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jonathan w. y. gray
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📗 public data cultures https://jonathangray.org/publicdatacultures
🌱 codirector @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social
🫧 feminist STS, internet studies, poetic computation .. more

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Jonathan Gray is the editor of Dancing Times, the oldest dance magazine still in publication.

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Oct 23
Public Data Cultures is out today on @politybooks.bsky.social! 📗🎊 jonathangray.org/2025/10/23/p...
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
unboxing Public Data Cultures book Copies of the book on a train in Totoro bag. Front and back cover of Public Data Cultures with quotes and book blurb.

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 1d
ahh nice - let's hang out! will dm you :)

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 1d
yeh! shame didn’t work out to join & hope to see you soon! ✨

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 1d
see you soon! ✨

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 1d
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 1d
looking forward to opening of transmediale tonight! transmediale.de/en #transmediale #tm26

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Internet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu · 1d
9 February (19:00–20:30 CET) | Book Launch: #PublicDataCultures with @jwyg.bsky.social
Join us in Amsterdam to meet Jonathan, a researcher, writer, and long-time @archive.org collaborator, and hear about his new book exploring #PublicData.
🔗 Read more: www.internetarchive.eu/nl/2026/01/2...

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 13d
happy to be starting research leave from jan til june 🐰🎊🌱✨
in the spirit of sharing, here are some things i'll be spending time on: jonathangray.org/2026/01/15/r...
on research leave! 🌱✨
I’m excited to be on research leave from 1st January to 30th June 2026. This will provide me with some dedicated time and headspace for reading, writing, learning, wrapping up some projects and explor...
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Tyler Horan @tylerhoran.bsky.social · 14d
Excited to see Jonathan Gray's "Public Data Cultures" launch at the Digital Methods Winter School! Gray's work on how we collectively make sense of data is essential reading for anyone interested in the social life of information and computational methods. #AcademicSky #books

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 15d
☃️ snowy book launch for public data cultures at the digital methods winter school in amsterdam - with many cosy moments and trips to @framerframed.nl @nieuweinstituut.nl @stedelijkmuseum.bsky.social @fiberfestival.bsky.social & more ❄️🌌💜✨ some notes and pics: jonathangray.org/2026/01/12/d... #dmi26
book launch at digital methods winter school 2026
We recently had a book launch for Public Data Cultures at the Digital Methods Winter School and Data Sprint 2026, University of Amsterdam. This was a special moment as the book started life in Amsterd...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 22d
Don't miss Jonathan W. Y. Gray's upcoming book talks on 'Public Data Cultures'. across the UK, Canada and the Netherlands!

For more details, visit the author's website here: jonathangray.org/publicdatacu...

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 22d
looking forward to this in amsterdam tonight! ❄️🌌🌕💜

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 24d
looking forward to winter book events for public data cultures in coming months ❄️📗💜✨
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including with @digitalmethods.net @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social @internetarchive.eu @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social @cimethods.bsky.social @mctd.bsky.social #dmi26
winter book events for public data cultures ❄️📗
Looking forward to some winter book events for public data cultures in coming weeks and months. ❄️📗
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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 26d
Weekend reading ☺️
The cover of Public Data Cultures by Jonathan W Y Gray. It's a very cool geometric-y green and yellow design.

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Dec 19
really appreciate @jymak.bsky.social for pictures & welcoming people - and @lboungr.bsky.social, Mykola, Thais, Sasha & many more for all the printing, carrying, guiding, coordinating and facilitating! 💜

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Dec 19
thanks to all who came to warm up at launch of @nsrnicek.bsky.social's Silicon Empires, @mayameme.bsky.social's Auto-Correct & my Public Data Cultures with responses from @joannazylinska.bsky.social & @noortjem.bsky.social 🌌🍵📚 some notes 📝 jonathangray.org/2025/12/19/j... @politybooks.bsky.social
notes on joint book launch for Silicon Empires x Auto-Correct x Public Data Cultures
We recently had a joint launch for Nick Srnicek’s Silicon Empires, Maya Ganesh’s Auto-Correct and my Public Data Cultures book - with Noortje Marres and Joanna Zylinska as respondents.
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wfleung.bsky.social @wfleung.bsky.social · Dec 19
Full PhD studentship offered (closing date 13 Feb)
A Collaborative Doctoral Award with British Film Institute (BFI) and BEATS - a not-for-profit advocacy group for British East & South East Asians working in the Screen & Stage Industries. www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
Critical Approaches to the History of East and Southeast Asian Contributions in the British Screen Industry
We seek a passionate researcher/practitioner with relevant professional and/or lived experience to undertake a doctoral project that examines East and Southeast Asian (ESEA).
www.kcl.ac.uk

