Last day for the ‘Reimagining Digital ID’ exhibition @iamcr.org #IAMCR26 please join us in ‘the space’ 1st floor, Bailey Allen to see how Karen refugees experience digital systems and imagine alternative futures.

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Our exhibition Reimagining Digital ID / ‘Exhibition as Method’ is open at #IAMCR2026 #IAMCR26 in the Space, room 203, 1st floor, Bailey Allen (take stairs next to registration desk). please come and engage with drawings and poems by Karen refugees as they imagine alternative futures

Our exhibition Reimagining Digital ID / ‘Exhibition as Method’ is open at #IAMCR2026 #IAMCR26 in the Space, room 203, 1st floor, Bailey Allen (take stairs next to registration desk). please come and engage with drawings and poems by Karen refugees as they imagine alternative futures

Interested in digital ID and tech experiments in refugee settings and are you at #IAMCR26? Our talk ‘digital ID as surreptitious experimentation’ is today Tuesday 10:30 AC202 Arts & Humanities building #IAMCR2026

Delighted to have been awarded @iamcr.org 'Decolonizing the Digital Award' with Charlotte Hill & Hayso Thako for our collaborative work on 'Digital ID as surreptitious experimentation in refugee camps' - part of the redid.net project. @mediacomgold.bsky.social

IAMCR@iamcr.org · 2mo ago

✨🎖️ Meet the winners of IAMCR’s 2026 Decolonising the Digital Awards! Congratulations to: Mirca Madianou, Charlotte Hill, Hayso Thako, Mark Rasquinha, Helen Sissons and Brooklyne Gipson 👉 Read more: iamcr.org/awards/decol... #IAMCR2026 #DecoloniseTheDigital #DigitalJustice

Truly honoured that my book ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’ won 2 awards @ the #ICA26 conference: the 2026 Outstanding Book Award of @icahdq.bsky.social & the 2026 Philosophy, Theory and Critique Best Book Award. Grateful to nominators & committee members for the recognition

Very honoured that my book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' won the 2026 Philosophy, Theory and Critique (PTC) Best Book Award #ICA26 I'm sorry I couldn't be at the ceremony-thank you to the committee, nominators and PTC division for the recognition @mediacomgold.bsky.social

I enjoyed the conversation with @tammam.bsky.social Rana Sweis and Nathaniel Raymond for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on tech & AI in the aid sector - I spoke about my recent book 'Technocolonialism' out with @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @mediacomgold.bsky.social

Rethinking Humanitarianism | The aid sector’s techno-colonialism problem

Experts unpack AI and new tech in crises, the fallback on “techno-utopian” solutions, and the risk of “techno-colonialism” and why it matters.

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So is my 18-year old. Also not my doing!

Aram Sinnreich@aramsinn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So is my 21-year old. Also not my doing.

📣 2 x PhD studentships @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social funded by the Migrant Futures Institute: 1st studentship open to ALL subjects for UK applicants of migrant / refugee background. 2nd open to UK / international applicants on migration-related topic. ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social Please repost!

Migrant Futures Doctoral Studentships

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the call for two fully-funded Migrant Futures Doctoral Studentships

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On Wednesday 4th Feb 16:00 I'll be giving a talk on Technocolonialism, based on my recent book with @politybooks.bsky.social, at the University of Manchester. If you're in town, it would be so great to see you! @mediacomgold.bsky.social Details below:

Look forward to this - thank you for inviting me!

Łukasz Szulc@lukaszszulc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I'm excited to chair the discussion with Prof Mirca Madianou on 'How do AI and digital innovation practices harm refugees and crisis-affected people'. It’ll take place in one week (Wed, 4 February, 4:00-5:30pm) at the University of Manchester. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/technocolo...

Next Tuesday 27th, I'll be visiting Bremen to give a lecture based on my book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... - details below. If you are in town and would like to meet, let me know! @mediacomgold.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social

Prof. Dr. Mirca Madianou (Goldsmiths, university of London): Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful

Abstract With over 300 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and with emergencies and climate disasters becoming more common, AI and data are being

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On my way to the UK's Internet Governance Forum to speak on Digital ID - drawing on my research in refugee camps where such systems are piloted ukigf.org.uk/events/uk-ig... I wish our exhibition w/ drawings by Karen refugees was still on: the drawings express issues w/ Digital ID better than I can!

'After Technocolonialism' - a book panel @mediacomgold.bsky.social to discuss 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' published by @politybooks.bsky.social with Helen Kennedy, @andreamedrado.bsky.social Nirmal Puwar & @jolittler.bsky.social November 26th, 5-7pm, all welcome! ⬇️

After Technocolonialism

A panel discussion about the book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' with Helen Kennedy, Jo Littler, Mirca Madianou, Andrea Medrado and Nirmal Puwar.

