, Representation and GenAI: A critical exploration of AI imaginaries across language and place – Safra Theatre, Strand Campus, King's College London
The Global Digital Cultures Research Group in the Department of Digital Humanities at KCL hosts Dr Stephanie Diepeveen, speakin...
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February 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🎭 How is bias reproduced in text-to-image generative AI models? Join Dr. Stephanie Diepeveen for a public talk on Power, Representation & GenAI.
📅 26 February | 5PM
📍 King’s College London | Free event
🔗 Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/digit...
#AI #GenerativeAI #digitalmedia
📅 26 February | 5PM
📍 King’s College London | Free event
🔗 Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/digit...
#AI #GenerativeAI #digitalmedia
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‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use
‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use
Software goes on sale that replicates the distinctive analogue sounds of celebrated unit where Doctor Who theme was created
With its banks of bafflingly complex equipment, and staff members that were among the most progressive musical minds in the UK,…
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February 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use