David Cecchetto
@davidcecchetto.bsky.social
Digital theory and sound studies prof (yorku); past pres SLSA; quasi-practicing (non)musician.
-Co-edit Proximities book series (UMinn)
-Author: Humanesis: Sound and Posthumanism (UMinn); Listening in the Afterlife of Data (Duke), and others
-Co-edit Proximities book series (UMinn)
-Author: Humanesis: Sound and Posthumanism (UMinn); Listening in the Afterlife of Data (Duke), and others
Happy to say that Humanesis (2013) is now available in a snazzy open access format. I don't think I have it in me to recommend that anyone read something that I first drafted >15 years ago, but I'm glad that if anyone wants to they can do so for free!
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cec...
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cec...
Humanesis | Manifold@UMinnPress
*Humanesis* critically examines central strains of posthumanism, searching out biases in the ways that human–technology coupling is explained and interrogating three approaches taken by posthumanist d...
manifold.umn.edu
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Happy to say that Humanesis (2013) is now available in a snazzy open access format. I don't think I have it in me to recommend that anyone read something that I first drafted >15 years ago, but I'm glad that if anyone wants to they can do so for free!
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cec...
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cec...
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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So much looking forward to this! Thank you @carolynpedwell.bsky.social for the invite and for organising such a great event ✨
✨Very excited to share details of our British Academy-funded one-day symposium at Lancaster University in July: SPECULATIVE MACHINES AND US: HISTORIES AND FUTURES OF AI. ✨💥Featuring @ohalpern.bsky.social @mbfazi.bsky.social @aleenachia.bsky.social and more💥 tinyurl.com/bde6x7ub Please share widely!
Speculative Machines and Us: Histories and Futures of AI
We warmly invite colleagues to join us for an in-person one-day symposium on Thursday 17th July 2025. To join, please register using the link below. The event is organised by the Centre for Science…
wp.lancs.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
So much looking forward to this! Thank you @carolynpedwell.bsky.social for the invite and for organising such a great event ✨
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It’s finally here. :)
April 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It’s finally here. :)
Very pleased that the new Bitstance album, Frederick, is out! It's weird and wonderful in different ways than Array. Listen on Bandcamp at the link below, or on whatever streaming service you prefer. (Although it may take a day or two to be live on Spotify.)
bitstance.bandcamp.com/album/freder...
bitstance.bandcamp.com/album/freder...
Frederick, by Bitstance
8 track album
bitstance.bandcamp.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Very pleased that the new Bitstance album, Frederick, is out! It's weird and wonderful in different ways than Array. Listen on Bandcamp at the link below, or on whatever streaming service you prefer. (Although it may take a day or two to be live on Spotify.)
bitstance.bandcamp.com/album/freder...
bitstance.bandcamp.com/album/freder...
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Last night people bikes rode in the rain for bike lanes. Immediately @torontopolice.bsky.social were antagonistic. A dozen bike cops arrived early & took over the main gathering point. The bike cops attending were the same ones who had arrested the @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social Stantec protestors.
March 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Last night people bikes rode in the rain for bike lanes. Immediately @torontopolice.bsky.social were antagonistic. A dozen bike cops arrived early & took over the main gathering point. The bike cops attending were the same ones who had arrested the @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social Stantec protestors.
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Jonathan Sterne managed to be an incredibly disciplined historian (he did the work) without being overly disciplined--a whole career of weird little essays. Not that he separated himself from his fields, he thought constantly about research as a social endeavor. Like this essay on materiality.
sterneworks.org
March 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Jonathan Sterne managed to be an incredibly disciplined historian (he did the work) without being overly disciplined--a whole career of weird little essays. Not that he separated himself from his fields, he thought constantly about research as a social endeavor. Like this essay on materiality.
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Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
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How it started, how it’s going
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
How it started, how it’s going
For Toronto folks: this book talk/launch should be great www.eventbrite.com/e/geosonics-...
Geosonics: Book Talk w/ author Josh Dittrich & respondent Mitchell Akiyama
Join us for a lively discussion on sound, media, and environment with author Josh Dittrich and respondent Mitchell Akiyama!
www.eventbrite.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
For Toronto folks: this book talk/launch should be great www.eventbrite.com/e/geosonics-...
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Learn how Musk is using algorithms to destroy the social compact we have with government and rob us blind. This is not inevitable. We can and must fight back. Sarah Roberts explains how AI relies on humans on Speaking Out of Place. Podcast link in thread. Please support us
March 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Learn how Musk is using algorithms to destroy the social compact we have with government and rob us blind. This is not inevitable. We can and must fight back. Sarah Roberts explains how AI relies on humans on Speaking Out of Place. Podcast link in thread. Please support us
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Listening in the Afterlife of Data
A Discussion with David Cecchetto
David Cecchetto
2025
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A Discussion with David Cecchetto
David Cecchetto
2025
newbooksnetwork.com/041-listenin...
Listening in the Afterlife of Data - New Books Network
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March 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Listening in the Afterlife of Data
A Discussion with David Cecchetto
David Cecchetto
2025
newbooksnetwork.com/041-listenin...
A Discussion with David Cecchetto
David Cecchetto
2025
newbooksnetwork.com/041-listenin...
