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ReDICo @redico.eu · 6d

Episode 2 of our new podcast season "Internet Futures" is now live. Listen to “Back to the Future? The Vernacular Web” with @nathaliefridz.bsky.social and @anya-shchetvina.bsky.social to learn about the Yesterweb, nostalgia-tinged imagining of Internet futures and more.
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S2E2: “Back to the Future? The Vernacular Web”

In the second episode of the series Luisa Conti and Fergal Lenehan, from the Centre for Digital Interculturality Studies, talk to Nathalie Fridzema from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands ...

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ReDICo @redico.eu · 7d

At the inauguration of the Centre for Digital Interculturality Studies Prof Dr Julia Kuhn vice dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities @uni-jena.de stressed the accomplishments of the ReDICo project and the importance of the Centre. We're grateful for the support and hope for long-term cooperation.

Prof. Dr. Julia Kuhn, vice dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Jena, with @fergallenehan.bsky.social and Luisa Conti at the inauguration of the Centre for Digital Interculturality Studies.

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ReDICo @redico.eu · 13d

Today we also celebrate the launch of our new podcast season "Internet Futures". In the first episode @fergallenehan.bsky.social and Luisa Conti discuss random archives, global YouTube and rewiring the Net with @ethanz.bsky.social. Stay tuned for episode 2 next week! letscast.fm/sites/redico...

S2E1: “Random Archives, Global YouTube and Rewiring the Net: A Conversation with Ethan Zuckerman”

In the first episode of the series Fergal Lenehan and Luisa Conti, from the Centre for Digital Interculturality Studies, talk to Ethan Zuckerman. Ethan is a world-recognized expert in the field of the...

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ReDICo @redico.eu · 13d

Today we celebrate the inauguration of the Centre for Digital Interculturality Studies @uni-jena.de. Learn more about this important milestone highlighted by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology & Space in a profile article: www.geistes-und-sozialwissenschaften-bmbf.de/de/News-Einz...

Einzigartig: das neue ReDICo-Zentrum für Digitale Interkulturalität in Jena | Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften

Am 25. September 2025 eröffnet an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena das ReDICo-Centre for Digital Interculturality Studies, begleitet von der Konferenz â��Interkulturalität neu imaginierenâ��. W...

www.geistes-und-sozialwissenschaften-bmbf.de

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Yolanda López García @emaginaries.bsky.social · 14d

Also: The launch of the ReDICo Centre for Digital Interculturality Studies and the Research Lab on Postdigital (Inter)Culturality @digitalculture-tuc.bsky.social
@fergallenehan.bsky.social @redico.eu

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Yolanda López García @emaginaries.bsky.social · 14d

Cultural Complexity & Digital Interculturality in Focus
📅 September 25, 2025 | Jena & online

26th Intercultural Summer Academy presenting two panels

Full program & registration:
www.interculture.de/images/ISA20...

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · Sep 4

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · Sep 2

New edited volume "Contemporary Far Right Culture" with chapters by C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social and affiliate @evianeleidig.com. Check it out! www.routledge.com/Contemporary...

Contemporary Far-Right Culture: The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism

Contemporary Far-Right Culture offers a comprehensive overview of the varied manifestations of today’s far-right culture. It examines how far-right extremists operate in the spaces they inhabit, explo...

www.routledge.com

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Milene Oliveira @mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’ll be presenting at the @baal-linguistics.bsky.social Conference this Friday (5:30 pm).

My paper, co-authored with Daniel N. Silva, examines students’ reflections on social interactions during a virtual project in relation to neoliberal discourses.

If you’re at #BAAL2025, do stop by!

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Milene Oliveira @mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social · Sep 1

📘 Explorations in Digital Interculturality

Here’s how Luisa Conti and I responded to transcript verlag’s questions about our edited volume on language, culture & postdigital practices (I loved the 4th question! ☺️)

Interview & open-access volume 👉 www.transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-7...

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internethistories.bsky.social @internethistories.bsky.social · Aug 21

Call for papers:
Internet Histories Early Career Researcher Award 2026

Deadline 1st October 2025

Please see the full call for papers here:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

#webarchiving

Internet Histories Early Career Researcher Award 2026

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · Aug 25

#CfP: Special Issue “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI” of the Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (WJDS), co-edited by @strippel.bsky.social & Magnus Rust. Submission deadline: November 17, 2025.

More: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

Special Issue “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI”

The Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society calls for papers for a special issue marking the 60th anniversary of ELIZA, one of the first chatbots developed by Joseph Weizenbaum.

www.weizenbaum-institut.de

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Ryan McGrady @antisomniac.bsky.social · Aug 13

I wrote an article about linguistic bias and the internet for the BBC, based on a paper @ze.vin, @ethanz.bsky.social, and I wrote comparing four language-specific samples of YouTube. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

How language is hiding the real internet from you

Most of the internet is out of your reach, but the barrier isn't just algorithms. In another language, the same platforms turn into whole other worlds.

www.bbc.com

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Milene Oliveira @mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social · Aug 14

Our edited volume on digital interculturality is out. It's been such a pleasant journey to work together with colleagues from different disciplines and to look at digital interculturality from so many theoretical and empirical angles. Do make sure to check it out.

