Alessandro Gandini
@afrontiercity.bsky.social
“Your favorite sociologist’s favorite sociologist” (cit). Researching platforms, work, digital cultures & methods @ University of Milan. PI of @ercresearch.bsky.social funded "CRAFTWORK" - https://craftwork.unimi.it/
Am absolutely loving the crafting session - such brilliant, nuanced thinking on platforms, labor, craft, authenticity and identity by @kylzjarrett.bsky.social @afrontiercity.bsky.social @reneseifert.bsky.social and @susanluckywong.bsky.social #aoir2025
We invite applications for the 3rd edition of the Digital Methods for Consumer Studies summer school on the Lake Como (22-26 September).We have 3 fantastic keynotes: Joonas Rokka (Emlyon), @giorgiaaiello.bsky.social (University of Milan) & Gabriele Colombo (Density Design). Deadline June 6. Join us!
camilla volpe@camillavolpe.bsky.social · last yr.applications are open for the DMCS Summer School (Como, Sept 22–26) great opportunity for anyone working on platforms, AI, media, consumer culture or digital culture cooked by A. Caliandro, A. Gandini & M. Airoldi deadline: June 6 – more info: dmcs.lakecomoschool.org
The last bit of the Algocount journey is finally here! Our article on the conceptualisation of an "algorithmic public opinion" is now published on the new, fantastic journal 'Dialogues on Digital Society'. You can read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
See you in a couple of hours for a stroboscopic live streaming on digital disconnection @ Warwick University with Carolina Bandinelli and Michael Dieter. Tune in!
Centre for Digital Inquiry@cdi-warwick.bsky.social · last yr.📴 Digital Disconnection, CDI-TV Livestream Today with Alessandro Gandini @afrontiercity.bsky.social | Tune in: 17:00 GMT - tinyurl.com/bdx2uw76
Busy week ahead at CDI! 📴 @afrontiercity.bsky.social – Digital Disconnection | Wed, 17:00 GMT 🌐 @noortjem.bsky.social – Reality Engineering | Thu, 17:00 GMT 🤖 Artificial Societies Symposium – Friday Website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cdi/ YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCgXqb4zJkXqQHoSrtdjW59Q
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See you next week in Coventry @ University of Warwick for a seminar, a live streaming and a podcast recording on neo-craft work and digital disconnection! Thanks to the one and only Carolina Bandinelli for the kind invitation ❤️
New publication alert! The article by Costanza Guazzo and I, titled «Work Is not Working Anymore? The Rise of Anti-work Demands across Online Spaces in the Coronavirus Pandemic», has just been published on the journal Cambio. It's open access, check it out! oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ca...
In Marseille for the 'Meso-Level Perspectives on Paid Work in Contemporary Societies' part of @ercresearch.bsky.social project DESPO led by Anne-Marie Jeannet. Intriguing discussions about work, politics of production, but also small planes, a cooperative tea factory visit and of course (neo-)craft!
