Javier Pantoja
@jpantoja.bsky.social
From digital humanities to computational humanities. Museums and cultural heritage @bsc-cns.bsky.social PhD candidate @upf.edu
Just published my new essay at CCCB LAB:
“The Forms of the Simulacrum”
Three observations on immersive experiences and virtual exhibitions, not as intensified realities, but as cultural constructs shaped by audiovisual logic, visual perspective, and narrative simulation
lab.cccb.org/en/forms-of-...
“The Forms of the Simulacrum”
Three observations on immersive experiences and virtual exhibitions, not as intensified realities, but as cultural constructs shaped by audiovisual logic, visual perspective, and narrative simulation
lab.cccb.org/en/forms-of-...
Forms of Simulation | CCCB LAB
Three observations on immersive experiences and virtual reality exhibitions.
lab.cccb.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just published my new essay at CCCB LAB:
“The Forms of the Simulacrum”
Three observations on immersive experiences and virtual exhibitions, not as intensified realities, but as cultural constructs shaped by audiovisual logic, visual perspective, and narrative simulation
lab.cccb.org/en/forms-of-...
“The Forms of the Simulacrum”
Three observations on immersive experiences and virtual exhibitions, not as intensified realities, but as cultural constructs shaped by audiovisual logic, visual perspective, and narrative simulation
lab.cccb.org/en/forms-of-...
El golpe de Estado de los tecnoautoritarios: de la América postdemocrática a la Europa que viene www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona... Magnífica lectura de domingo por @francescabria.bsky.social
El golpe de Estado de los tecnoautoritarios: de la América postdemocrática a la Europa que viene, por Francesca Bria
A finales de julio de 2025, en lo más profundo de la maquinaria burocrática del Pentágono en Arlington, Virginia, el Ejército de EE.UU. firmó discretamente la
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November 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
El golpe de Estado de los tecnoautoritarios: de la América postdemocrática a la Europa que viene www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona... Magnífica lectura de domingo por @francescabria.bsky.social
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT has crossed 120 million EU users for its search feature and may fall under the Digital Services Act. Ramsha Jahangir breaks down what this could mean for the regulation of AI chatbots in Europe.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has crossed 120 million EU users for its search feature and may fall under the Digital Services Act. Ramsha Jahangir breaks down what this could mean for the regulation of AI chatbots in Europe.
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Last week I posted a thread on how people are using generative AI - bsky.app/profile/rich...
This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically.
Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.
This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically.
Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.
October 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Last week I posted a thread on how people are using generative AI - bsky.app/profile/rich...
This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically.
Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.
This thread is on how people use gen AI for news, specifically.
Though getting information is emerging as the key use of gen AI, only 6%on average across 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 use it for news weekly, doubling since 2024.
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As the rhythms of life and algorithms merge, Joshua Rothman explores what AI means for the creation of culture, and how it might shape what we come to care about. Will it be possible to "make meaning for ourselves" out of automated art? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A.I. Is Coming for Culture
We’re used to algorithms guiding our choices. When machines can effortlessly generate the content we consume, though, what’s left for the human imagination?
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September 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
As the rhythms of life and algorithms merge, Joshua Rothman explores what AI means for the creation of culture, and how it might shape what we come to care about. Will it be possible to "make meaning for ourselves" out of automated art? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Interesante artículo de @enricjuliana.bsky.social en el boletín Penínsulas de esta semana (recomiendo suscribirse). Revisa el problema de los centros de datos y la electricidad en el ámbito estatal. Me gustaría leer una segunda parte con el mismo enfoque sobre centros de datos y consumo de agua.
Bienvenido Míster Data Center
Estaremos de acuerdo en que Bienvenido Míster Marshall es una de las grandes películas del cine español. Luis G. Berlanga supo sortear la censura para explicar
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September 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Interesante artículo de @enricjuliana.bsky.social en el boletín Penínsulas de esta semana (recomiendo suscribirse). Revisa el problema de los centros de datos y la electricidad en el ámbito estatal. Me gustaría leer una segunda parte con el mismo enfoque sobre centros de datos y consumo de agua.
