Philipp Budka
@philbu
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sociocultural anthropologist - infrastructure, tech, media, history, politics, ethnography - https://t.co/EDukWH9E6T
Vienna, Austria
Joined March 2008
Interested in findings of my recent 4-year project? A summary of results can be found in this report (PDF): "Infrastructural #Sovereignty in #Churchill, #Manitoba: #Transport Entanglements & Community #Futures:" https://t.co/N2MC4L3dNu
#Canada #infrastructure #anthropology
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Interested in #infrastructure & beyond? Check out this conference, organized by @InfraNorthERC @univienna, Sept 22-24, 2025 (deadline April 6): https://t.co/sTg6AJFOzO
#anthropocene #anthropology
infranorth.eu
International Conference, September 22 - 24, 2025, at the University of Vienna. Extended deadline for submissions: April 21, 2025. Infrastructure is often seen as solid, fixed, and inevitable while...
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"Elon #Musk is erratic and self-interested, enables hate speech on X and is aligned with a government that wants to annex #Canada." https://t.co/lywLuNtOTX
thetyee.ca
The risks of election interference, misinformation and attempts to support a US takeover are too great.
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“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, ..., the inner soul of the people... On some ... day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” H. Mencken (1920)
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Justin Trudeau: "Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
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X supports a political party in #Germany despite "sufficient indications of anti-constitutional endeavours within the party." Is #X aiming to damage constitutional democracies? https://t.co/79qKvsYJeH
#Bundestagswahlen #Deutschland
verfassungsschutz.de
Cologne Administrative Court confirms BfV’s classification of the party ‘Alternative für Deutschland’ (AfD) and of its youth organisation ‘Junge Alternative für Deutschland’ (JA) as a so-called...
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📢 #CallforPapers! Join us at the #conference “Beyond #Infrastructure? (Un-)built Environments in the #Anthropocene,” Sep. 22–24, 2025, @univienna! 🗓️ Submit your proposals by 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. We look forward to your contributions! 🔗 Learn more:
infranorth.eu
International Conference, September 22 - 24, 2025, at the University of Vienna. Extended deadline for submissions: April 21, 2025. Infrastructure is often seen as solid, fixed, and inevitable while...
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Donald Trump claims his desire for Canada to become the 51st state is real. Canada has already spoken and their answer is for Trump to go fuck himself.
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New blog post: Bridging Past and Present: Archival Research in Ethnographic Studies of #Transport Infrastructures: https://t.co/r1T4CeVKP8
infranorth.eu
By Philipp Budka When preparing for fieldwork on transport infrastructures in Manitoba, Canada, I planned to supplement my ethnographic research with archival data. I initially expected to conduct...
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New Year's resolutions? Support institutions that truly contribute to an open & collaborative #internet. Like @Wikipedia & @internetarchive. Guten Rutsch!
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✨Thanks to everyone who joined our after-work gathering on Tuesday! It was great to share insights into ongoing research projects over gløgg and cookies with colleagues from the #anthropology department @univienna and our guest Erik Henriksen from @UiTNorgesarktis! #InfraNorth
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I'm really looking forward to presenting snippets of my research on the intersection between media #anthropology, digital #ethnography & archival studies at today's joint @LCF_DALab & @DEIVienna workshop. The event will be open & online:
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"#Amazon, #Google and #Meta are ‘pillaging culture, data and creativity’ to train #AI" (via @guardian): https://t.co/YHw6AvweNU
theguardian.com
Among the report’s 13 recommendations is the call for the introduction of standalone AI legislation and protections for creative workers
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📢 2 open positions #migration #digitalethnography #digitalanthropology in project: Enacting (digital) citizenship from below: A study on care and the uses of digital infrastructure by refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina @Migration_D
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DEI (@univienna) will meet with @LCF_DALab to share & discuss research in digital #anthropology & #ethnography. Join us online ⬇️ https://t.co/tialBLghIF
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🔀 How, what and why to compare? At the recent #InfraNorth workshop in Stockholm, we explored ways to move beyond particular case studies and arrive at meaningful comparative perspectives across different ethnographies. Read more in our latest blog post:
infranorth.eu
By Cristóbal Adam & Ria-Maria Adams Comparison – a method so essential in anthropology, shapes our understandings of humans, societies, environments, and the diversity of cultures, yet it goes so...
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