Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
@whkchun.bsky.social
new media theorist and professor. director of the SFU digital democracies institute. posts reflect my own views only.
banner from Mongrel Network's 2004 Bush-Blair project. Portrait by a wonderful scms audience member—let me know if you know them!
banner from Mongrel Network's 2004 Bush-Blair project. Portrait by a wonderful scms audience member—let me know if you know them!
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Digital Twins special issue in New Media & Society edited by Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun & Tristan Thielmann. 15 papers including one by Oliver Dawkins & myself. Interdisciplinary exploration of the conceptualisation and practices of digital twinning. journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8
New Media & Society - Volume 27, Number 8
Table of contents for New Media & Society, 27, 8
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August 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Digital Twins special issue in New Media & Society edited by Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun & Tristan Thielmann. 15 papers including one by Oliver Dawkins & myself. Interdisciplinary exploration of the conceptualisation and practices of digital twinning. journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8
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Special Issue: Digital Twinning
Editors: Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Tristan Thielmann
Special Issue: Digital Twinning
Editors: Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Tristan Thielmann
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August 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Special Issue: Digital Twinning
Editors: Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Tristan Thielmann
Special Issue: Digital Twinning
Editors: Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Tristan Thielmann
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Alles im neuen Special Issue zu Digital Twinning in New Media & Society, herausgegeben von Christoph Borbach, @whkchun.bsky.social und @tristanthielmann.bsky.social mit vielen weiteren Beiträgen, die sich mit den medienwissenschaftlichen Implikationen dieser technologischen Praxis beschäftigen.
August 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Alles im neuen Special Issue zu Digital Twinning in New Media & Society, herausgegeben von Christoph Borbach, @whkchun.bsky.social und @tristanthielmann.bsky.social mit vielen weiteren Beiträgen, die sich mit den medienwissenschaftlichen Implikationen dieser technologischen Praxis beschäftigen.
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
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July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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From the Archive: Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, 'Crisis, Crisis, Crisis, or Sovereignty and Networks' - addresses the seemingly paradoxical proliferation of coded systems designed to guarantee our safety and crises that endanger us. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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July 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
From the Archive: Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, 'Crisis, Crisis, Crisis, or Sovereignty and Networks' - addresses the seemingly paradoxical proliferation of coded systems designed to guarantee our safety and crises that endanger us. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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It’s been such a wonderful week hosting @whkchun.bsky.social as part of the #dataloss @erc.europa.eu project. Last night we were treated to a brilliant talk at the @aicentre.dk on shared archeologies of LLMs and lit theory, co-hosted with @mariaa.bsky.social ✨✨✨
June 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It’s been such a wonderful week hosting @whkchun.bsky.social as part of the #dataloss @erc.europa.eu project. Last night we were treated to a brilliant talk at the @aicentre.dk on shared archeologies of LLMs and lit theory, co-hosted with @mariaa.bsky.social ✨✨✨
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What a lovely day - full room and then some for @whkchun.bsky.social’s brilliant talk on LLMs and the return of critical theory co-hosted by Data Loss and @mariaa.bsky.social at the @aicentre.dk
June 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What a lovely day - full room and then some for @whkchun.bsky.social’s brilliant talk on LLMs and the return of critical theory co-hosted by Data Loss and @mariaa.bsky.social at the @aicentre.dk
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Save the date: On June 26, I'll be at the CHCI Annual Meeting in Berlin. Together with Wendy Chun @whkchun.bsky.social, Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Zahid R. Chaudhary @zahidrc.bsky.social & Paul Feigelfeld we'll discuss «Techno-Fascism and Democracy».
Very much looking forward to it!
Very much looking forward to it!
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June 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Save the date: On June 26, I'll be at the CHCI Annual Meeting in Berlin. Together with Wendy Chun @whkchun.bsky.social, Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Zahid R. Chaudhary @zahidrc.bsky.social & Paul Feigelfeld we'll discuss «Techno-Fascism and Democracy».
Very much looking forward to it!
Very much looking forward to it!
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✨Looking so much forward to welcoming @whkchun.bsky.social at @ucph.bsky.social next week to discuss the politics of data loss w our @erc.europa.eu Data Loss project. Please feel more than welcome to join us for Chun's public lecture June 19, 14-15.30 co-organized w @mariaa.bsky.social @aicentre.dk.
