Charlotte Brachtendorf
@cbrachtendorf.bsky.social
Fashion scholar with an interest in digital media. Lecturer @ Uni Paderborn, PhD candidate @ Uni Weimar, member of research training group media anthropology
The new special issue of IMAGE, focusing on pictorial practices of clothing, is now available! I've contributed an article on AI-generated fashion images and their consequences for fashion. Check it out!
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Aktuelle Ausgabe 1/2025 | IMAGE
Mit Beiträgen von Christiane Wagner, Anna Schober, Haiyu Yuan, Hanne Bergius, Yu Shang und Vanessa Seves Deister de Sousa
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October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The new special issue of IMAGE, focusing on pictorial practices of clothing, is now available! I've contributed an article on AI-generated fashion images and their consequences for fashion. Check it out!
image-journal.de/aktuelle-aus...
image-journal.de/aktuelle-aus...
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From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.
Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.
Program & Registration:
Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.
Program & Registration:
International Conference: «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism»
Bringing together scholars and artists from a range of fields and backgrounds, the international conference «React & Respond» aims to map and analyze these contemporary economies of networked image cu...
digitalculturesandarts.ch
September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.
Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.
Program & Registration:
Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.
Program & Registration:
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Inaugural conference!
Media Theory at the Coach House
November 7-8, 2025
Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford)
Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia)
Abstracts due: June 30.
CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
Media Theory at the Coach House
November 7-8, 2025
Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford)
Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia)
Abstracts due: June 30.
CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
CFP
Media Theory at the Coach House Inaugural Conference November 7-8, 2025 Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto “Media theory seems eclipsed by the ubiquity of its objects” (…
mediatheoryjournal.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Inaugural conference!
Media Theory at the Coach House
November 7-8, 2025
Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford)
Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia)
Abstracts due: June 30.
CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
Media Theory at the Coach House
November 7-8, 2025
Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford)
Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia)
Abstracts due: June 30.
CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
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From 02–04 July 2025, the third annual conference »Sensing/Touching Virtuality« of the CRC 1567 will take place at the Kunstmuseum Bochum. This year’s conference is dedicated to the sensory and tactile potential of virtual worlds.
Program and participation: www.virtuelle-lebens...
Program and participation: www.virtuelle-lebens...
June 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From 02–04 July 2025, the third annual conference »Sensing/Touching Virtuality« of the CRC 1567 will take place at the Kunstmuseum Bochum. This year’s conference is dedicated to the sensory and tactile potential of virtual worlds.
Program and participation: www.virtuelle-lebens...
Program and participation: www.virtuelle-lebens...
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'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.'
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
time.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.'
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
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So-called «AI» as developed and marketed by Big Tech isn't a mere tool. It's a political and ideological project—a system of extraction, exploitation and surveillance that concentrates power in the hands of the few. Willingly accepting this as inevitable progress means submitting to brute force
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June 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
So-called «AI» as developed and marketed by Big Tech isn't a mere tool. It's a political and ideological project—a system of extraction, exploitation and surveillance that concentrates power in the hands of the few. Willingly accepting this as inevitable progress means submitting to brute force
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📕 Neuerscheinung bei Hagen University Press: "Grundbegriffe digitaler Kultur"
Das interdisziplinäre Buchprojekt beleuchtet zentrale Begriffe der digitalen Kultur.
🔍 hrsgg. von: Thomas Bedorf, Daniel Schubbe & Anna Tuschling
📖 Open Access verfügbar: hagen-up.de/publikatione...
Das interdisziplinäre Buchprojekt beleuchtet zentrale Begriffe der digitalen Kultur.
🔍 hrsgg. von: Thomas Bedorf, Daniel Schubbe & Anna Tuschling
📖 Open Access verfügbar: hagen-up.de/publikatione...
Grundbegriffe digitaler Kultur – Hagen University Press
hagen-up.de
June 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
📕 Neuerscheinung bei Hagen University Press: "Grundbegriffe digitaler Kultur"
Das interdisziplinäre Buchprojekt beleuchtet zentrale Begriffe der digitalen Kultur.
🔍 hrsgg. von: Thomas Bedorf, Daniel Schubbe & Anna Tuschling
📖 Open Access verfügbar: hagen-up.de/publikatione...
Das interdisziplinäre Buchprojekt beleuchtet zentrale Begriffe der digitalen Kultur.
🔍 hrsgg. von: Thomas Bedorf, Daniel Schubbe & Anna Tuschling
📖 Open Access verfügbar: hagen-up.de/publikatione...
