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Listening to The Velvet Sundown and Xania Monet. These AI-generated songs are impressive. But Lily Allen they ain't.
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Listening to The Velvet Sundown and Xania Monet. These AI-generated songs are impressive. But Lily Allen they ain't.
ongratulations to my student Zheng Ken on passing her PhD examination. Her extensive ethnography within one of the key Chinese IT companies produced important revelations of what really happens in the creation of an algorithm. Very different from what we might imagine.
October 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
ongratulations to my student Zheng Ken on passing her PhD examination. Her extensive ethnography within one of the key Chinese IT companies produced important revelations of what really happens in the creation of an algorithm. Very different from what we might imagine.
New Publication. The Uses of Digital Anthropology in Podjed. D. and Montero, C. Why The World Needs Anthropologists.
www.routledge.com/Why-the-Worl...
www.routledge.com/Why-the-Worl...
Why the World Needs Anthropologists
Why does the world need anthropology and anthropologists more than ever? The second edition of Why the World Needs Anthropologists brings together prominent academic, practicing, and applied anthropol...
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September 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
New Publication. The Uses of Digital Anthropology in Podjed. D. and Montero, C. Why The World Needs Anthropologists.
www.routledge.com/Why-the-Worl...
www.routledge.com/Why-the-Worl...
My work email just told me it is full. But when I checked, there were only 221,000 emails there.
September 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My work email just told me it is full. But when I checked, there were only 221,000 emails there.
New paper in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute on the struggles of migrant care workers in elderly care in China. By Xinyuan Wang, currently working with me on a project concerned with care, surveillance and fairness in London and Shanghai.
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’: migrant care workers in ageing Shanghai
Drawing on the ethnography of migrant care workers in eldercare in Shanghai, this article reveals the evolving landscape of caregiving and kinship practices in contemporary China. The ethnography pre....
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New paper in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute on the struggles of migrant care workers in elderly care in China. By Xinyuan Wang, currently working with me on a project concerned with care, surveillance and fairness in London and Shanghai.
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Enjoyed End of the Road for Self-Esteem, Hayden Pedigo, Broadside Hacks playing the Incredible String Band, Vieux Farka Toure, Roje, Ustaad Noor Bakhsh and Muireann Bradley (missed Anna Erhad).
September 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Enjoyed End of the Road for Self-Esteem, Hayden Pedigo, Broadside Hacks playing the Incredible String Band, Vieux Farka Toure, Roje, Ustaad Noor Bakhsh and Muireann Bradley (missed Anna Erhad).
The title of the Chinese version of the book I am editing with Wang Xinyuan on digital anthropology in China, is now `Smoke and Fire in the Everyday World 2:0.' I imagine it sounds even better in Chinese.
August 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The title of the Chinese version of the book I am editing with Wang Xinyuan on digital anthropology in China, is now `Smoke and Fire in the Everyday World 2:0.' I imagine it sounds even better in Chinese.
Why on earth are governments still delaying the full recognition of a Palestinian state, specifically including Gaza?
Now is surely the exact time when this must be proclaimed and defended.
If Jews can have a state, then so must Palestinians and vice versa.
Now is surely the exact time when this must be proclaimed and defended.
If Jews can have a state, then so must Palestinians and vice versa.
July 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Why on earth are governments still delaying the full recognition of a Palestinian state, specifically including Gaza?
Now is surely the exact time when this must be proclaimed and defended.
If Jews can have a state, then so must Palestinians and vice versa.
Now is surely the exact time when this must be proclaimed and defended.
If Jews can have a state, then so must Palestinians and vice versa.
Sad to report the death of my colleague Michael Rowlands. Above all else, Mike was an intellectual. The embodiment of centuries during which universities were the places where humanity might achieve a deeper and broader understanding of itself and the world in which we live.
July 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Sad to report the death of my colleague Michael Rowlands. Above all else, Mike was an intellectual. The embodiment of centuries during which universities were the places where humanity might achieve a deeper and broader understanding of itself and the world in which we live.
Delighted to announce The Anthropology of Retirement. Ed with Pauline Garvey
With growing life expectancy, retirement is becoming equal to our entire working lives. It is not just an event but decades of change. In this book, we consider the consequences.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Miller...
With growing life expectancy, retirement is becoming equal to our entire working lives. It is not just an event but decades of change. In this book, we consider the consequences.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Miller...
The Anthropology of Retirement: Life Beyond Work | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Delighted to announce The Anthropology of Retirement. Ed with Pauline Garvey
With growing life expectancy, retirement is becoming equal to our entire working lives. It is not just an event but decades of change. In this book, we consider the consequences.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Miller...
With growing life expectancy, retirement is becoming equal to our entire working lives. It is not just an event but decades of change. In this book, we consider the consequences.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Miller...
Just finished The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk. It is a masterpiece and worthy of her Nobel Prize. But given my fondness for A Suitable Boy and The Dream of the Red Chamber, maybe I just like really really long books.
June 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Just finished The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk. It is a masterpiece and worthy of her Nobel Prize. But given my fondness for A Suitable Boy and The Dream of the Red Chamber, maybe I just like really really long books.
