Louise Hickman
@louhicky.bsky.social
Incoming Wellcome's Early Career Award. Research Associate with Minderoo Centre for Democracy and Technology, University of Cambridge.
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In my book Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism, I write about the #MillionsMissing protests as demonstrating, quoting Judith Butler in Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, "what it means to mobilize vulnerability in concert." #NietHersteld does this too.
manifold.umn.edu/projects/lln...
manifold.umn.edu/projects/lln...
llness Politics and Hashtag Activism | Manifold@UMinnPress
*Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism* explores illness and disability in action on social media, analyzing several popular hashtags as examples of how illness figures in recent U.S. politics. Lisa D...
manifold.umn.edu
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In my book Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism, I write about the #MillionsMissing protests as demonstrating, quoting Judith Butler in Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, "what it means to mobilize vulnerability in concert." #NietHersteld does this too.
manifold.umn.edu/projects/lln...
manifold.umn.edu/projects/lln...
This is a helpful overview on AI and disability: arxiv.org/pdf/2206.08287
arxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is a helpful overview on AI and disability: arxiv.org/pdf/2206.08287
Keep me posted when you present or share this project wth the world!
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Keep me posted when you present or share this project wth the world!
This is very exciting! Are there other publications/talks on this?
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is very exciting! Are there other publications/talks on this?
I found myself in the same position today. It pains me to speak of something that hasn't occurred yet (in my project)!
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I found myself in the same position today. It pains me to speak of something that hasn't occurred yet (in my project)!
Such a lovely wee soul and very much a fan of the sunny patches around the house.
September 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Such a lovely wee soul and very much a fan of the sunny patches around the house.
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Our latest for Buttondown, @fractalecho.bsky.social and I dug into Microsoft's inaccurate telling of its own 'Inclusive Design' story and who Inclusive Design erases more broadly. bsky.app/profile/lizj...
Our latest for Thank You for your Feedback Loop. A story and an idea. I'm hoping @fractalecho.bsky.social can better explain. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...
September 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our latest for Buttondown, @fractalecho.bsky.social and I dug into Microsoft's inaccurate telling of its own 'Inclusive Design' story and who Inclusive Design erases more broadly. bsky.app/profile/lizj...
maybe a lovechild of Barry Fife?
September 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
maybe a lovechild of Barry Fife?
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Read the full report (with a BSL summary) - BSL is Not for Sale - from @louhicky.bsky.social, @alexahagerty.bsky.social, and Rose Powell.
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
BSL is Not for Sale: A Deaf-led approach to AI procurement
Sign Language AI systems are being procured across public services without adequate Deaf community involvement, creating institutional risks Authors: Dr Louise Hickman, Dr Alexa Hagerty, and Rose Powe...
www.mctd.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Read the full report (with a BSL summary) - BSL is Not for Sale - from @louhicky.bsky.social, @alexahagerty.bsky.social, and Rose Powell.
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...