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Bär: „Kann ich Exzellenz aus Harvard haben?“
Deutsche Akademiker*innen aller Statusgruppen: „NEIN, DORO, WIR HAM NOCH EXZELLENZ ZUHAUSE!“
Deutsche Akademiker*innen aller Statusgruppen: „NEIN, DORO, WIR HAM NOCH EXZELLENZ ZUHAUSE!“
June 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Bär: „Kann ich Exzellenz aus Harvard haben?“
Deutsche Akademiker*innen aller Statusgruppen: „NEIN, DORO, WIR HAM NOCH EXZELLENZ ZUHAUSE!“
Deutsche Akademiker*innen aller Statusgruppen: „NEIN, DORO, WIR HAM NOCH EXZELLENZ ZUHAUSE!“
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#KWIBlog: In today's blog text, former Thyssen Fellow @katschwerzmann.bsky.social investigates the role of reading in the context of new developments in AI, stressing the need for ongoing investment in close and critical reading that considers AI practices and limitations.
🔎 tinyurl.com/25upvwyj
🔎 tinyurl.com/25upvwyj
May 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#KWIBlog: In today's blog text, former Thyssen Fellow @katschwerzmann.bsky.social investigates the role of reading in the context of new developments in AI, stressing the need for ongoing investment in close and critical reading that considers AI practices and limitations.
🔎 tinyurl.com/25upvwyj
🔎 tinyurl.com/25upvwyj
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Save the Date: Am 22. und 23. Mai findet der Workshop «Plattform-Politiken» der AG Interfaces in der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM) an der HfG Karlsruhe statt – freu mich darauf und bin sehr gespannt! ag-interfaces.net/2025/05/12/w...
May 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Save the Date: Am 22. und 23. Mai findet der Workshop «Plattform-Politiken» der AG Interfaces in der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM) an der HfG Karlsruhe statt – freu mich darauf und bin sehr gespannt! ag-interfaces.net/2025/05/12/w...
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Aus aktuellem Anlass erinnere ich nochmal an die Forderungen von #IchBinHanna, nicht weiter irrsinnig viel Geld, Ressourcen & Nerven in hochkompetitive Programme wie #ExStra zu buttern, aus denen die allermeisten Mitglieder des dt. Wissenschaftssystems als Verlierer_innen hervorgehen. #ExitExzellenz
May 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Aus aktuellem Anlass erinnere ich nochmal an die Forderungen von #IchBinHanna, nicht weiter irrsinnig viel Geld, Ressourcen & Nerven in hochkompetitive Programme wie #ExStra zu buttern, aus denen die allermeisten Mitglieder des dt. Wissenschaftssystems als Verlierer_innen hervorgehen. #ExitExzellenz
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«Whether it was a kitchen knife or scissors — these tools allowed [Hannah Höch] full control over what she made. With today’s GAI, anyone using it cedes large parts of such control — and puts it into the hands of people like Elon Musk.» Great essay by @hotelamnesia.bsky.social, highly recommended!
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
«Whether it was a kitchen knife or scissors — these tools allowed [Hannah Höch] full control over what she made. With today’s GAI, anyone using it cedes large parts of such control — and puts it into the hands of people like Elon Musk.» Great essay by @hotelamnesia.bsky.social, highly recommended!
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Really looking forward to this event with the wonderful Gillian Rose (@profgillian.bsky.social) who will share her insights on smart cities, digital city twins and discuss with us the false promises of corporate tech solutions in search of urban problems. Next week in Zurich at Cabaret Voltaire!
The city of Zurich has become a center for the digital platform economy. But what visions of urban life are embedded in the promises offered by tech companies? @profgillian.bsky.social will speak with @bildoperationen.bsky.social at ZKK Talk #3: May 20th, 6:15 PM, Cabaret Voltaire!
May 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Really looking forward to this event with the wonderful Gillian Rose (@profgillian.bsky.social) who will share her insights on smart cities, digital city twins and discuss with us the false promises of corporate tech solutions in search of urban problems. Next week in Zurich at Cabaret Voltaire!
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I’m excited to return to DAW !
My talk, “The Generative Image,” investigates the way in which AI externalizes and operationalizes the imaginative capacities which influence the genetic process of image-formation.
Come for the Simondon, stay for the formal analysis of a cat video.
My talk, “The Generative Image,” investigates the way in which AI externalizes and operationalizes the imaginative capacities which influence the genetic process of image-formation.
Come for the Simondon, stay for the formal analysis of a cat video.
Please join us for our last Digital Aesthetics event of the AY 24-25: an AI & Media Roundtable, with Sun-ha Hong, Johan Fredrikzon, Julia Irwin, and Hank Gerba on May 20, 5-7pm PT. Abstracts and bios can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Zoom for the day of: tinyurl.com/5n8mdpbb
Zoom for the day of: tinyurl.com/5n8mdpbb
May 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m excited to return to DAW !
My talk, “The Generative Image,” investigates the way in which AI externalizes and operationalizes the imaginative capacities which influence the genetic process of image-formation.
Come for the Simondon, stay for the formal analysis of a cat video.
