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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

Hadn't seen this "Cartography of Generative AI" before. From Estampa, a collective of programmers, filmmakers and researchers working in the fields of audiovisual media and digital environments: cartography-of-generative-ai.net

“Cartography of Generative AI (2024)” shows a sprawling, diagrammatic ecosystem of how generative AI is produced and maintained. The background is light pink with turquoise and yellow highlights. The left side has a turquoise vertical sidebar with labeled sections such as AI imaginaries, Critical expertise, Data sciences, Silicon Valley, and AI harms.

The main diagram maps the flow of generative AI development from top to bottom:

Top left: A globe icon with arrows represents global energy consumption, linked to servers and calculation power (chips, GPUs, and companies like TSMC).

Top center: Rows of red server racks show data centers, connected to big data platforms and pipelines of training data (shown as orange blocks).

Top right: Yellow stacks and schematic diagrams depict the supply chain of raw materials (e.g., cobalt, lithium) and scenes of mining.

Upper right corner: A vignette labeled digital colonialism shows resource extraction sites and cables crossing oceans.

Middle section:

Blue isometric office-like spaces labeled AI start-ups and Silicon Valley venture capital, with tiny illustrated workers at desks, computers, and whiteboards.

Orange and yellow arrows and blocks represent the movement of datasets, training, and alignment processes.

A section labeled human labour shows rows of workers annotating data.

Lower section:

Gridded platforms in orange and yellow depict data extraction from the internet—social media, images, sound, text—and web scraping from sources like Wikipedia, Reddit, Flickr, YouTube.

Groups of small figures interact with large wireframe cube models labeled generative AI engines.

Other vignettes show AI products (like chatbots), digital gig work, and consumer use.

Far right:

Layers of stacked chips show advanced chip production and global supply chains.

A blue network node diagram illustrates the infrastructure economy behind AI technologies.

Boxes at the bottom describe research and governance structures.

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited for the @fosterlang.bsky.social Inauguration Event in Poland this September! 🎉 Our @dublincityuni.bsky.social & @adaptcentre.bsky.social team leads WP5 on counteracting digital exclusion. #FOSTERLANG is an EU Horizon project boosting Europe’s minoritised languages. @dcuresearch.bsky.social

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Sep 3

Distribution is much appreciated @jslx.bsky.social @languageonthemove.bsky.social @languagepowerpodcast.org @languageinsociety.bsky.social @camsocioling.bsky.social @langpolicy.bsky.social @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org @lingethnoforum.bsky.social @lingsocam.bsky.social

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Do you use AI tools in research + academia?

Survey for scholars working on language in society - please also consider participating if you do NOT use AI technologies.

Complete (15 min) & share by Sept 14 🙏https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/FW27T97

Iker Erdocia, Britta Schneider & Bettina Migge

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great looking conference 👇

Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · Sep 2

Y'all! I'm super honored to be the keynote speaker at next year's Georgetown University Linguistics Roundtable Conference.

The theme is Futuring Linguistics!

What does the future of linguistics look like? Come engage w/ us in the big questions!

gurt.georgetown.edu/gurt-2026-un...

GURT 2026 Call for Papers - Georgetown University Round Table

The GURT 2026 Organizing Committee is proud to announce that the call for papers is now open! THEME: FUTURING LINGUISTICS: Content, Curriculum & Careers What does the future of linguistics look like? ...

gurt.georgetown.edu

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Aug 13

Not surprising in itself. What’s surprising is how much the academic infrastructure relies on platform capitalism

Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Google Scholar Is Doomed

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

hannahshelley.neocities.org

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Jul 1

My latest article is out! I explore how language, vulnerability, and resilience intersect. This is another output from my project on language and participation, generously funded by @researchireland.ie and FHSS @dublincityuni.bsky.social #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Language in Society @languageinsociety.bsky.social · Jun 20

NEW #OA ON FIRSTVIEW

"Language in the age of AI technology: From human to non-human authenticity, from public governance to privatised assemblages" by @ikererdocia.bsky.social, Britta Schneider, Bettina Migge

doi.org/10.1017/S004...
#StandardLg #AI #Authority #BigTech #RealAcademiaEspañola

Language in the age of AI technology: From human to non-human authenticity, from public governance to privatised assemblages | Language in Society | Cambridge Core

Language in the age of AI technology: From human to non-human authenticity, from public governance to privatised assemblages

doi.org

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Jun 20

I'm thrilled that the result of our research collaboration on language and AI, with Britta Schneider and Bettina Migge, has been published in Language in Society 🤩 It's now open access! doi.org/10.1017/S004... @dcuresearch.bsky.social

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · May 30

@dcuresearch.bsky.social

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · May 30

I'm delighted to be involved in this exciting and very needed Horizon Europe project on fostering linguistic capital in Europe. Our @dublincityuni.bsky.social & @adaptcentre.bsky.social team will work on WP5: Counteracting digital exclusion: IT tools & resources for lesser-used languages.

