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Wendy Hui Kyong Chun

@whkchun.bsky.social

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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! .. more

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Nettheatrechannel @nettheatrechannel.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Technofaschismus
Wendy Chun
Global Fascisms
Keynote
Fr., 12.9.2025
19:15

Technofaschismus | HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt

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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · Aug 11

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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Anne Ulrich @anneulrich.bsky.social · Aug 6

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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Nettheatrechannel @nettheatrechannel.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Special Issue: Digital Twinning
Editors: Christoph Borbach, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Tristan Thielmann

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 29

“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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Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org · Jul 13

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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katie mackinnon @ktmac.bsky.social · Jun 20

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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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

Wendy Chun giving a lecture

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · Jun 11

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!

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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · Jun 10

✨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.

Event poster: Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Large Language Models and the Returns of Critical Theory, June 19, 14-15.30. University of Copenhagen.

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Critical Inquiry @criticalinquiry.bsky.social · May 13

"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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Wendy Hui Kyong Chun @whkchun.bsky.social · Mar 21

Yes. A giant in our field and a model of kindness, generosity, and brilliance. He supported and inspired so many. I’m here in Canada in part due to him.

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roopa vasudevan @rouxpz.bsky.social · Mar 10

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.

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun @whkchun.bsky.social · Mar 6

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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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · Mar 4

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

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Feb 13

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

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun @whkchun.bsky.social · Feb 8

Your talk was great—great insights re new realism. It reminded me “reality” in reality tv

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Ant Stanley @iamstan.elmo.sh · Dec 12

Ken Cheng is the only person doing LinkedIn correctly

A LinkedIn post from Ken Cheng with the following text

I owed a friend £22.91 for an Uber.

I transferred them £22.19 by accident.

They never brought it up.

Nobody would bring up 72p.

I did it on purpose.

I've been doing it for years.

Every time I have to transfer someone money, I "accidentally" leave off a bit.

I call it the Plausible Deniability Typo.

£24.37 instead of £24.73.
£9.38 instead of £9.83.
£3.46 instead of £3.64.

Sometimes if I'm feeling really risky, I'll do £18.54 instead of £19.54.

They'd look like a complete tool to quibble over this.

Instead, they are a tool in a different way.

A tool for me to get to the top.

I've probably made £100 over 5 years.

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ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · Dec 9

"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.

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun @whkchun.bsky.social · Dec 4

Ioana Jucan’s book is brilliant. So honored to be able to publish it.

Shane Denson @shanedenson.bsky.social · Dec 4

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...

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Dec 4

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...
👑👑👑

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Shane Denson @shanedenson.bsky.social · Dec 4

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...

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Dieuwertje Luitse @dluitse.bsky.social · Nov 27

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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Roz Foster @rozfoster.bsky.social · Nov 24

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

Digital Segregation

How data-science separates us into neighborhoods of sameness

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Nov 24

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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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Nov 23

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...

A graphic with a purple background that is an image of a grey sphere landing in a net. Beneath this is a chartreuse bar with black lettering: Five Theses on the Gravity of Platforms

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Paquita Maranhense, a eterna musa do PCB @paquitaslz.bsky.social · Nov 22

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Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Crisis, Crisis, Crisis, or Sovereignty and Networks - PhilPapers

This article addresses the seemingly paradoxical proliferation of coded systems designed to guarantee our safety and crises that endanger us. These two phenomena, it argues, are not opposites but rath...

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TechSequences Podcast @techsequences.bsky.social · Nov 20

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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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Nov 16

Delighted to share the 2nd of 3 faculty openings in the Dept. of Media Studies, Univ. of Colorado Boulder. If you're focusing on ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA, please consider applying. It's a tenured or tenure-track OPEN-RANK search. Deadline: Dec. 10 |
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Professor in Environmental Media Studies

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Tiziana Terranova @synthesiastica.bsky.social · Nov 15

First Transnational Technocultures Symposium 9.12.24 in Naples #critt with @whkchun.bsky.social