June 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
✨Looking so much forward to welcoming @whkchun.bsky.social at @ucph.bsky.social next week to discuss the politics of data loss w our @erc.europa.eu Data Loss project. Please feel more than welcome to join us for Chun's public lecture June 19, 14-15.30 co-organized w @mariaa.bsky.social @aicentre.dk.
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"To put it most provocatively, we’ve moved from a moment of masochism to one of sadism." Read Wendy Hui Kyong Chun's "Our Cruel Crude Techne?" on the CI blog.
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Our Cruel Crude Techne?
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun Our moment seems marked by cruelty: from best-selling books warning Christians against “toxic empathy” towards immigrant families to online trolls who gleefully torture their v…
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May 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"To put it most provocatively, we’ve moved from a moment of masochism to one of sadism." Read Wendy Hui Kyong Chun's "Our Cruel Crude Techne?" on the CI blog.
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Each exhibition features work by six contemporary artists alongside experimental outputs from the broader Data Fluencies Project, an international research initiative based out of the Digital Democracies Institute (headed by @whkchun.bsky.social) at @simonfraseru.bsky.social.
March 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Each exhibition features work by six contemporary artists alongside experimental outputs from the broader Data Fluencies Project, an international research initiative based out of the Digital Democracies Institute (headed by @whkchun.bsky.social) at @simonfraseru.bsky.social.
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I'm beyond excited by this event, a webinar upcoming on May 8, with the always and ever-amazing @alondra.bsky.social "AI and the Future of Higher Education." I'd make sure to RSVP early! www.eventbrite.com/e/alondra-ne... Brought to you by @hastac.bsky.social and @futuresed.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I'm beyond excited by this event, a webinar upcoming on May 8, with the always and ever-amazing @alondra.bsky.social "AI and the Future of Higher Education." I'd make sure to RSVP early! www.eventbrite.com/e/alondra-ne... Brought to you by @hastac.bsky.social and @futuresed.bsky.social
Just coming out of a brilliant pair of talks by @alexhanna.bsky.social and Beth Coleman, during which they inspired us to think of what remains after hype and alien encounters and surrounds.
March 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Just coming out of a brilliant pair of talks by @alexhanna.bsky.social and Beth Coleman, during which they inspired us to think of what remains after hype and alien encounters and surrounds.
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America has their Hulk Hogans.
Their Marvel comic "super heroes."
Their tech billionaire winners.
We had Terry Fox.
In our hearts we carry Terry's spirit.
Canada #strongasfuck
Their Marvel comic "super heroes."
Their tech billionaire winners.
We had Terry Fox.
In our hearts we carry Terry's spirit.
Canada #strongasfuck
February 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
America has their Hulk Hogans.
Their Marvel comic "super heroes."
Their tech billionaire winners.
We had Terry Fox.
In our hearts we carry Terry's spirit.
Canada #strongasfuck
Their Marvel comic "super heroes."
Their tech billionaire winners.
We had Terry Fox.
In our hearts we carry Terry's spirit.
Canada #strongasfuck
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Ken Cheng is the only person doing LinkedIn correctly
December 12, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Ken Cheng is the only person doing LinkedIn correctly
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Lastly, during the final session on May 14 (2025), 5:30–7 PM (CEST) the brilliant @whkchun.bsky.social @mysdick.bsky.social and Matt Canute will collectively discuss AI and the (re)shaping of intelligence — sign up: www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/5-cri...
#5 Critical AI Seminar Series: AI and the (Re)Shaping of Intelligence
Invited lecture by Wendy Chun, Stephanie Dick & Matt Canute 'AI and the (Re)Shaping of Intelligence' Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is Simon Fraser University’s Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media, Professo...
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November 27, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Lastly, during the final session on May 14 (2025), 5:30–7 PM (CEST) the brilliant @whkchun.bsky.social @mysdick.bsky.social and Matt Canute will collectively discuss AI and the (re)shaping of intelligence — sign up: www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/5-cri...
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"Big data is the bastard child of eugenics" by Wendy Chun.
Fascinating key note on "LLMs and the return to critical theory" at the Transnational Technocultures Symposium.
Fascinating key note on "LLMs and the return to critical theory" at the Transnational Technocultures Symposium.
