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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · 16d

I and @photini.bsky.social have a new publication The article reconceptualises London as ‘A Learnt City’, a dynamic learning ecosystem shaped through digital mediation, affective experience, and embodied practices.

Read OA here: www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

#DigitalUrbanism #urbanpedagogies

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway).

📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract
🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025

Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture Education (Academic Education Pathway)!

📅 Start date: 29 September 2025 (or soon after)
📔 Contract: Full-time, fixed term until 30 September 2026
🗓 Apply by: 27 August 2025

Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

#AcademicJobs

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · Jul 23

🎙️ Hosted by @alexgreen.bsky.social, the episode dives into:

1️⃣ Why students chose the MA
2️⃣ What they love most about it
3️⃣ Their advice for future applicants

🎧 Listen now ⬇️

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DIGITALK - EP 13 : WHAT’S IT LIKE TO STUDY THE DIGITAL FUTURES MA? (Student Q&A)

KCL RADIO · Episode

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · Jul 23

Nothing better than students casually dropping gold in a podcast—Digital Futures MA voices, you’re sharp, thoughtful, and a joy to hear.

Links to pod below 🔥🎧 #DigitalFutures

Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · Jul 23

💡 Curious what it’s really like to study Digital Futures at King’s College London?

In this special student Q&A episode of The DigiTalk Podcast, we hear directly from those living it, with insights from @giotita.bsky.social & @gealga.bsky.social, and three current MA students 🧵

The image shows a microphone at a podcast recording studio.

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · Jul 2

Not intentionality on AI preferences, but lots of imagination needed esp as my book w/ @polity will be added there in the autumn…can’t wait

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · Jun 26

Very happy about this pod on our #digitalfuturesMA hosted by our own @aleexgreen.bsky.social

Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · Jun 26

💡 Curious about how digital technology is transforming culture, media, and the world of work, and how you could be part of that change?

Tune into this podcast featuring @giotita.bsky.social and @gealga.bsky.social as they dive into the Digital Futures MA at King’s College London 🧵⬇️

This image shows Dr Giota Alevizou (left) and Dr Rob Gallagher (right) recording The Digitalk Podcast.

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · Jun 13

Is there a future for a public AI?

AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 3

NEW REPORT: Artificial Power, our 2025 Landscape Report, is out.

Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible.

Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11

WOKE?! Come to our panel on Digital Futures of Diversity on 23 June at King's College London as part of @kings-dfi.bsky.social 'Living Well with Technology' series, with @birgitneunews.bsky.social , @lewisiwu.bsky.social, & @nessakeddo.bsky.social and Elisabeth Kelan.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/digit...

Digital Futures of Diversity

How can we design and implement digital systems that genuinely enhance diversity rather than simply digitising existing inequalities?

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Andy Powell @mrandypowell.bsky.social · Jun 12

Strawberry moon, Butlers Wharf.
@se1.news @shad-thames.bsky.social

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · Jun 9

Launching London Tech Week, the CEO of Nvidia has just remarked on the UK’s ‘fantastic universities and research communities’. That’s great — but around 90 of the UK’s 166 universities are currently making job cuts. Half are closing courses.

Cosmic Meta IO @cosmicmeta.io · Jun 9

Nvidia wants to help turn the UK into an AI powerhouse - here's how Nvidia reveals partnerships with UK FCA and DSIT at London Tech Week 2025.. @cosmicmeta.io #AIUK

https://u2m.io/PqJiUjop

Nvidia wants to help turn the UK into an AI powerhouse - here's how

Nvidia reveals new AI projects with UK government and FCA

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Jun 9

🎙️ Series 2 of the Media Industries Podcast hosted by our colleague @aorcuncan.bsky.social‬ and Paul McDonald is here! This season dives deep into AI + the media industries.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3GX5... or Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

#AI #Media

Media Industries and AI: An Introduction - Orçun Can and Paul McDonald (King’s College London)

Media Industries Podcast · Episode

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · Jun 9

There are only two sides right now. One side has tanks and drones and data and tear gas. The other side has solidarity and that’s it. That’s what we have.

A movement isn’t something you design in an Artisan Protest Lab. But you are welcome to come down here and see what kind of reception you get.

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · Jun 2

These are the conversations that define the #DigitalFutures MA at King’s: tinyurl.com/munhw4hr where we interrogate the cultural, ethical, and creative dimensions of tech.
#KingsCollegeLondon #livingwellwithtech #culturalproduction #creativeindustries #digitalfutures

Digital Futures MA (online, part-time)

Understand how to apply to study an online master’s degree with King’s College London. We’ll support you throughout the application process. Apply today.