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I was interviewed by @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social about the exhibition 'Reimagining Digital ID' with drawings by Karen refugees from the Thailand-Myanmar border. Exhibition will officially open during conference on November 8th and will run until Nov 27th, details ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social

Reimagining Digital ID

Reimagining Digital ID, a new exhibition supported by Goldsmiths’ Migrant Futures Institute (MFI) showcases the artwork of Karen refugees living in camps along the Thailand–Myanmar border.

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The exhibition Reimagining Digital ID with artwork by Karen refugees is now open @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Through drawings & poems Karen refugees express their experiences with biometric systems and imagine alternative futures www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Last chance to register for the 'Reimagining Digital ID' event @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Join the www.redid.net team and other researchers, designers, digital human rights and migrant rights groups to discuss implications of digital ID systems. All welcome, details below ⬇️

Reimagining Digital ID: Learning from the South | REDID Project

A one-day symposium on Digital ID in Global South, refugee and UK contexts, including exhibition launch of drawings by Karen refugees at the Thai-Myanmar border

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📣 Registration is open for our event Reimagining Digital ID @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w/ findings from our www.redid.net project and talks by colleagues working on implications of Digital ID in Global South, migrant & refugee contexts explore.gold/digital-id All welcome! ⬇️

this is so depressing, but it explains quite a lot...I don't remember the rate ever being so low.

ana valdivia@anavaldi.bsky.social · 10mo ago

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

Great to see ✨3 ✨ @mediacomgold.bsky.social books at the @politybooks.bsky.social stand at #aoir2025 ‘Democratic Delusions’ by Natalie Fenton, @kat-hig.bsky.social’ ‘Believability’ and my own ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’

How wonderful to be back at Rio for #aoir2025 - giving paper 2 this morning on the infrastructural violence of digital ID room 8g @ 9am

Very happy to be in Tallinn for the Beyond Borders @ecreadmm.bsky.social conference to give the keynote on 'Resisting Technocolonialism' - drawing on my recent book and new project 'Reimagining Digital ID': how Karen refugees use art to recast ID systems www.redid.net @mediacomgold.bsky.social

Our wonderful PhD students are organising the MECCSA PGN conference this year @mediacomgold.bsky.social on Friday September 12th - if in London join us! www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Media and Instability - MeCCSA PGN Conference 2025

Join us for the 2025 MeCCSA PGN Conference and delve into research at the intersection of media and instability.

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NEW✨ @madianou.bsky.social's Technocolonialism @politybooks.bsky.social explores #digital control – from biometric surveillance to extractive #AI systems – and refugee resistance in #humanitarian settings. Review by Josué García Veiga 👇

Technocolonialism – digital control and refugee resistance in humanitarian settings - LSE Review of Books

Mirca Madianou's Technocolonialism explores how digital technologies used in humanitarian contexts perpetuate colonial legacies.

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🚨 New member book alert! In Technocolonialism, IAMCR member Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social exposes how AI & "tech for good" can deepen global inequality & digital exploitation. 🔗 iamcr.org/books-madian... #DigitalColonialism #TechForGood #AIJustice

Look forward to our talk ‘Rethinking Digital ID among Karen refugees’ 16:00, The Hive B1 35 - with Charlie Hill #iamcr2025 #iamcr25

Still buzzing from our redid.net event & exhibition @ Chiang Mai U - but the project moves to #IAMCR2025 #IAMCR25 conference with *2 talks* on Monday 13 July: 08:30 on Visual Participatory Research & 16:00 on Reimagining Digital ID in refugee camps. If in Singapore, join us @mediacomgold.bsky.social

Our ‘Reimagining Digital ID’ exhibition & conference are happening this Saturday 12 July @ Chiang Mai Univ. So proud to showcase the artwork of our refugee participants as they reimagine digital systems. Full schedule: www.redid.net/events-1/cmu... @mediacomgold.bsky.social

Reimagining Digital Identity: Research Insights and Exhibition | REDID Project

The Chiang Mai event will showcase our visual participatory methods, with a particular focus on artwork created by participants.

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📣 2 x postdoc opportunities @ the Migrant Futures Institute, Goldsmiths, U of London. 1st award open to all subjects for applicants who are migrants / refugees; 2nd award needs to focus on migration. Please read eligibility criteria carefully, deadline 18 August: www.gold.ac.uk/research/cen...

Migrant Futures Postdoctoral Fellowships

Goldsmiths is pleased to announce the call for two Migrant Futures Postdoctoral Fellowships, part of a major grant from the Oak Foundation to establish the Migrant Futures Institute at Goldsmiths.

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Very proud to share our project website 'Reimagining Digital Identity systems among Karen refugees in Thailand'. www.redid.net The site is in S'gaw Karen & English - we wanted to foreground the language of our participants as our research is primarily for them, not just English-speaking audiences