December 9, 2024 at 2:39 PM
"Big data is the bastard child of eugenics" by Wendy Chun.
Fascinating key note on "LLMs and the return to critical theory" at the Transnational Technocultures Symposium.
Fascinating key note on "LLMs and the return to critical theory" at the Transnational Technocultures Symposium.
Ioana Jucan’s book is brilliant. So honored to be able to publish it.
Just heard that Ioana Jucan’s Malicious Deceivers (in the Sensing Media series I edit w/Wendy Chun) won the Calloway Prize for Best Book on Drama, Theater, & Performance Studies!!! Yay!!! www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
December 4, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Ioana Jucan’s book is brilliant. So honored to be able to publish it.
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It important to know the names of women researchers who've been studying, speaking & writing about bias and AI.
Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini
And many many more within/outside academia.
Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
👑👑👑
Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini
And many many more within/outside academia.
Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
👑👑👑
December 4, 2024 at 12:32 PM
It important to know the names of women researchers who've been studying, speaking & writing about bias and AI.
Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini
And many many more within/outside academia.
Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
👑👑👑
Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini
And many many more within/outside academia.
Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
👑👑👑
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Data science is likely more powerful than you think. Are we being segregated into neighborhoods of sameness based on similar repulsions to those with opposing ideas? My latest newsletter is up here: ➡️ shorturl.at/6lvgn
@whkchun.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #lespressesdureel
@whkchun.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #lespressesdureel
Digital Segregation
How data-science separates us into neighborhoods of sameness
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November 24, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Data science is likely more powerful than you think. Are we being segregated into neighborhoods of sameness based on similar repulsions to those with opposing ideas? My latest newsletter is up here: ➡️ shorturl.at/6lvgn
@whkchun.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #lespressesdureel
@whkchun.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #lespressesdureel
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On Tues I'm leading a virtual wkshp for a bunch of publishing, museum, + library folks through KANAL, the Centre Pompidou's new Brussels post. I was asked to address libraries as commons; I plan to talk abt what can + can't be "commoned," and what work-arounds are possible. I'll share my materials!
A workshop about the commons in libraries
Particularly in this age of privatisation and political fragmentation, of data capture and environmental extraction, public libraries seem to offer a beacon of hope, embodying both an intellectual and...
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November 24, 2024 at 2:46 AM
On Tues I'm leading a virtual wkshp for a bunch of publishing, museum, + library folks through KANAL, the Centre Pompidou's new Brussels post. I was asked to address libraries as commons; I plan to talk abt what can + can't be "commoned," and what work-arounds are possible. I'll share my materials!
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Last year at the Institute for Advanced Study, I had the great pleasure of convening an amazing group of multidisciplinary scholars on the topic of the platform in society. One of our collective efforts was "5 Theses on the Gravity of Platforms" www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/fiv...
November 23, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Last year at the Institute for Advanced Study, I had the great pleasure of convening an amazing group of multidisciplinary scholars on the topic of the platform in society. One of our collective efforts was "5 Theses on the Gravity of Platforms" www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/fiv...
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New book review:
Law on Dhaliwal, Ranjodh Singh; Lepage-Richer, Théo; Suchman, Lucy: _Neural Networks_. University of Minnesota Press, 2024. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20049074...
Law on Dhaliwal, Ranjodh Singh; Lepage-Richer, Théo; Suchman, Lucy: _Neural Networks_. University of Minnesota Press, 2024. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20049074...
Dhaliwal, Ranjodh Singh; Lepage-Richer, Théo; Suchman, Lucy. Neural Networks. In Search of Media Series. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2024. viii + 112 pp. $18.00 (paper), ISBN 9781517916695. Reviewed by Harry Law (University of Cambridge) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (November, 2024) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
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November 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Thanks to @techsequences.bsky.social for the opportunity to join this for a discussion of AI and risks to social cohesion and more.
It's not just the deepfakes that threaten elections globally. Chatbots' hallucinations build communities of distrust. Join co-hosts Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle as they talk with Alondra Nelson (@alondra.bsky.social) about research and the bigger picture.
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Podcasts | Death by a Thousand Cuts: AI’s Threat to Election Integrity
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November 20, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Thanks to @techsequences.bsky.social for the opportunity to join this for a discussion of AI and risks to social cohesion and more.