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View article: RESEARCH GENAI: SITUATING GENERATIVE AI IN THE SCHOLARLY ECONOMY
RESEARCH GENAI: SITUATING GENERATIVE AI IN THE SCHOLARLY ECONOMY Open
This paper charts the emergence of a distinct category of research-dedicated GenAI platforms, which we term Research GenAI or RGAI. These platforms are explicitly marketed to a cross-disciplinary academic audience, promising to automate re…
View article: Reparative futures of smart urban governance: A speculative design approach for multispecies justice
Reparative futures of smart urban governance: A speculative design approach for multispecies justice Open
In recent years, urban governance within smart city contexts has increasingly turned towards processes and practices of "futuring" to guide city visions and planning. Particularly with the increased focus on sustainability within smart urb…
View article: From legislation to obligation: Re-thinking smart urban governance for multispecies justice
From legislation to obligation: Re-thinking smart urban governance for multispecies justice Open
Given the rise in Australia's biodiversity and habitat loss, in this paper we explore how smart urban governance—might move beyond its more anthropocentric focus on citizens, civic institutions, and the urban environment to address multisp…
View article: (Re)Imagining the Ibis
(Re)Imagining the Ibis Open
Over the past decade, environmental science and governance have undergone a 'big data' and 'smart technology' turn.Environmental sensing and monitoring technologies now gather an unprecedented amount of data about the Earth, including its …
View article: Probing for Privacy: A Digital Cultural Probe to Support Reflection on Situated Geoprivacy and Trust
Probing for Privacy: A Digital Cultural Probe to Support Reflection on Situated Geoprivacy and Trust Open
Jessica Megarry, Yu Kao, Peta Mitchell, and Markus Rittenbruch (2022) Probing for Privacy: A Digital Cultural Probe to Support Reflection on Situated Geoprivacy and Trust. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Privacy-Friendly…
View article: Some Environmental Sustainability Concerns about IoT-enabled Smart Cities. Input paper for the Horizon Scanning Project 'The Internet of Things' on behalf of the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACoLA).
Some Environmental Sustainability Concerns about IoT-enabled Smart Cities. Input paper for the Horizon Scanning Project 'The Internet of Things' on behalf of the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACoLA). Open
The Internet of Things (IoT), a similarly broad and contested concept, is an umbrella term referring to digital devices, sensors, and related hardware that are connected to the internet – these days usually through LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide…
View article: Northern Australia Communications Analysis: Directions Paper
Northern Australia Communications Analysis: Directions Paper Open
This Directions Paper identifies impediments and solutions to enterprise and social development through digital participation in Northern Australia. While the paper’s focus is pan-Northern (east to west) digital inclusion, it offers insigh…
View article: #<scp>BlockSidewalk</scp> to Barcelona: Technological sovereignty and the social license to operate smart cities
#<span>BlockSidewalk</span> to Barcelona: Technological sovereignty and the social license to operate smart cities Open
This article explores technological sovereignty as a way to respond to anxieties of control in digital urban contexts, and argues that this may promise a more meaningful social license to operate smart cities. First, we present an overview…
View article: GEOLOCATION: LOCATING TRUST IN DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND ECONOMIES
GEOLOCATION: LOCATING TRUST IN DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND ECONOMIES Open
Digital location—or geolocation—is a fixture of digital platforms and economies, figuring as an organizational logic for content and user experience (e.g., map-based interfaces), native technical affordance (e.g., locational functionalitie…
View article: Geolocation, trust, and platform affects
Geolocation, trust, and platform affects Open
This paper engages the intensifying incorporation of digital location data, interfaces, and affordances as pervasive features of digital platforms by positioning geolocation as a vital assemblant of ‘platform affects’. We theorize platform…
View article: Location awareness and geodata sharing practices of Australian smartphone users
Location awareness and geodata sharing practices of Australian smartphone users Open
This report contains an analysis of the data gathered from a survey on geodata sharing awareness and practices of 287 Australian smartphone users. The survey was conducted as part of the ‘Digital media, location awareness, and the politics…
View article: Big Data, Method and the Ethics of Location: A Case Study of a Hookup App for Men Who Have Sex with Men
Big Data, Method and the Ethics of Location: A Case Study of a Hookup App for Men Who Have Sex with Men Open
With the rise of geo-social media, location is emerging as a particularly sensitive data point for big data and digital media research. To explore this area, we reflect on our ethics for a study in which we analyze data generated via an ap…
View article: Measuring and evaluating digital ability for digital inclusion in Queensland: A report for the Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works
Measuring and evaluating digital ability for digital inclusion in Queensland: A report for the Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works Open
In the context of the Queensland Government’s digital inclusion agenda, Queensland University of Technology’s Digital Media Research Centre was commissioned to create two tools for delivery and evaluation of digital programs in the communi…
View article: Social media use in events and festivals - Two Australian case studies: Pilot Studies Report
Social media use in events and festivals - Two Australian case studies: Pilot Studies Report Open
This report evaluates a pilot analysis of how social media was used during two significant regional cultural events: the large ‘Dark Mofo’ festival held at the Museum of Old and New Art (MoNA) in Hobart, Tasmania in June 2016, and the smal…
View article: The (net)work of mourning: emotional contagion, viral performativity, and the death of David Bowie
The (net)work of mourning: emotional contagion, viral performativity, and the death of David Bowie Open
In this paper, we examine the networked spread of mass mourning on Twitter in the wake of David Bowie’s death in January 2016. We focus on a corpus of 6.3 million tweets containing the keyword ‘Bowie’, collected using the Twitter Capture a…