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Christoph Purschke

@questoph.bsky.social

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Computational sociolinguist @uni.lu | Head of @cucolab.bsky.social & Luxembourg Studies | Maker of @lingscape.bsky.social | Life linguistics, digital culture, NLP, philosophy | Bread maker, music nerd, Brömsenknöll-born Info: https://linktr.ee/questoph

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Aug 26

Now that this platform seems to be slowly becoming a thing, maybe it's time to introduce some of my projects to the interested scrollerby. They are all based at the University of Luxembourg, where I'm currently working.

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · 10d

Watch out for the next talk by @dirkhovy.bsky.social. It approaches the question of the human condition in a digitally enriched lifeworld from a new perspective, considering the role of „AI“ in particular.

Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST.

Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · 14d

This today. Come say hi on Webex to hear me talk about language, technology and cultural regression.

Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Aug 26

We will open with a lecture by @questoph.bsky.social. It deals with how language as a symbolic form is being displaced & replaced in digitality.

„Last night of the prompts. On technology and cultural regression“

Join us on 25.09., 16:00 CEST, on site or via Webex!

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Anne Lauscher @a-lauscher.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 Are you looking for a PhD in #NLProc dealing with #LLMs?
🎉 Good news: I am hiring! 🎉
The position is part of the “Contested Climate Futures" project. 🌱🌍 You will focus on developing next-generation AI methods🤖 to analyze climate-related concepts in content—including texts, images, and videos.

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · 15d

@uni.lu is on here as well.

Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · 26d

Regierungsvertreter in Luxemburg behaupten immer mal wieder, dass LU kein deutschsprachiges Land sei. Dazu passt, das DEU kaum aktive Domänen im Land hat. Die aktuelle Regierung hat das beglaubigt, indem sie den Deutschunterricht nicht mehr als erstsprachlich, sondern als fremdsprachlich ausrichtet.

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Katrin Becker @katrinbecker.eu · 27d

I would like to announce our upcoming conference “Algorithmic (Dis-)Orders: Law and Culture in Transition”, taking place on 22–23 September 2025 at EHESS, Paris, organized by Jean Lassègue and myself.

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Sep 6

Your source is „Superunknown“ (1994) news to me.

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University of Luxembourg @uni.lu · Aug 29

The University of Luxembourg opens 4 professor positions via the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme, boosting diversity & gender equality in academia.

AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality

Apply by 20 October

#AcademicJobs #Luxembourg

Four female professor positions opened through the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme

The Anne Beffort Excellence Programme is a flagship initiative of the University of Luxembourg, dedicated to fostering excellence, diversity, and gender equality in academia. Named after Anne Beffort ...

www.uni.lu

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Aug 23

I know the feeling 🤭

Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Aug 23

In meinem Umfeld heißt sowas, aus ähnlichen Gründen, ein „Bifi-Moment“.

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Yarden Skop @skoopit.bsky.social · Aug 8

Today seems like a good day for a shameless self plug of our hallucination article (with @sufo.bsky.social ) where we explain how the term is used in LLM documentation to relieve creators of the responsibility of spreading misinformation, lies and falsities
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Aug 1

We know it’s early, but save the dates for the upcoming CuCo Lab Conversations! We have some fantastic speakers lined up for you, including @dirkhovy.bsky.social, Martina Heßler and @bildoperationen.bsky.social. And then there’s this guy: @questoph.bsky.social.

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Lingscape @lingscape.bsky.social · Jul 15

Some seven years ago, when visiting the IDS for the first time as part of the workshop „Desktop oder App“, we left this little note next to the entrance door. Looks like our merch is pretty persistent in the linguistic landscape ✌️

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Lingscape @lingscape.bsky.social · Jul 14

This week, Lingscape is visiting @idsmannheim.bsky.social, where we are exchanging ideas with a growing community of language researchers who are interested in participatory approaches. In this context, @questoph.bsky.social talks about our experiences from already nine years with Lingscape.

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Jun 25

Witzig dass er grad bei dem Titel ins begriffliche Denken gerät

Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Jun 17

Fantastic news, congrats!

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Heike Delitz @heikedelitz.bsky.social · Jun 8

Just published!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Wir haben unser Handbuch der soziologischen Theorien Hilmar Schäfer gewidmet. Vielen Dank allen Autorinnen und Autoren für ihre Beiträge -

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Jun 6

Oh, nice! Grad heute Morgen hab ich mir von @seyfert.bsky.social noch ne neue Episode gewünscht!

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · May 28

In the last edition of our talk series for this semester, @seyfert.bsky.social from Kiel will discuss the implications of technology on social relations:

A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS).

Join us on-site or online:

Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST.

Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · May 22

Happy to announce our upcoming book

Conspiracy as Genre. Narrative, Power, and Circulation

Edited by
@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social,
@aplum.bsky.social &
@questoph.bsky.social,

it examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation.

Conspiracy as Genre

From anti-vaccine politics to aliens, this volume explores diverse critical approaches to conspiracy narratives representing them as playful stories with seriou…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · May 19

Die Luxemburger Nationalneurose in einer Schlagzeile (aus dem Wort): „Internationale Anerkennung | Eilmeldung“

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · May 14

What started as a workshop in the Luxembourg Pavillon at the World Expo in Dubai has now finally taken form as an open access volume:

„The Humanities and the Rise of AI. Implications of Cultural and Societal Engineering“

More papers to follow in the next weeks and months.

The Humanities and the Rise of AI | Melusina Press

[![reviewed](https://www.melusinapress.lu/static/review_badges/editors_manuscript_pre_publication_unblinded.svg)](https://www.melusinapress.lu/projects/project-collection/eoh?collectionOrder=eoh) <br/...

www.melusinapress.lu

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Christoph Purschke @questoph.bsky.social · Apr 27

Laugenbrötchen vollzählig angetreten, dahinter lauern zwei doppelt gebackene Basler Brote; Brunch kann kommen, mein ich.

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Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join us for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos on Friday morning via Webex.

Culture & Computation Lab @cucolab.bsky.social · Apr 17

Watch out for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos in our talk series. Next Friday, Jannis will be

„Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“

Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link:

cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

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