FOSTERLANG @fosterlang.bsky.social · May 8

📢We're delighted to announce the launch of #FOSTERLANG the new EU Horizon funded project aiming to boost minoritised languages and foster Europe's linguistic capital. 😍

👉 Details: www.facebook.com/Fosterlang.E...

@eurolang.bsky.social #ELEN2025 #HorizonEurope

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iraal.bsky.social @iraal.bsky.social · May 21

🟠 Deadline approaching ‼️ Ag teannadh leis an spriocdháta

iraal.bsky.social @iraal.bsky.social · Apr 11

🔔EXCITING NEWS🔔

🟢 #IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar

Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future
📍 @tcddublin.bsky.social

📩 Submit abstract by 31 May 2025:
forms.gle/7Xfk8aX49zdR...
Queries: [email protected]

forms.gle

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RISE UP @riseup-he.bsky.social · May 14

Meet the presenters of our next Networking Event on What AI Can and Cannot Do for Minoritised Languages, taking place on 22.05. from 14:00-17:00 CET!
You can find more information on their presentations here: www.riseupproject.eu/events/panel...
Register now!

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · May 12

#Analysis: We're still not used to diversity in Ireland's electoral system.
DCU's Dr @ikererdocia.bsky.social says attitudes towards migrant political candidates are improving, but change to Ireland’s voting system comes slowly.
Read more in @thejournal.ie: launch.dcu.ie/3YFrK1f

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · May 12

@fujomedia.bsky.social

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · May 10

Today I write in the newspaper www.thejournal.ie/readme/immig... @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social

Analysis: We're still not used to diversity in Ireland's electoral system

Dr Iker Erdocia says attitudes towards migrant political candidates are improving, but change to Ireland’s voting system comes slowly.

www.thejournal.ie

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FuJo @fujomedia.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢 Call for Papers!
The 2nd FuJo PhD Conference on Media, Democracy & Society is happening 5 Sept 2025 at @dublincityuni.bsky.social .

📝 Abstracts due: 9th June, 2025
🎯 PhD researchers across Ireland—submit now!
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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iraal.bsky.social @iraal.bsky.social · Apr 11

🔔EXCITING NEWS🔔

🟢 #IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar

Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future
📍 @tcddublin.bsky.social

📩 Submit abstract by 31 May 2025:
forms.gle/7Xfk8aX49zdR...
Queries: [email protected]

forms.gle

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Joe Lo Bianco @joelobianco.bsky.social · Feb 13

Finally it’s here. Our book is titled ‘Language Politics in Tunisia: A Study of Language Ideological Debates’, and my co-author is Dr Fethi Helal.

Till the end of February you can get a 60% discount with the code LPT60 on the MM website: bit.ly/4aT6ycU

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Language Politics in Tunisia

This book offers both a nuanced picture of language ideologies and language policies in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and a detailed critical and interdisciplinary model of Language Policy and Planning. T...

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thanks a lot Yael :)

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Feb 11

My latest article is out: 'Language and trust: Struggles for recognition of migrant people in the political realm' @fujomedia.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social Open Access & supported by
@researchireland.bsky.social and @dublincityuni.bsky.social FHSS. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Feb 9

Our call for papers now on LinguistList! 👇

Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · Feb 8

Calls: Disruption or Continuity? Machine Learning Technology (AI) in Linguistics Research (Workshop): Call for Papers:

-Title: Disruption or Continuity? Machine Learning Technology (AI) in Linguistics Research
- Co-editors: Iker Erdocia (Dublin City University), Bettina Migge (University College…

Calls: Disruption or Continuity? Machine Learning Technology (AI) in Linguistics Research (Workshop)

Call for Papers: -Title: Disruption or Continuity? Machine Learning Technology (AI) in Linguistics Research - Co-editors: Iker Erdocia (Dublin City University), Bettina Migge (University College Dublin) and Britta Schneider (European University…

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Feb 6

Meanwhile in Ireland: "It is critically important that Irish children have the opportunity to learn foreign languages from an early age" 👌👏 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Primary teachers to be trained to teach foreign languages over several years

Pupils to learn French, German or other languages from third class onwards

www.irishtimes.com

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Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social · Jan 31

📢Call for Papers: 'Disruption or Continuity? Machine Learning Technology (AI) in Linguistics Research'

- Workshop in @dublincityuni.bsky.social on 9-10 June
- Special Issue in Linguistics Vanguard journal

Submission deadline: 28 Feb
drive.google.com/file/d/11VqT...

Generously funded by DCU FHSS

Call for Papers_Disruption or Continuity_ Machine Learning Technology (AI) in Linguistics Research.pdf

drive.google.com

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