My talk, “The Generative Image,” investigates the way in which AI externalizes and operationalizes the imaginative capacities which influence the genetic process of image-formation.
Come for the Simondon, stay for the formal analysis of a cat video.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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📢Nicht verpassen 👇: Nächsten Mittwoch spricht @beritmiriam.bsky.social am ZiF über Menschen und Daten. Alle Infos 👉: www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...
April 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
📢Nicht verpassen 👇: Nächsten Mittwoch spricht @beritmiriam.bsky.social am ZiF über Menschen und Daten. Alle Infos 👉: www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...
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New CFP: What Do (Digital) Images Want? Join us in exploring a decade of data, power & visual knowledge!
dahj.org/cfp/11
dahj.org/cfp/11
CFP: What Do (Digital) Images Want? A Decade of Data, Power, and Visual Knowledge in Art History — DAHJ
The International Journal for Digital Art History (DAHJ) marks its 10th anniversary at a crucial moment when digital images are not only omnipresent in daily life, but are generated by active agents...
dahj.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
New CFP: What Do (Digital) Images Want? Join us in exploring a decade of data, power & visual knowledge!
dahj.org/cfp/11
dahj.org/cfp/11
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Two professorships in Political Communication & Digital Media (W3 or W2-W3 tenure-track) at the newly founded University of Technology Nuremberg in Bavaria! 📣🏛️🤖
May be interesting for folks over @fgkommpol.bsky.social, @icacat.bsky.social and related fields.
jobs.utn.de/jobposting/6...
May be interesting for folks over @fgkommpol.bsky.social, @icacat.bsky.social and related fields.
jobs.utn.de/jobposting/6...
Professor (m/w/d) (Open Rank: W3 oder W2 mit Tenure-Track zu W3) im Themenfeld Politische Kommunikation und digitale Medien
jobs.utn.de
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Two professorships in Political Communication & Digital Media (W3 or W2-W3 tenure-track) at the newly founded University of Technology Nuremberg in Bavaria! 📣🏛️🤖
May be interesting for folks over @fgkommpol.bsky.social, @icacat.bsky.social and related fields.
jobs.utn.de/jobposting/6...
May be interesting for folks over @fgkommpol.bsky.social, @icacat.bsky.social and related fields.
jobs.utn.de/jobposting/6...
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#JobAlert: Two (full or assistant) professorships at the ETH Zurich, one in the History of Technology, the other in Philosophy of Science. Closing date for applications is June 15 – please share!
ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...
ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...
Professur / Assistenzprofessur (Tenure Track) für Technikgeschichte und Professur / Assistenzprofessur (Tenure Track) für Wissenschaftsphilosophie
ethz.ch
April 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#JobAlert: Two (full or assistant) professorships at the ETH Zurich, one in the History of Technology, the other in Philosophy of Science. Closing date for applications is June 15 – please share!
ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...
ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...
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Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work.
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
April 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work.
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
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In The Culture of Surveillance David Lyon explained how it is easier to make people accept surveilllance tech ehrn it comes in the form of playful identity/relational practices. The AI dill generator is not dissimilar, except for its enormous environmental impact www.bbc.com/news/article...
ChatGPT AI action dolls: Concerns around the Barbie-like viral social trend
As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI's energy and data use.
www.bbc.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In The Culture of Surveillance David Lyon explained how it is easier to make people accept surveilllance tech ehrn it comes in the form of playful identity/relational practices. The AI dill generator is not dissimilar, except for its enormous environmental impact www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Während wir den Bund um Gelder für #Spitzenforscher bitten, sitzt der "Durchschnittsforscher" an seinem PC von 2006 und schreibt einen Drittmittelantrag zur Verlängerung seiner auf 10 Monate befristeten 50-Prozent-Stelle, während es durch das undichte Dach ins Büro tropft. #IchBinHanna
April 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Während wir den Bund um Gelder für #Spitzenforscher bitten, sitzt der "Durchschnittsforscher" an seinem PC von 2006 und schreibt einen Drittmittelantrag zur Verlängerung seiner auf 10 Monate befristeten 50-Prozent-Stelle, während es durch das undichte Dach ins Büro tropft. #IchBinHanna
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I’ve got a new article out with Invisible Culture, “Moire Patterns: Toward a Functional Aesthetics of Automatic Images.”
With great thanks to the editors and peer reviewers 🙂↕️
www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/moire-pa...
With great thanks to the editors and peer reviewers 🙂↕️
www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/moire-pa...
Moiré Patterns: Toward a Functional Aesthetics of Automatic Images
www.invisibleculturejournal.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I’ve got a new article out with Invisible Culture, “Moire Patterns: Toward a Functional Aesthetics of Automatic Images.”
With great thanks to the editors and peer reviewers 🙂↕️
www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/moire-pa...
With great thanks to the editors and peer reviewers 🙂↕️
www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/moire-pa...
