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Also joining us for our free online Global Digital Geographies symposium is Iginio Gagliardone who examines the international politics of AI and the emergence of new imageries of technological evolution in Africa

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The background is dark brown with lines sweeping across it to create texture. The top left is a circle image of a headshot photo of Iginio Gagliardone who is looking straight at the camera and smiling. Iginio is wearing a blue-grey and white geometric shirt and in the background trees are visible. To the right of the headshot is white text stating: Iginio Gagliardone University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Iginio Gagliardone is Professor of Media Studies at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa and inaugural fellow of Wits’ Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute. He is the author of “The Politics of Technology in Africa” (2016) and “China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet” (2019). His most recent work examines the international politics of Artificial Intelligence and the emergence of new imageries of technological evolution in Africa. Below this and centred in the image is white text stating: Global Digital Geographies DGRG Annual Symposium 2025, 19-20th June
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Next in our speaker intro series is Luke Munn who investigates sociocultural impacts of digital cultures. Luke combines diverse digital methods with critical analysis that draws on media, race, cultural, & environmental studies. Join us to learn more: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
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The background is dark brown with lines sweeping across it to create texture. The top left is a circle image of a black and white headshot of Luke who is looking straight to camera and wearing glasses. To the right is white text stating: Luke Munn, University of Queensland, Australia. Luke Munn’s work investigates the sociocultural impacts of digital cultures and has been featured in highly regarded journals such as Cultural Politics, Big Data & Society, and New Media & Society as well as the Guardian, the Washington Post, and Scientific American. He has written six books: Unmaking the Algorithm (2018), Logic of Feeling (2020), Automation is a Myth (2022), Countering the Cloud (2022), Red Pilled (2023) and Technical Territories (2023). His work combines diverse digital methods with critical analysis that draws on media, race, cultural, and environmental studies. Below this and centred in the image is white text stating: Global Digital Geographies. DGRG Annual Symposium 2025, 19-20th June
June 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM