New paper co-written with @idilg.bsky.social out now in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social: 🫠 Degenerative AI: AI slop, brainrot, and the gimmick of generative culture doi.org/10.1177/1367...
I'm excited to share that our article "Chatbox sociality: Extreme personae, speculative communities, and the affordances of alt-tech livestreaming," co-authored with Eleni Maragkou, is now published on First Monday. firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
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Very much looking forward to this!
Brita Ytre-Arne@britaytrearne.bsky.social · 3mo agoInterested in AI and digital culture? Join us for this seminar on June 12th in Bergen, with interesting speakers, new research, lunch and discussion! Part of our Kime collaboration project on AI and authenticity @cdn-bergen.bsky.social @notsaved.bsky.social @lenange.bsky.social @idilg.bsky.social
Interested in AI and digital culture? Join us for this seminar on June 12th in Bergen, with interesting speakers, new research, lunch and discussion! Part of our Kime collaboration project on AI and authenticity @cdn-bergen.bsky.social @notsaved.bsky.social @lenange.bsky.social @idilg.bsky.social
KIME seminar: From algomaxxing to AI influencers | UiB
Welcome to a half-day seminar discussing new practices and phenomena emerging from the study of algorithms and artificial intelligence in culture and society.
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I'm actively looking for my next role in Dutch higher education. I'm open to postdoc positions, faculty/lecturer roles, and research positions, in academia or beyond. If you know of any openings, or if our work overlaps, feel free to reach out, repost or tag anyone who might be interested. Thanks!
www.idilgalip.com/blog/the-iss... "Punch is an emotional stand-in for the humans watching him." new blogpost about #punchthemonkey
Punch and the calamity of being a social media animal — i.g.
Both human and animal dignity is in crisis in 21st century’s fast-image-culture. Images of atrocities, genocide and war are ready for consumption at a moments’ notice as “we are bombarded by images”. ...
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This first academic piece on the "subcultural ironics of a dark corner of the womanosphere" aka The Red Scare podcast sphere is a must-read for people trying to understand the online "dirt bag" left (open Access preprint here www.idilgalip.com/blog/new-pub...)
new academic publication out: ‘red scare girlfriends’ and the ludic logic of online contrarianism — i.g.
i like looking at my google scholar. it’s a list of what i’ve managed to contribute to the academic study of the internet while precariously juggling visas, residence permits and temporary teaching co...
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idil galip@idilg.bsky.social · 6mo agonew book chapter out, co-authored by eleni maragkou and i on the subcultural politics and visuals of the #redscarepodcast www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
new book chapter out, co-authored by eleni maragkou and i on the subcultural politics and visuals of the #redscarepodcast www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Red Scare girlfriends | 10 | Language games with the Red Scare podcast
This chapter untangles internet memes as a form of vernacular creative expression that allows individuals to play with language, imagery, and cultural
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enjoyed this "wayback studio" moment at @internetarchive.eu with @anthbrtn.com @iiil.li @idilg.bsky.social @hetsalwel.bsky.social @esthrr.bsky.social @digitalmethods.net @d-eepculture.bsky.social @publicdatalab.bsky.social @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social & many more! ✨
Internet Archive Europe@internetarchive.eu · 6mo agoHow do researchers, journalists & artists work with the Wayback Machine? At a recent gathering in Amsterdam, we explored how web archives support digital investigations, platform research & media art — and how we can build better tools & collaborations. 👉 www.internetarchive.eu/2026/02/18/w...
you can read my newest blogpost: Why we love to hate dimes square content: ‘trash culture’ for the chronically online www.idilgalip.com/blog/interne...
Why we love to hate dimes square content: ‘trash culture’ for the chronically online — i.g.
I really can’t escape clavicular. soon after i wrote my blogpost about why i think he is quite algorithmically popular (memetic descriptors help you become more visible in the algosphere), he spawne...
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Looking back at the scroll: post-bed rot session at transmediale — i.g.
transmediale is an important festival for new media art and the wider subcultural publics of the internet. this year's curators of the festival Neema Githere and Juan Pablo Garcia Sossa put together a...
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BEDROT WITH ME Idil Galip @transmediale.bsky.social, Sunday Feb 1. You are invited to bedrot with me. This is a desktop lecture-performance. It is also a collective experiment in doing almost nothing. Best experienced while lying down. Tickets: transmediale.de/en/2026/even...
transmedialetransmediale 2026 | Bedrot With Me
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When I was crashing about about Peter Thiel's impact on popular culture two years ago, they said it was too niche a topic and I was paranoid. There is such a thing as being too early to a topic, and I need to learn how to leverage it for myself because people don't believe me for some reason
Hi I've decided to start posting on here again - I want to follow more people interested in digital culture and tech stuff. Do you have any recommendations? Thanksssss
dream meme chat group here with @idilg.bsky.social, Lucie Chateau & Günseli Yalcinkaya answering the eternal return of novelty in internet culture ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Groundhog Day| Memes Are New | de Seta | International Journal of Communication
Groundhog Day| Memes Are New
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To hear some beats to relax/study to, I invoke Lofi girl. In a mythic time of human/cyborg symbiosis, she and I are one.