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Alexandra Greenfield @aleexgreen.bsky.social · May 30

The rise of generative AI raises urgent questions, not just about copyright, but about authorship, irony, and the irreplaceable messiness of human creativity. Tech doesn’t just change how we create, it reshapes why we create.
#generativeAI #authorship #AIethics

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · Jun 2

Really proud of our @kingsdh.bsky.social student posting a reflective post on last week’s event on #AIandLiterature chaired by @drkatedevlin.bsky.social

Alexandra Greenfield @aleexgreen.bsky.social · May 30

As part of Living Well With Technology at the Digital Futures Institute & King’s Institute for AI, I attended a powerful panel on AI, Literature & Cultural Production during the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence led by @ drkatedevlin.bsky.social‬#KingsAIA#digitalfuturese#AIandliteraturere

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Alexandra Greenfield @aleexgreen.bsky.social · May 30

Last week, I attended the launch of the Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal book at King’s College London, hosted by the ‪@ kingscmci.bsky.social‬
the ‪@ digitalculturekcl.bsky.social��, and the DISCO Ne#digitalfuturesl#technoskepticisme#KCLism #KCL

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Alexandra Greenfield @aleexgreen.bsky.social · May 30

This aligns with the ethos of the #DigitaFuturesMA @kingsartshums.bsky.social, which explores how to engage critically with emerging technologies. I would definitely look into applying this for my MA: tinyurl.com/munhw4hr

Digital Futures MA (online, part-time)

Understand how to apply to study an online master’s degree with King’s College London. We’ll support you throughout the application process. Apply today.

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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · May 30

The overall time spent online is linked with higher levels of loneliness, however the use of #socialmedia platforms is not.

A new study found that it's the type of digital platform that's associated with loneliness, rather than using social media itself.

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...

Study finds links between social media and loneliness depend on the app

New research finds that although overall time spent online is linked with higher levels of loneliness, use of social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is not.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · May 27

👏 On 6 June, join us, @kingsdh.bsky.social ‬and ‪@kings-dfi.bsky.social‬ as we celebrate Professor @drkatedevlin.bsky.social ‬'s appointment as Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Society.

⏰ 18:00-20:00
📍 Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre

Register via the link below ⤵️

You Autocomplete Me: Our intimate and emotional encounters with technology

Please join us for this Inaugural Lecture as we celebrate Professor Kate Devlin's appointment as Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Society.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · May 23

another good one from the german guy who uploads 360 degree panoramas to wikipedia

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Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · May 23

🪄 Few tickets left for tonight's live magic show!

Dr @mattltompkins.bsky.social, professional magician and researcher in visual cognition, discusses the psychology behind magic tricks and how this relates to our understanding of black box technologies with @drkatedevlin.bsky.social ⤵️

🎟️ Book now ⤵️

Magic, Minds, and the Mysteries of AI

Step into a world where magic and technology collide in a fascinating exploration of AI and deception.

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Giota Alevizou @giotita.bsky.social · May 21

We are spoiled with e
Vents today @drkatedevlin.bsky.social aren’t we?

Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · May 20

🗣️ Is AI a tool for enhancing creativity or does it pose a threat to authentic human expression?

Join us and @aiatkings.bsky.social for the discussion featuring @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, @clemicollett.bsky.social, Genevieve Liveley and Sarah Perry.

🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏰ 19:30-20:45
🎟️ Register ⤵️

The Digital Futures of Literature

Join us to explore the future of AI and literature.

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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · May 18

The complete and utter depravity of this. There are no words. mondoweiss.net/2025/05/isra...

Israel just launched its offensive to permanently ‘conquer’ Gaza as Trump’s Arab Gulf tour wraps up

Israel announced the initial phase of “Gideon’s chariots,” the expanded ground invasion to permanently “conquer” Gaza, amid reports that Trump reneged on his deal with Hamas to lift the blockade, and ...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Apr 30

New @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk @britishacademy.bsky.social report today on the need for policymakers to not overlook the importance of investing in social and cultural infrastructure, and how we might go about measuring it
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/value-o...

Value of social and cultural infrastructure ‘risks being neglected in decision-making' without new measurement framework - Bennett Institute for Public Policy

New framework for measuring the value of social and cultural infrastructure will more effectively highlight its crucial role in improving wellbeing and economic growth.

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk

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