Hugh Hammond
@hughdeleuzer.bsky.social
Media PhD Researcher at Royal Holloway. My thesis explores how AI transforms capital-labour relations in the labour process. Secondarily, I lecture and write on critical and philosophical approaches to video games. He/Him.
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So sick of hearing "You're biased" used as a social, economic or political argument. I blame the school curriculum - we had to do a load of nonsense in history & science GCSEs about "identifying bias" in a way that left people utterly helpless at dealing with structure, ideology or epistemology.
February 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
So sick of hearing "You're biased" used as a social, economic or political argument. I blame the school curriculum - we had to do a load of nonsense in history & science GCSEs about "identifying bias" in a way that left people utterly helpless at dealing with structure, ideology or epistemology.
I see the UCU democracy defenders from UCU Commons have logged on to *checks notes* to suggest using anti-TU laws to undermine a democratic vote.
December 13, 2024 at 6:33 PM
I see the UCU democracy defenders from UCU Commons have logged on to *checks notes* to suggest using anti-TU laws to undermine a democratic vote.
Huh. Wonder if the higher ups at UCU will still consider a twitter livestream just as effective against employers as actually committing to strike action after experiencing it first hand. In any case, solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social, shameful that you’ve been forced into this position.
If our employer aims to exhaust us, then they are very much mistaken & they seriously underestimate the anger and lack of confidence our members have in them.
The legacy being created by trade union leaders who adopt the union-busting playbook will never be forgotten.
The legacy being created by trade union leaders who adopt the union-busting playbook will never be forgotten.
November 23, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Huh. Wonder if the higher ups at UCU will still consider a twitter livestream just as effective against employers as actually committing to strike action after experiencing it first hand. In any case, solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social, shameful that you’ve been forced into this position.
My work has conceptually, politically, and theoretically moved far away from Judith Butler, but I will never abandon the practice I learnt from them of "explaining your argument in a big block of rhetorical questions that gradually redefine the terms under discussion".
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
My work has conceptually, politically, and theoretically moved far away from Judith Butler, but I will never abandon the practice I learnt from them of "explaining your argument in a big block of rhetorical questions that gradually redefine the terms under discussion".
As a ECR, BlueSky’s starter packs have been amazing for plugging into academic conversations. So often I’ve felt completely lost at sea when trying to map the key questions and concepts being discussed in a research field. Now, I feel like I have a way of understanding the direction of travel.
November 14, 2024 at 4:58 PM
As a ECR, BlueSky’s starter packs have been amazing for plugging into academic conversations. So often I’ve felt completely lost at sea when trying to map the key questions and concepts being discussed in a research field. Now, I feel like I have a way of understanding the direction of travel.
Panicked and re-recorded a lecture I gave to students because I messed up explaining Althusser to my students and now, having slept, I listened to the first version and realised it was fine… lesson learned: don’t lecture on 2 hours sleep.
November 13, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Panicked and re-recorded a lecture I gave to students because I messed up explaining Althusser to my students and now, having slept, I listened to the first version and realised it was fine… lesson learned: don’t lecture on 2 hours sleep.
Had an amazing time at @histmat.bsky.social, and was exciting to present my research to some actual Marxists for once. So much to think about, and in desperate need of a rest, but the capitalist grind requires I now write a lecture on Disco Elysium.
November 10, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Had an amazing time at @histmat.bsky.social, and was exciting to present my research to some actual Marxists for once. So much to think about, and in desperate need of a rest, but the capitalist grind requires I now write a lecture on Disco Elysium.