Duncan Friend
uncleduncan.bsky.social
Duncan Friend
@uncleduncan.bsky.social
Here from @Lumpendata on X | Government(ality) | Policy | Information | STS | Archives | Art | fmr Safra Network Fellow @HarvardEthics | PhD and now Adjunct @KUSPAA
This is available remote for free and I've never attended a virtual event here that wasn't great. Check it out and register for October.

ruderman.sites.stanford.edu
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography
ruderman.sites.stanford.edu
July 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I'm so excited to share our paper for #chi2025:

"Copying style, Extracting value: Illustrators' Perception of AI Style Transfer and its Impact on Creative Labor"

As an anthropologist, I'm delighted to be able to contribute to interdisciplinary conversations on AI and art!

arxiv.org/abs/2409.17410
March 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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To read a non-paywalled, next-to-final draft, go here - henryfarrell.net/large-ai-mod... - for HTML and here - henryfarrell.net/wp-content/u... - for PDF.
March 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Katelyn discusses how the idea of the book evolved to focus on the interrelationship between chapter level and book level arguments with Dr. Christina Gessler on her podcast, Academic Life Podcast.

Listen to the full Academic Life Podcast Episode: pca.st/iiasic26

#academicbookcentral #academicsky
March 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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As a general rule, I would say that most things we are being told to believe are technology issues are actually civics issues. 5/5
February 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Publication Day!

My book is officially out with @uncpress.bsky.social. A case study of conservation from the Progressive Era to the age of sustainability, it shows how agricultural conservation aided the rise of industrial ag -- with similar results for land & people.

uncpress.org/book/9781469...
The State of Conservation | Joshua Nygren | University of North Carolina Press
In the twentieth century, natural resource conservation emerged as a vital force in US politics, laying the groundwork for present-day sustainability. Mergin...
uncpress.org
January 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I joined a private workshop this morning with ~17 AI notetakers (out of 45 participants). 🤯 There feels like an uptick adoption in recent months but few options to balance interests and respect individual preferences.
November 26, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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Begrudgingly here to inform you that that "work on your book every day" ish actually works.
November 18, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Just out - in today's mail
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
April 16, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Nice interview with Johnny Rotten about caregiving and his wife's battle with dementia - in the latest AARP bulletin.
December 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Brand Safety: Interesting discussion of GARM in the second part of this article about Jezebel re: advertising, algorithms, and risk avoidance by brands

www.404media.co/advertisers-...
November 11, 2023 at 2:24 PM
Attendance at this conference is free via Zoom. (Oct. 18-20). Every event I've attended at David Ramsey Map Center has been excellent. The abstracts / bios / schedule are up:
ruderman.sites.stanford.edu
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography
ruderman.sites.stanford.edu
October 5, 2023 at 5:32 PM
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For my 1st earnest skeet, s/o to political scientist Debra Thompson's The Schematic State: Race, Transnationalism, & the Politics of the Census (Cambridge, 2016). Forever awestruck by how successfully she compares/contrasts Canada, UK, & US *within* each chapter. Top-tier academic book. Mashallah.
July 17, 2023 at 3:38 PM
Hi! Still getting settled in. Similar to migration to Mastodon, have been using a tool (Chrome extension), Sky Follower Bridge, to find people I follow / followers.
July 14, 2023 at 5:57 PM