Absolutely thrilled that Bitstance Radio is finally up and working properly. The beta version has been a frequent soundtrack in my life for months. bitstance.org
Bitstance Radio
Bitstance Radio live stream.
bitstance.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Absolutely thrilled that Bitstance Radio is finally up and working properly. The beta version has been a frequent soundtrack in my life for months. bitstance.org
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University of Basel, media studies department, offers a 100% PhD position on the status of prompts and prompting in AI models. I will be one of the co-supervisors.
scholarshipdb.net/scholarships...
scholarshipdb.net/scholarships...
February 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
University of Basel, media studies department, offers a 100% PhD position on the status of prompts and prompting in AI models. I will be one of the co-supervisors.
scholarshipdb.net/scholarships...
scholarshipdb.net/scholarships...
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My heart ached when I was reminded that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for trying to make academic knowledge more accessible to the public. Meta, meanwhile, is doing it for their own bottom line. I'm going to guess that no one at Meta will be looking at spending 35 years in jail for this.
February 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
My heart ached when I was reminded that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for trying to make academic knowledge more accessible to the public. Meta, meanwhile, is doing it for their own bottom line. I'm going to guess that no one at Meta will be looking at spending 35 years in jail for this.
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The CU Boulder Media Studies Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor! We’re seeking candidates with expertise in global media, screen cultures, and digital production cultures. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies
jobs.colorado.edu
January 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The CU Boulder Media Studies Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor! We’re seeking candidates with expertise in global media, screen cultures, and digital production cultures. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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I think because so many things have become unnecessarily hard we've conflated all hard things with being unnecessarily hard. And that's not true.
January 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I think because so many things have become unnecessarily hard we've conflated all hard things with being unnecessarily hard. And that's not true.
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Re: the boastful/weird claims to invade other sovereign nations is predicated on the fact that Trump's narcissism is so severe he cannot even fathom the existence of other countries with their own cultures, concerns, and though he may have been to some places, he's only ever inside himself.
January 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Re: the boastful/weird claims to invade other sovereign nations is predicated on the fact that Trump's narcissism is so severe he cannot even fathom the existence of other countries with their own cultures, concerns, and though he may have been to some places, he's only ever inside himself.
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“The University of Pennsylvania is part of a group of elite universities facing a lawsuit accusing them of forming a “price-fixing cartel” to avoid paying financial aid… Lawyers say Penn and the other schools give preference to applicants from wealthy families while claiming to be need-blind.” 🙀
Penn among elite universities accused of forming ‘cartel’ to avoid paying aid. Ex-dean testified that applicants connected to big donors were ‘untouchable.’
Ten of the 17 elite-universities that were originally sued settled for a combined $284 million in July. Penn said the lawsuit has "no merit."
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December 19, 2024 at 4:04 PM
“The University of Pennsylvania is part of a group of elite universities facing a lawsuit accusing them of forming a “price-fixing cartel” to avoid paying financial aid… Lawyers say Penn and the other schools give preference to applicants from wealthy families while claiming to be need-blind.” 🙀
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Reminder that this position for a Computational Visual Designer is still open!
Come work with me at OSU
design.osu.edu/news/ohio-st...
Come work with me at OSU
design.osu.edu/news/ohio-st...
Ohio State Design invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Computational Visual Design
Assistant Professor in Computational Visual DesignDepartment of Design - College of Arts and SciencesPosition OverviewThe Department of Design at The Ohio State University invites applications for a T...
design.osu.edu
December 18, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Reminder that this position for a Computational Visual Designer is still open!
Come work with me at OSU
design.osu.edu/news/ohio-st...
Come work with me at OSU
design.osu.edu/news/ohio-st...
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I’ve never seen Wicked the musical or the movie and yet somehow social media has incepted each one of the ear worms into my head
December 13, 2024 at 10:13 PM
I’ve never seen Wicked the musical or the movie and yet somehow social media has incepted each one of the ear worms into my head
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🚨 Sussex AI PhD studentships - call is open now!
Scholarships are available for researchers working at the intersection of multiple academic fields.
I am interested in supervising doctoral projects with strong philosophical approaches/research questions.
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Scholarships are available for researchers working at the intersection of multiple academic fields.
I am interested in supervising doctoral projects with strong philosophical approaches/research questions.
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Sussex AI PhD studentships : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
December 9, 2024 at 6:43 PM
🚨 Sussex AI PhD studentships - call is open now!
Scholarships are available for researchers working at the intersection of multiple academic fields.
I am interested in supervising doctoral projects with strong philosophical approaches/research questions.
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Scholarships are available for researchers working at the intersection of multiple academic fields.
I am interested in supervising doctoral projects with strong philosophical approaches/research questions.
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Hard to believe it has been three years without Phannie. Raising a glass to her memory tonight
December 6, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Hard to believe it has been three years without Phannie. Raising a glass to her memory tonight
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Exciting-as-exciting can be assistant prof with endowed chair job alert at the Citizen Lab: citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assi...
Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Digital Technologies - The Citizen Lab
The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time
citizenlab.ca
November 28, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Exciting-as-exciting can be assistant prof with endowed chair job alert at the Citizen Lab: citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assi...