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@charrlotte.bsky.social

charrlotteadelina.de "yes, I am Charrlotte" | she / her | inequalities and more-than-human ecologies, 🌱🌿, critical urbanism, & other interests that come and go | perpetually suspicious of trends

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 4mo ago

Please see this as a general reminder that you're not alone. Many of us reject, refuse, repudiate artificial intelligence and the technology industry: Guest et al. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Artificial intelligence (AI) companies and their rhetoric infringe on academia in harmful ways, mirroring past uncritical acceptance of industry logics, such as those of tobacco and petroleum. In this position piece, we tease apart and explain why phrases like 'generative AI' impede scholarly discussion because by design these expressions are used to dazzle and sidestep scrutiny. Furthermore, we contend with the AI industry's logics to enable rejecting frames such as: that we must embrace the future, that this hype cycle is unique, that anthropomorphism and circular reasoning hold water when discussing AI systems, and that students are now all cheating or all need to use AI. To these ends, we expound on why universities must take their role seriously to a) counter the AI industry's marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. For each point we raise, we include pointers to relevant work to further inform and convince our colleagues.
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · last yr.

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece, we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to relevant work to further inform our colleagues.
Charrlotte@charrlotte.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Left very inspired by Allison Caine's "Restless Ecologies" which we read and discussed as part of the 'Affective Ecologies' reading group. Sharing an author interview here: news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/04/23/i...

Indigenous Herders and Peru’s Melting Glaciers: A Conversation with Anthropologist Allison Caine

Caine’s new book depicts a small community in the glacier-fed Peruvian Highlands as it navigates climate change and social pressures.

news.climate.columbia.edu

Philipp Golka@pgolka.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As many of you know, the German academic system offers very few permanent jobs, which are mostly full professor positions, while the bulk of academic work is done by a vast number of fixed-term academic staff. Over the past decades, Germany added <1k permanent jobs but >100k (!) fixed-term.

Charrlotte@charrlotte.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Four wonderful years of learning and unlearning came to a close last month with the successful defense of my PhD Thesis. So grateful to my supervisors, Uli Beisel and Maan Barua, for their unwavering support and the many thoughtful, caring, and critical inputs throughout this journey.

Bue Rübner Hansen@buerubner.bsky.social · last yr.

Their ways of life don't conform to the "(Western) European Way of Life", and they are judged for it. This standard is arrogant and harmful, and sucks up the resources that peripheral, marginalized, and rural people need.

Dr. Nick Posegay@nposegay.northsky.social · last yr.

Potential workaround if you're already logged in and get prompted by the ToS notification: opening this "privacy policy" link www.academia.edu/privacytakes you to a page where you can access the drop-down menu and reach "account settings." From there I was able to delete my account without agreeing.

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Hannah D-C 🦐@hannahdcknsn.bsky.social · last yr.

I've always been really upfront about my experiences with this. I have encountered accent-based classism (not actually a true assessment of my 'class') at every stage in my student and now academic career. It is RIFE in this country across students and also staff members. Something HAS to change.

Des Fitzgerald@desfitzgerald.bsky.social · last yr.

NGLI was going to mock this as obviously made up until I saw it was Durham 💀 www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Lisa Onaga@lisaonaga.bsky.social · last yr.

Please register for the HSS meeting @NOLA & come meet Ashton Wesner 🐟Sam Muka 🪸 Rebecca Woods 🐒 Aleksandar Shopov 🐫 and + discuss their research on animal mobilities and why such histories of science matter. Thanks to Sonia Wigh, co-organizer of this roundtable with the Osiris editors! #histsci

Left hand holding a hard copy of "Animal Mobilities," volume 40 of Osiris against backdrop of messy office
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science@mpiwg.bsky.social · last yr.

The "Animal Mobilities" special issue will also be discussed at this year's History of Science Society conference in New Orleans, USA. 🐫🐠🐛 The roundtable is organized by @lisaonaga.bsky.social, co-editor of the volume. 🗓️ November 14, 2025, 11:00 (CST) 📍Sheraton NOLA 🔗 bit.ly/hssam25 #HistSci #HSS

Charrlotte@charrlotte.bsky.social · last yr.

looking for literature / leads on how nativism can be far from neat, messy in its circulations, and even outward-looking, or influenced by philosophies or regimes of the Other {tying up some loose threads in the diss}