¿Y si Da Vinci fuera un robot? elpais.com/opinion/2025...
¿Y si Da Vinci fuera un robot?
A la mayoría de la gente le desagrada la mera idea de que exista arte creado por inteligencia artificial
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September 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
¿Y si Da Vinci fuera un robot? elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Primer canon del arte algorítmico www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/2025... por @jorgecarrion21.bsky.social sobre la exposición Le mon selon l'IA
Primer canon del arte algorítmico
El Turco, aquel autómata del siglo XVIII que ganó partidas de ajedrez por toda Europa gracias a que en su interior se escondía un maestro de baja estatura, siempre es
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September 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Primer canon del arte algorítmico www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/2025... por @jorgecarrion21.bsky.social sobre la exposición Le mon selon l'IA
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“AI will transform the art market—just not how you expect.” Convelio founder Edouard Gouin argues that the greatest impact will be in logistics and efficiency, not glamour.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/a...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/a...
September 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“AI will transform the art market—just not how you expect.” Convelio founder Edouard Gouin argues that the greatest impact will be in logistics and efficiency, not glamour.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/a...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/a...
"What do you type into the boxes? That’s AI literacy. There's more to it, of course: how to make sense of what comes out of the box. But how about this one: Why do you type into the boxes? That’s human literacy. You can't have AI literacy without it..."
We need to know what humans do before we argue that machines can do it just the same. There can’t be AI literacy without a literacy in being human: how we make meaning in work and life, distinguishing the artificial from the imaginary from the true. mail.cyberneticforests.com/human-litera...
Human Literacy
Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching
You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. They should know what to type into prompt windows, ...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
"What do you type into the boxes? That’s AI literacy. There's more to it, of course: how to make sense of what comes out of the box. But how about this one: Why do you type into the boxes? That’s human literacy. You can't have AI literacy without it..."
The GenAI Divide. State of AI in business 2025
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August 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The GenAI Divide. State of AI in business 2025
El 95% de los proyectos empresariales con IA carecen de retorno económico www.lavanguardia.com/economia/202...
El 95% de los proyectos empresariales con IA carecen de retorno económico
La aclamada revolución tecnológica destinada a marcar este siglo no está aportando ninguna mejora de ingresos empresariales. El retorno de las inversiones, de momento,
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August 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
El 95% de los proyectos empresariales con IA carecen de retorno económico www.lavanguardia.com/economia/202...
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I recently found an interview with Bruno Latour I had been looking for for a long time and thought this might be a good idea: A list of all the interviews he did during his lifetime, plus some commentary. It's not yet finished, but useful enough to share, I hope.
open.substack.com/pub/wondrous...
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Interviews with Bruno Latour
An ongoing, annotated list
open.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I recently found an interview with Bruno Latour I had been looking for for a long time and thought this might be a good idea: A list of all the interviews he did during his lifetime, plus some commentary. It's not yet finished, but useful enough to share, I hope.
open.substack.com/pub/wondrous...
open.substack.com/pub/wondrous...
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📣Job alert (no. 2)!
We are looking for a strategic, curious and well-connected Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our international policy work from our Brussels base.
Closing: 9:30am BST, Monday 8 September 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/head-of-...
We are looking for a strategic, curious and well-connected Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our international policy work from our Brussels base.
Closing: 9:30am BST, Monday 8 September 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/head-of-...
Head of EU and Global AI Governance
The Ada Lovelace Institute is recruiting a Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our EU and international policy work.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
August 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📣Job alert (no. 2)!
We are looking for a strategic, curious and well-connected Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our international policy work from our Brussels base.
Closing: 9:30am BST, Monday 8 September 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/head-of-...
We are looking for a strategic, curious and well-connected Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our international policy work from our Brussels base.
Closing: 9:30am BST, Monday 8 September 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/head-of-...
Dive in!
The History of User Interfaces
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August 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Dive in!
