Flyer for guest lecture of Philipp Budka at SNU.
Excited to speak in the Seoul National University BK lecture series (organized by O. Fedorenko)!
➡️ "Remembering Indigenous Digital Worlds"
➡️ April 17, 2026 — 6:30 PM (Seoul) / 11:30 AM (CET)
➡️ Online via Zoom: snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/84642192976
Looking forward to the discussion tomorrow! A great chance to explore creative #digital practices in #Cuba — join if you haven’t registered yet:
easaonline.org/event/book-d...
Phaidra screenshot.
What is an #archive? Outcomes of the "Thinking Archives Ethnographically" field school @univie.ac.at are now released on Phaidra, the uni's digital repository.
21 students explored museums, exhibits & bar toilets—finding archives in carpets, stickers, videos.
phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:231...
People in Nigeria and India are strapping iPhones onto their heads and recording themselves doing chores.
Poster of book discussion event.
Excited to join @easainfo.bsky.social Media #Anthropology Network's discussion of S. Köhn’s book "Island in the Net" (2026) as one of the discussants.
Looking forward to talking about Cuba’s creative digital practices!
Registration for this online event:
easaonline.org/event/book-d...
Anthropologica (67, 1) cover. Photo by Philipp Budka.
In case you missed it:
I co-edited the @anthropologica.bsky.social special issue "Narratives & Temporalities of #Infrastructure".
The collection examines how infrastructures are narrated, lived & reimagined across time & place in the Canadian context.
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an...
Today is the 2nd session of the seminar "Digital Visual Culture" @univie.ac.at.
Students will continue designing their ethnographic projects, focusing on research questions, methods & fieldwork plans.
ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...
Cover of Sustainable Energy Transitions in Canada (2023, UBC Press).
My review of "Sustainable Energy Transitions in #Canada" (ed. M. S. Winfield, S. D. Hill & J. R. Gaede) is now out in "Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien."
I discuss the book’s interdisciplinary perspective on energy transitions in Canada:
www.philbu.net/blog/review-...
#energy #transitions #policy
Looking forward to teaching the course "Digital Visual Culture" @univie.ac.at!
We'll dive into digital visual practices across #memes, #influencers & viral #visuals through ethnographic projects.
Details: ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...
The Queen. Sketch by Kamilla Peter.
New on the Digital Ethnography Initiative (DEI) blog: a post exploring how Disney’s Evil Queen circulates on Facebook & how platform culture shapes gendered power imagery online:
digitalethnography.at/facebooks-ev...
The call for this conference has been extended until March 1:
digicommons.org/call-for-pap...
#digital #commons #infrastructure #design #ethics
"A growing number people have figured out a trick to make #AI tools tell you almost whatever they want. It's so easy a child could do it."
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Technology alone does not build trust. #Radio broadcasters do.
www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
It’s an on-site event only, but I hope to have that paper out soon and will share it here once it’s published.
Good question - I will check with the organizers.
Northern Manitoba. Photo by Philipp Budka.
I am very much looking forward to my talk on community #infrastructures in remote #Canada 🇨🇦 tomorrow at the Department of Social #Anthropology @manchester.ac.uk.
infranorth.eu/news/feb-202...
The 5th & final article of this special issue by Schmid examines how #Amazon reconfigures everyday life & traditional systems in the remote North.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The 4th article by Povoroznyuk looks into relationship between mega-infrastructures & #Arctic coastlines, economies, & geopolitics across scales.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The 3rd contribution by Freddi et al. explores #road construction vs. conservation, & #environment as infrastructure.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The 2nd article by Meyer et al. discusses #Arctic #airports as ambivalent nodes connecting remote communities amid access, control & environmental tensions.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The 1st research article by Schweitzer et al. explores infrastructural #futures produced/contested in the #Arctic.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The introduction of the special issue by Schweitzer et al. frames #infrastructure in lived experience, power relations & future-oriented imaginaries.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
Linke Wienzeile Buildings, Vienna. Photo by Philipp Budka.
The "Linke Wienzeile Buildings" are two apartment buildings in #Vienna constructed by Otto Wagner in 1898-99.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linke_W...
JCE cover.
New special issue: "Ethnographies of Infrastructure," ed. by me, P. Schweitzer & O. Povoroznyuk, in JCE.
It explores #infrastructure (& its futures) as social phenomenon, spanning the #Arctic & beyond: ports, roads, supply chains & environmental conflict.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/jcec/55/1
🗓️ Feb 9: #InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka will give a talk titled “Sovereignty by Design: Community #Infrastructures in Remote Canada” as part of the seminar series of the Department of Social #Anthropology at the University of Manchester. @philbu.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
"Denn Intoleranz und Angst sind identische Begriffe."
Erich Kästner, 1926
This translates to: "Because intolerance and fear are identical concepts."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_K...
❓ What can scenario workshops offer to the #anthropology of #infrastructure that other ethnographic methods might not?
This #openaccess article by Schweitzer et al. in 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 reflects on #InfraNorth scenario workshops in #Kirkenes & #Churchill 👇
@journals.sagepub.com
Churchill from a helicopter; the Port of Churchill and its grain elevators in the back. Photo by Philipp Budka.
In 2017, floods severed Churchill's (Manitoba 🇨🇦) #rail link. Residents seized infrastructural #sovereignty, with Indigenous & northern communities now co-owning this vital #transport corridor. A rare case of local control over Subarctic & #Arctic #infrastructure.
More:
doi.org/10.18357/ant...
Qualitative researchers’ #AI rejection is based on identity, not reason:
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/qual...