ReDICo @redico.eu · Aug 12

Our new book is live!

Edited by @mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social and Luisa Conti, it brings together perspectives from sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, & intercultural communication studies to explore digital interculturality.

Check it out! #openAccess

www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

Explorations in Digital Interculturality

An exploration of digital intercultural practices that deepens our understanding of digital interculturality, offering insights from various disciplinary perspectives.

www.transcript-verlag.de

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ReDICo @redico.eu · Aug 20

Stay tuned for the second season of ReDICo: The Podcast for Digital Interculturality. The new season will feature conversations with leading experts on "Internet Futures" and will be forthcoming soon.

letscast.fm/sites/redico...

Don't miss it!

#Podcast #Podcasts

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Thomas Spies @digital-stranger.bsky.social · Aug 18

Schon immer sind Militär und Games eng verwoben. Für die @bpb.de durfte ich im Sammelband "Gaming & Rechtsextremismus" über Militarismus schreiben. Meine Takeaways:
- Das Militär hat das Medium Videospiel schon immer mit finanziert bzw. Produkte lizenziert um zu rekrutieren oder auszubilden./1

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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · Aug 13

Here is the new book from the ReDICo project. It's open-access & includes the article "Digital Interculturality: Understanding Post-Digital Reality through a New Conceptual Lens" by Luisa Conti, @mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social, Roman Lietz & myself.

Check it out & download the book!

ReDICo @redico.eu · Aug 12

Our new book is live!

Edited by @mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social and Luisa Conti, it brings together perspectives from sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, & intercultural communication studies to explore digital interculturality.

Check it out! #openAccess

www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

Explorations in Digital Interculturality

An exploration of digital intercultural practices that deepens our understanding of digital interculturality, offering insights from various disciplinary perspectives.

www.transcript-verlag.de

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ReDICo @redico.eu · Aug 12

Our new book is live!

Edited by @mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social and Luisa Conti, it brings together perspectives from sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, & intercultural communication studies to explore digital interculturality.

Check it out! #openAccess

www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

Explorations in Digital Interculturality

An exploration of digital intercultural practices that deepens our understanding of digital interculturality, offering insights from various disciplinary perspectives.

www.transcript-verlag.de

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RESET - Digital for Good🌎♻️☀️ @reset.org · Aug 10

Lately we've explore how #LLMs transform culture translation, interpretation, (mis)representation and we're very intrigued to read Explorations in Digital Interculturality on digital cross-cultural encounters 👀

What’s your go-read on AI + culture right now?

#DigitalInterculturality #AICulture

ReDICo @redico.eu · Jun 30

Our new book is forthcoming this summer, so stay tuned!
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

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Simon Meier-Vieracker @fussballinguist.bsky.social · Jul 2

Happy Release Day: Unser Band "TikTok – Memefication und Performance" ist heute erschienen. Aktuelle Forschung zu TikTok aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Sicht. Und Open Access. Check it out unter link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

TikTok – Memefication und Performance

Das Open-Access-Buch bietet Beiträge zur Untersuchung von TikTok aus u.a. sprach-, kultur- und medienwissenschaftlicher sowie didaktischer Perspektive.

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Milene Oliveira @mendesdeoliveira.bsky.social · Jul 2

🧐 A sneak peek at the introduction to "Explorations in Digital interculturality"
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
It will be available soon! Stay tuned!

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anya shchetvina @anya-shchetvina.bsky.social · Jun 27

Write with us! Submit a 100-word pitch by the 15th of September for the "Collaborative Glossary: Imagining the Internet(s)". The Glossary will be published by the INC (open access) with the @easstransport.bsky.social support.

More info: matterofimagination.neocities.org/cfp

#sts #internetstudies

Picture illustrates the Call. On the top left it says "Call for Contributions". On the top right it says "INC and Matter of Imagination". Below on the light background in big letters the title of the glossary is written. Below the title is a screenshot from an old Commodore interface, picturing a "Magic Desk" software.

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ReDICo @redico.eu · Jun 30

Our new book is forthcoming this summer, so stay tuned!
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

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Dt. Gesellschaft f. Soziologie @dgsoziologie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 27

Stellenmarkt: PhD Research Fellow in Digital Sociology/Sociology of Artificial Intelligence https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/282726/phd-research-fellow-in-digital-sociology-sociology-of-artificial-intelligence University of Agder

PhD Research Fellow in Digital Sociology/Sociology of Artificial Intelligence (282726) | University of Agder

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Digital Sociology/Sociology of Artificial Intelligence (282726), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Monday, September 15, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Kay Thee Abortion Doula, PhD.♎ @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · Jun 11

Here is access to the OER website that my students contributed to in my Misogynoir in Digital Spaces course, spanning Fall 2024 to Spring 2025, across two universities. Feel free to peruse around and see their final projects and examples of digital misogynoir. digitalmisogynoir.commons.gc.cuny.edu

Misogynoir in Digital Spaces – A Look into How Misogynoir Shows Up in Digital Spaces

digitalmisogynoir.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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