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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 7d

A little bit of sightseeing to wrap up #DGSKA2025 in #Cologne.

Cologne Cathedral. Photo by Philipp Budka.

Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting exhibition at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in #Cologne, accompanying the #DGSKA2025 conference:
nomadit.co.uk/conference/d...

Exhibition “Out of Focus” at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne. Photo by Philipp Budka.

Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, Maike & Dan, for organizing this very interesting panel!

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 8d

Eriko Yamasaki, Sandra Calkins, Phillip Budka & André Thiemann explore un/commoning and sustainability—from Maya maize farming 🌽 to green gentrification 🚧, Arctic infrastructure 🚂 & swine fever in Serbia 🐗. Chaired by Maike Melles & Daniel Sosna. #dgska2025

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 9d

I’m really looking forward to my talk tomorrow at #DGSKA2025 (@dgska.bsky.social) in #Cologne.

I’ll be speaking about #sustainability & #infrastructure in 🇨🇦, drawing on my work with @infranortherc.bsky.social @univie.ac.at.

Port of Churchill, MB, Canada. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 9d

After yesterday's keynote, the GASCA/DGSKA conference @dgska.bsky.social in #Cologne continues today with its 1st plenary session.

Full program:
tagung.dgska.de/en/timetable/

#anthropology

1st plenary session at GASCA/DGSKA conference in Cologne. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 13d

Next week, four #InfraNorth researchers will present at the 2025 GASCA/DGKSA conference, on how #infrastructures sustain & transform livelihoods; epistemologies & methodologies of accompanied research; and commoning practices in the #Arctic.

@philbu.bsky.social @dgska.bsky.social #Anthropology

Oct 1, 2025: InfraNorth Presentations at the 2025 GASCA Conference “Un/Commoning Anthropology” - InfraNorth

On October 1, 2025, InfraNorth researchers Philipp Budka, Elena Davydova, Katrin Schmid and Susanna Gartler will present at the 2025 conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthro...

infranorth.eu

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 13d

Local experts were involved, as well as academics doing research in the Arctic.

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 14d

The conference "Beyond #Infrastructure?" @univie.ac.at is followed by a workshop on #Arctic #transport futures with various stakeholders & experts from Northern #Europe & Arctic #America.

Tim Heleniak (Nordregio) presents on panarctic infrastructures.

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 16d

Looking forward to my presentation tomorrow @infranortherc.bsky.social conference, where I show how #transport #infrastructures enable northern #sovereignty in 🇨🇦.
#Arctic #anthropology

Street sign in Churchill, MB, Canada. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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InfraNorth: Building Arctic Futures @infranortherc.bsky.social · 17d

In his keynote lecture, Alessandro Rippa takes us on a journey across the China-Burma borderlands to examine #Anthropocene landscapes as extended #infrastructure space.

🔗 infranorth.eu/beyond-infrastructure-conference/

#BeyondInfrastructure #InfraNorth @alessandrorippa.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Alessandro Rippa gives the keynote lecture of the Beyond Infrastructure conference at the University of Vienna, September 22. 2025.

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 17d

The @infranortherc.bsky.social conference "Beyond #Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the #Anthropocene" starts today @univie.ac.at bringing together researchers from multiple disciplines to rethink how built, unbuilt & imagined environments shape our world:
infranorth.eu/beyond-infra...

Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene - InfraNorth

Beyond Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the Anthropocene International Conference, University of Vienna, September 22 – 24, 2025 About the conference Keynote lecture Registration Program Fre...

infranorth.eu

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 21d

Google DeepMind claims ‘historic’ #AI breakthrough in problem solving:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google DeepMind claims ‘historic’ AI breakthrough in problem solving

Version of company’s Gemini 2.5 AI model solved complex real-world problem that stumped human programmers

www.theguardian.com

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Sep 8

ChatGPT-5 and the Limits of Machine Intelligence:
quillette.com/2025/09/07/c...