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🗺️ Hi Bluesky! We're Humap, a map platform built with and for #GLAMA, #DigitalHumanities, and #CitizenScience
Here are some of the amazing projects on our platform 🧵
An archival history of #Tampa #Florida created by the University of South Florida tampa-through-time.humap.site
#USHistory #USA
Here are some of the amazing projects on our platform 🧵
An archival history of #Tampa #Florida created by the University of South Florida tampa-through-time.humap.site
#USHistory #USA
November 26, 2024 at 1:58 PM
🗺️ Hi Bluesky! We're Humap, a map platform built with and for #GLAMA, #DigitalHumanities, and #CitizenScience
Here are some of the amazing projects on our platform 🧵
An archival history of #Tampa #Florida created by the University of South Florida tampa-through-time.humap.site
#USHistory #USA
Here are some of the amazing projects on our platform 🧵
An archival history of #Tampa #Florida created by the University of South Florida tampa-through-time.humap.site
#USHistory #USA
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"10 libros sobre medios nunca traducidos al castellano (que deberías leer sí o sí)". Una lista con títulos clásicos y otros que quizás lo sean en el futuro. hipermediaciones.com/2025/08/11/1... A ver si alguna editorial se anima...
August 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"10 libros sobre medios nunca traducidos al castellano (que deberías leer sí o sí)". Una lista con títulos clásicos y otros que quizás lo sean en el futuro. hipermediaciones.com/2025/08/11/1... A ver si alguna editorial se anima...
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«El perfeccionismo perpetúa un estado de esfuerzo incesante. Es una aflicción de futilidad, una adicción a encontrar refugio masoquista en el infierno familiar de sentirse insuficiente» www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... Interesantisímo esto de Leslie Jamison sobre la ‘enfermedad’ del perfeccionismo
The Pain of Perfectionism
It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.
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August 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
«El perfeccionismo perpetúa un estado de esfuerzo incesante. Es una aflicción de futilidad, una adicción a encontrar refugio masoquista en el infierno familiar de sentirse insuficiente» www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... Interesantisímo esto de Leslie Jamison sobre la ‘enfermedad’ del perfeccionismo
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Mercado negro de papers falsos, revistas "científicas" que son un buen negocio a coste de no respetar los estándares, investigaciones inventadas... Del #PublishOrPerish al #PayPerPublish www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025080...
El mercado negro de la ciencia: redes internacionales venden autorías, citas y artículos falsos
El fraude científico se ha profesionalizado y existen redes internacionales organizadas que fabrican investigaciones y artículos falsos, cuya autoría venden a
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August 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Mercado negro de papers falsos, revistas "científicas" que son un buen negocio a coste de no respetar los estándares, investigaciones inventadas... Del #PublishOrPerish al #PayPerPublish www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025080...
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Mi sensibilidad lovecraftiana se estremece con este tipo de informaciones elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
La capital abandonada de la Antártida esconde una ventana a la vida extraterrestre
La isla Decepción, con las ruinas de una estación ballenera sobre un volcán activo, es un laboratorio natural para buscar pistas sobre posibles seres vivos marcianos
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August 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Mi sensibilidad lovecraftiana se estremece con este tipo de informaciones elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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You can still dine at Restaurant Fournaise, on the banks of the Seine, the setting for Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party 140 years ago. Incidentally, that’s Aline, Renoir’s future wife, at lower L, & fellow artist Gustave Caillebotte at lower R www.artinsociety.com/floating-ple...
August 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
You can still dine at Restaurant Fournaise, on the banks of the Seine, the setting for Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party 140 years ago. Incidentally, that’s Aline, Renoir’s future wife, at lower L, & fellow artist Gustave Caillebotte at lower R www.artinsociety.com/floating-ple...
Vija Celmins: Saying the unsayable
Vija Celmins: Saying the unsayable
YouTube video by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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July 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Vija Celmins: Saying the unsayable
Vija Celmins paints a starry night sky.
Vija Celmins Paints a Starry Night Sky | Art21
YouTube video by Art21
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July 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Vija Celmins paints a starry night sky.
Vija Celmins on display @fondationbeyeler.bsky.social amazing exhibition!
Vija Celmins
Our various exhibitions and presentations of the Beyeler collection unite art, nature and architecture and offer visitors an extensive insight into modern and contemporary art.
www.fondationbeyeler.ch
July 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Vija Celmins on display @fondationbeyeler.bsky.social amazing exhibition!