Tyler Blackman
@tylerb.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at the University of Waterloo. Interested in the future of work and the changing meaning of work. He/him. I am also active on: @dialogueshg.bsky.social
More here: https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/tblackma
More here: https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/tblackma
Sharing my first published article from my PhD research!
It draws from my ethnographic experiences at ‘future of work’ conferences and completing online courses on the subject, particularly how the discourses I observed shape a narrow vision of the ‘ideal worker.’
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
It draws from my ethnographic experiences at ‘future of work’ conferences and completing online courses on the subject, particularly how the discourses I observed shape a narrow vision of the ‘ideal worker.’
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Redirecting
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November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sharing my first published article from my PhD research!
It draws from my ethnographic experiences at ‘future of work’ conferences and completing online courses on the subject, particularly how the discourses I observed shape a narrow vision of the ‘ideal worker.’
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
It draws from my ethnographic experiences at ‘future of work’ conferences and completing online courses on the subject, particularly how the discourses I observed shape a narrow vision of the ‘ideal worker.’
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
New Commentary w/ @dcockayne.bsky.social in @tibg.bsky.social.
Daniel and I comment further on the politics of attention at work, building from @davidjbissell.bsky.social, @lillicrovara.bsky.social, Andrew Gorman-Murray, and @lstraughan.bsky.social excellent recent article.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
Daniel and I comment further on the politics of attention at work, building from @davidjbissell.bsky.social, @lillicrovara.bsky.social, Andrew Gorman-Murray, and @lstraughan.bsky.social excellent recent article.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
This commentary responds to and extends recent research by Bissell al. (2025). We add to their analysis of attention, focusing on social difference and workplace politics by drawing on examples from ....
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October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New Commentary w/ @dcockayne.bsky.social in @tibg.bsky.social.
Daniel and I comment further on the politics of attention at work, building from @davidjbissell.bsky.social, @lillicrovara.bsky.social, Andrew Gorman-Murray, and @lstraughan.bsky.social excellent recent article.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
Daniel and I comment further on the politics of attention at work, building from @davidjbissell.bsky.social, @lillicrovara.bsky.social, Andrew Gorman-Murray, and @lstraughan.bsky.social excellent recent article.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
New commentary with @dcockayne.bsky.social now out! As part of a special issue on AI refusal, we offer brief speculative narrative imagining working life in an AI-dominated future, navigating between dystopian and utopian visions of AI and its refusal.
Open Access Here:
doi.org/10.1177/1474...
Open Access Here:
doi.org/10.1177/1474...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New commentary with @dcockayne.bsky.social now out! As part of a special issue on AI refusal, we offer brief speculative narrative imagining working life in an AI-dominated future, navigating between dystopian and utopian visions of AI and its refusal.
Open Access Here:
doi.org/10.1177/1474...
Open Access Here:
doi.org/10.1177/1474...
Reposted by Tyler Blackman
"So Mike, what's motivating you to finish your PhD?"
January 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"So Mike, what's motivating you to finish your PhD?"
Reposted by Tyler Blackman
pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
Ideational geographies workshop
blogs.ubc.ca
November 17, 2024 at 1:08 AM
pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
Reposted by Tyler Blackman
This week on CAVRN, @tylerb.bsky.social and Daniel Harley reflect on the promotion of the Apple Vision Pro, its branding as a ‘spatial computer’, and conceptions of spatiality and spatial media within and across XR disciplines. Check it out here: cavrn.org/xr-as-spatia...
XR as Spatial Media Across Disciplines
By Tyler Blackman and Daniel Harley
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November 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM
This week on CAVRN, @tylerb.bsky.social and Daniel Harley reflect on the promotion of the Apple Vision Pro, its branding as a ‘spatial computer’, and conceptions of spatiality and spatial media within and across XR disciplines. Check it out here: cavrn.org/xr-as-spatia...