ChatGPT-5 and the Limits of Machine Intelligence

The disillusion produced by GPT-5 is not a technical hiccup, it’s a philosophical wake-up call.

quillette.com

Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Pöstlingbergbahn is a historic narrow-gauge electric #railway - also known as a "mountain tramway" - located in #Linz 🇦🇹 It’s famous for scenic rides up Pöstlingberg hill.

Pöstlingbergbahn. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Aug 20

The book "#Indigenous Currencies" by Ashley Cordes follows dynamic stories of #currency as a meaning-making communication #technology
(via @castac.bsky.social):

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255253...

Indigenous Currencies

Indigenous Currencies follows dynamic stories of currency as a meaning-making communication technology. Settler economies regard currency as their own invent...

mitpress.mit.edu

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Aug 17

Now that is a boat.
#Kerteminde 🇩🇰

Boat in Kerteminde, Danmark. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · Aug 9

The 2025 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples calls for Inclusive, ethical, and just AI for #IndigenousPeoples. But for the last five centuries, Indigenous Peoples' land, water, bodies, minerals, and even DNA have been ravaged.

Read more: cs.org/news/refusin...

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · Aug 9

Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay and the 3rd anniversary of the SIRGE Coalition! Their Executive Director, Galina Angarova, talks about the cost of AI on the environment & #IndigenousPeoples' rights. #EnvironmentalJustice #UNDRIP #IndigenousRights

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYX...

Galina Angarova | Indigenous Peoples and AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures

YouTube video by SIRGE Coalition

www.youtube.com

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Aug 2

Missionaries use secret #audio devices to evangelise #Brazil's isolated #Indigenous peoples (via @theguardian.com):
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Missionaries using secret audio devices to evangelise Brazil’s isolated peoples

Solar-powered units reciting biblical passages have appeared in the Javari valley, despite strict laws protecting Indigenous groups

www.theguardian.com

Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Jul 24

Flash sale at @berghahnbooks.bsky.social! Including our volume "Theorising #Media and #Conflict" (with B. Bräuchler). A great chance to grab it at a discount!
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/BudkaT...
#anthropology

Theorising Media and Conflict | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

www.berghahnbooks.com

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Jul 21

Excited to take part in workshop "Past Tense, #Future Imperfect" @unibonn.bsky.social’s Global Heritage Lab! Organized by @naohh-easa.bsky.social & @easainfo.bsky.social's FAN network.

I’ll reflect on #time, #ethnography & #infrastructure in Manitoba 🇨🇦

@infranortherc.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at

View of the tundra landscape in northern Manitoba, taken from a window of the Hudson Bay Railway train. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Jul 18

New blog post for the Digital #Ethnography Initiative (DEI) @univie.ac.at ⬇️

"From Stars to Stories: Experimenting with Google Reviews in Ethnography":
digitalethnography.at/from-stars-t...

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · Jul 16

My keynote on digital #sovereignty in remote #Canada at the International Digital #SecurityForum #Vienna is now online:
youtu.be/mrAmmg1I9ao

Huge thanks to the organizers: @vicesse.bsky.social & Austrian Institute of Technology

@infranortherc.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at

IDSF25 SST D2M 02 KEYNOTE Community Led Digital Sovereignty Insights and Lessons from an Indigenous

YouTube video by AIT TomorrowToday

youtu.be

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CASTAC @castac.bsky.social · Jul 15

What are we to make of “humanitarian wearables”? Today on #Platypus, Aaron Su discusses Indigenous health, data sovereignty, and digital colonialism in Taiwan.

Read this fascinating post here: blog.castac.org/2025/07/the-...

The Sovereignty of Wearables: Indigenous Health and Digital Colonialism in Taiwan | Platypus

While the language of an easy technological “solution” certainly cannot undo the history of Indigenous injustice in Taiwan, it is important to remember that new technologies always also bring with the...

blog.castac.org

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