We have updated the webpages for the ASSA (Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing) project so you can see our films, cartoons, publications and general findings. We need this emphasis on the ubiquitous smartphone, instead of just social media.
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
ASSA: Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing
The Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing was a multi-sited research project based at UCL Anthropology, primarily funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizo...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We have updated the webpages for the ASSA (Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing) project so you can see our films, cartoons, publications and general findings. We need this emphasis on the ubiquitous smartphone, instead of just social media.
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
Currently, I am proofreading the book I have edited with Pauline Garvey on The Anthropology of Retirement. This will be coming out with Berghahn, hopefully in the not-too-distant future.
April 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Currently, I am proofreading the book I have edited with Pauline Garvey on The Anthropology of Retirement. This will be coming out with Berghahn, hopefully in the not-too-distant future.
Very sad to hear of the death of Amadou Bagayoko. I saw Amadou and Mariam live on several occasions as they were one of my favourite bands.
April 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Very sad to hear of the death of Amadou Bagayoko. I saw Amadou and Mariam live on several occasions as they were one of my favourite bands.
Just to let you know that we have done an update to our website for the Centre for Digital Anthropology at UCL
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
Centre for Digital Anthropology
The Centre for Digital Anthropology is a leading research hub for the understanding of digital technologies in the rich context of human society and culture.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Just to let you know that we have done an update to our website for the Centre for Digital Anthropology at UCL
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...
am a supporter of the Labour Party and will vote for them in the forthcoming local election (for fear of worse), but I also must support Annaliese Dodds in resigning over this disgraceful proposed cut to overseas aid.
February 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
am a supporter of the Labour Party and will vote for them in the forthcoming local election (for fear of worse), but I also must support Annaliese Dodds in resigning over this disgraceful proposed cut to overseas aid.
Just sent in the manuscript for our book Understanding China through Digital Anthropology, Edited by Daniel Miller and Xinyuan Wang. To be published by UCL Press. Very happy with the amazing contributions that I think really challenge the meaning of the word digital.
February 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Just sent in the manuscript for our book Understanding China through Digital Anthropology, Edited by Daniel Miller and Xinyuan Wang. To be published by UCL Press. Very happy with the amazing contributions that I think really challenge the meaning of the word digital.
Went to an excellent talk last night by Paula Bialski about her book Middle Tech which I strongly recommend—an Ethnographic study of software engineers.
February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Went to an excellent talk last night by Paula Bialski about her book Middle Tech which I strongly recommend—an Ethnographic study of software engineers.
Many congratulations to Haichao Wang for her excellent PhD on the impact of digital technologies on the Muslim Hui population of Xi'An China. Delighted also that Haichao is currently a lecturer in our department.
February 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Many congratulations to Haichao Wang for her excellent PhD on the impact of digital technologies on the Muslim Hui population of Xi'An China. Delighted also that Haichao is currently a lecturer in our department.
Cooking for our monthly drop in for refugees and asylum seekers reminded me of Marianne Faithfull's powerful song Broken English. If you don't know it, give it a listen, in memory of her.
February 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Cooking for our monthly drop in for refugees and asylum seekers reminded me of Marianne Faithfull's powerful song Broken English. If you don't know it, give it a listen, in memory of her.
My student showed me yesterday that DeepSeek is rather more complimentary about me and my work than ChatGPT. You are welcome to draw whatever conclusion you like from that.
January 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My student showed me yesterday that DeepSeek is rather more complimentary about me and my work than ChatGPT. You are welcome to draw whatever conclusion you like from that.
At last, there are some scientists prepared to speak out against all the rubbish that is constantly published about the impact of social media.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot
Is screen use really sapping our ability to focus and lowering our IQs? The scientists who have actually analysed the data give their verdict
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
At last, there are some scientists prepared to speak out against all the rubbish that is constantly published about the impact of social media.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The film A Real Pain shows just why it is so important to ponder and seek direction, especially for those questions that are ultimately unanswerable. And it's fun.
January 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The film A Real Pain shows just why it is so important to ponder and seek direction, especially for those questions that are ultimately unanswerable. And it's fun.
Really enjoying the new album from Fontaines D.C. One of the band (Grian) comes from "Cuan", of course.
January 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Really enjoying the new album from Fontaines D.C. One of the band (Grian) comes from "Cuan", of course.
Here are some tips for the year:-
Film - My Favourite Cake.
Music - St Vincent, Todos Nacen Gritando.
Non-fiction - William Dalrymple, The Golden Road.
Fiction - Olga Tokarczuk, Drive your plough over the bones of the dead.
Film - My Favourite Cake.
Music - St Vincent, Todos Nacen Gritando.
Non-fiction - William Dalrymple, The Golden Road.
Fiction - Olga Tokarczuk, Drive your plough over the bones of the dead.
December 13, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Here are some tips for the year:-
Film - My Favourite Cake.
Music - St Vincent, Todos Nacen Gritando.
Non-fiction - William Dalrymple, The Golden Road.
Fiction - Olga Tokarczuk, Drive your plough over the bones of the dead.
Film - My Favourite Cake.
Music - St Vincent, Todos Nacen Gritando.
Non-fiction - William Dalrymple, The Golden Road.
Fiction - Olga Tokarczuk, Drive your plough over the bones of the dead.