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Paul Spence @politonaiz.bsky.social · Dec 18
Beca completa de Doctorado en #HumanidadesDigitales en @KingsCollegeLon
La beca King’s–Fundación Ramón Areces ofrece matrícula completa, estipendio (£22.780/año) para Investigadores/as de nacionalidad española).
📅Fecha límite: 13 feb 2026
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King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarship Programme (K-FRA)
King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarships support candidates with Spanish nationality for full-time doctoral study in Digital Humanities at King's College London.
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Paul Spence @politonaiz.bsky.social · Dec 18
🎓🇪🇸 Fully funded PhD in Digital Humanities at King’s College London
The King’s–Ramón Areces Foundation scholarship supports Spanish nationals with full tuition, an annual stipend (£22,780), and research funding.
📅 Deadline: 13 February 2026
#PhDFunding #DigitalHumanities
www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarship Programme (K-FRA)
King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarships support candidates with Spanish nationality for full-time doctoral study in Digital Humanities at King's College London.
www.kcl.ac.uk

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Raechel Portelli @raportelli.bsky.social · Dec 17
Winter break reading. Let's see how far we get... I'm sure I won't finish them all.
Books humans use of human beings, the artist in the machine, organizing color,public data cultures

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Dec 17
some notes on "regenerative data cultures" and "Human Machine: Soil, Sound, Memory" symposium at Akademie der Künste in Berlin 🪱🌱🍂🔊✨
jonathangray.org/2025/12/16/s...

with @wesleygoatley.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @jenniferwalshe.bsky.social & many more! 🍵💜
notes on regenerative data cultures and “Human Machine: Soil, Sound, Memory” at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Some notes on the “Human Machine: Soil, Sound, Memory” symposium at Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
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ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social · Dec 17
Join us for a webinar that goes beyond frameworks and technical fixes, sharing emerging insights on data stewardship and AI governance, developed in partnership with @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social and @civicdatacoop.bsky.social

14 January, 14:00-15:30

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Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social · Dec 11
❗ We are urgently looking for a new Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI at the University of Amsterdam: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

The deadline for applying is very soon: Jan 4th.

You’ll work with @tpoell.bsky.social, @riederb.bsky.social, @dluitse.bsky.social, @louravn.bsky.social, me, & more
Vacancy — Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI (D4)
<p>Would you like to teach cutting-edge theories, computational methods, and questions in Critical Data & AI? Then we have the perfect challenge for you!</p>
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · Dec 10
@fvandervlist.bsky.social and I are pleased to share that our book 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 will be published with Polity in June/Aug 2026!

We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Dec 5
🌱📗 book launch for "public data cultures" with Digital Methods Winter School and Data Sprint in Amsterdam on 7th January: jonathangray.org/2025/11/28/a...
@digitalmethods.net @digitalmethods.bsky.social #dmi26 #digitalmethods
public data cultures in Amsterdam, 7th January 2026
critical engagements with digital data, methods and infrastructures
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 26
ahh - I believe the ebook will be available in December! 🌱

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 26
ahh - thanks for your interest! did you try links here? jonathangray.org/publicdatacu...
Public Data Cultures
a page about Public Data Cultures (Polity Books, 2025)
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 26
🌱📗 exploring public data cultures with School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo on 4th Dec jonathangray.org/2025/11/24/s...
#publicdatacultures
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 25
how to support care in group learning? @lboungr.bsky.social @pippasterk.bsky.social and I co-organised a project on “growing group care” and cocreated a zine with our students Abi Abosejo, Adja Seck, cong fu, Ellie Jennings, Kesara Ariyapongpairoj & Louis Saha 🌱✨ jonathangray.org/2025/11/25/g...
zine on growing group care
Liliana Bounegru, Pippa Sterk and I recently organised a project on “growing group care”. As part of the project we cocreated a zine with our students - Abi Abosejo, Adja Seck, Cong Fu, Ellie Jennings...
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · Nov 25
Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.

While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
Committee on Technology Sarah Aoun Ruha Benjamin, Ida B Wells Just Data Lab at Princeton Myaisha Hayes, MediaJustice Noel Hidalgo, BetaNYC Sam Jacobs, Food Fight Lab Katherine Jin, Democratic Socialists of America Amba Kak, AI Now Institute Huge Ma, Turbovax Matt Mitchell ReNika Moore, ACLU Alondra Nelson, Institute for Advanced Study Martha Norrick, Backbone Strategies Julie Samuels, Tech NYC Garfield Swaby, New York Public Library Julie Swoope Democratic Socialists of America Haley Van Dyck Elyse Voegeli, 18F Maia Woluchem, Data & Society The Mamdani administration’s 17 transition committees: Housing Youth & Education Transportation, Climate & Infrastructure Arts & Culture Community Organizing Community Safety Economic Development & Workforce Development Emergency Response Government Operations Health Immigrant Justice Criminal Legal System Legal Affairs Small Businesses & MWBEs Social Services Technology Worker Justice Photo of a colorful keffiyeh with a name tag on it that says “Ruha Benjamin, Technology, A NEW ERA for New York City”

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Nov 24
🎊 exciting news!