Ben Platt
benaplatt.bsky.social
Ben Platt
@benaplatt.bsky.social
Teaching Associate in Urban Geography, University of Cambridge
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my phone just reminded me of this: six years ago today, with the May68-inspired banner I sewed (very poorly I might add) on strike in Cambridge with @benaplatt.bsky.social

higher education is in a far worse place now: la lutte continue !!
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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We are pleased to welcome at @sarah-mills.bsky.social to @camunigeography.bsky.social next week! During her visit, she will be giving an exciting talk on the gamification of citizenship on Monday at 5 PM in the Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome, we'd love to see you there!
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Very excited to be co-organising this with the Digital Ecologies crew, @profgillian.bsky.social, @benaplatt.bsky.social, and Janina Schupp at the Digital Hub at @jesusoxford.bsky.social.

More info here: digicologies.com/cfp
CFP — Digital Ecologies
cargo.site
digicologies.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🌅 How are digital technologies refashioning ecological aesthetics? 🌅

Join us for the next Digital Ecologies conference in February 2026 - CFP now open!

We're delighted to welcome Joanna Zylinska and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg as our keynotes!

Any questions, get in touch.
🌐🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨🌐

'The Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies'

🗓️ 2-3 February 2026
📍 @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

We invite one-word titles (e.g. hallucinating, zooming, obscuring, glitching, generating)

Deadline: 14th November

Full info: digicologies.com/cfp
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🌐🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨🌐

'The Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies'

🗓️ 2-3 February 2026
📍 @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

We invite one-word titles (e.g. hallucinating, zooming, obscuring, glitching, generating)

Deadline: 14th November

Full info: digicologies.com/cfp
October 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Last week members of TechLife visited the ‘More-than-human’ exhibition at the Design Museum @designmuseum.bsky.social in London... A big thanks to the team of curators at the Museum for hosting us and partaking in a fascinating discussion!
July 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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What does the more-than-human city look like?
Our Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social Global Roundtable is out: www.thenatureofcities.com/2025/02/12/w...
- with Ferne Edwards, Lucia Alexandra Popartan, @cqualmann.bsky.social, @idilgaziulusoy.bsky.social, @butterflyup.bsky.social, and many others
What does the more-than-human city look like? – The Nature of Cities
www.thenatureofcities.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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For this week's seminar, we're joined by Dr @benaplatt.bsky.social who will present his work on #landscape #urbanism and 'the duplicity of landscape revisited'.

Join us in the Desert room at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social or online on Thursday 23rd January at 4pm. All welcome!
January 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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🌍 Our book - 'Digital ecologies: Mediating more-than-human worlds' - will be published in December with @manchesterup.bsky.social!

🍃 Editors: @jonnyjjt.bsky.social, @admsrl.bsky.social, Henry Anderson-Elliott & @evahaifa.bsky.social

🫂 Pre-order now: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
Manchester University Press - Digital ecologies
Digital ecologies - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Digital ecologies by Jonathon Turnbull
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
November 13, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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Defra popping out a bathing water reform consultation the day before a very critical OEP report on bathing waters is due. BIG OMISSION in that there are no plans to monitor any new substances/bacteria. Have your say, as they say.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Bathing water reforms to consider water sports and water quality
Defra invites the public, community and environmental groups, farmers, businesses and local authorities to share views on modernising bathing water regulations.
www.gov.uk
November 12, 2024 at 9:41 AM