Katherine Buse
@kbuse.bsky.social
I study science fiction, cultures of science and technology, environmental & digital media. Assistant Prof. at University of Chicago Cinema and Media Studies and CEGU. Speculative Planetology! 🪐🌍🌔
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If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
Society for Literature, Science and the Arts folks: I'm running for member at large! I'd be thrilled to represent you. To me SLSA is a weird, wonderful interdisciplinary home & a space for supporting each other that makes it all feel worth it. Votes are due 5/1 - thanks for considering! (link 👇)
Election | SLSA Elections
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April 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Society for Literature, Science and the Arts folks: I'm running for member at large! I'd be thrilled to represent you. To me SLSA is a weird, wonderful interdisciplinary home & a space for supporting each other that makes it all feel worth it. Votes are due 5/1 - thanks for considering! (link 👇)
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Caves of Qud is a Hugo finalist for Best Game or Interactive Work!! 🚀🚀🚀😎😎😎🍄🍄🍄
April 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Caves of Qud is a Hugo finalist for Best Game or Interactive Work!! 🚀🚀🚀😎😎😎🍄🍄🍄
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Ho... some are straight-up unapologetic about it. @kbuse.bsky.social had an interesting take on the cross-fertilization between the fields.
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Chapter 2: The Working Planetologist
Chapter 2: The Working Planetologist was published in Practices of Speculation on page 51.
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December 31, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Ho... some are straight-up unapologetic about it. @kbuse.bsky.social had an interesting take on the cross-fertilization between the fields.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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For folks interested in 4S this year, @kbuse.bsky.social, Ari Gass, and I are running a track for Game Studies and STS. Consider applying!
2. And this one titled "Game Studies with/as/in STS" convened by @jmalazita.bsky.social , @kbuse.bsky.social and Ari Gass.
December 17, 2024 at 5:09 PM
For folks interested in 4S this year, @kbuse.bsky.social, Ari Gass, and I are running a track for Game Studies and STS. Consider applying!
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Ever since I was a boy I knew I wanted to be part of a tendency in recent criticism
November 14, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Ever since I was a boy I knew I wanted to be part of a tendency in recent criticism
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Are you a SFWA member or do you know one? I wrote a case for nominating Caves of Qud for the 2025 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.
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The 2025 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing: a Case for Caves of Qud
By Jason Grinblat
kitfoxgames.medium.com
November 11, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Are you a SFWA member or do you know one? I wrote a case for nominating Caves of Qud for the 2025 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.
(please repost)
kitfoxgames.medium.com/the-2025-neb...
(please repost)
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UChicago Cinema & Media Studies is hiring a Professor of Design at the Asst or Assoc level! We are looking for practitioners in visual design and/or digital media making. Apply by the end of the month. More details including a full EoE/Vet/Disability Statement are at apply.interfolio.com/153358
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September 24, 2024 at 7:05 PM
UChicago Cinema & Media Studies is hiring a Professor of Design at the Asst or Assoc level! We are looking for practitioners in visual design and/or digital media making. Apply by the end of the month. More details including a full EoE/Vet/Disability Statement are at apply.interfolio.com/153358
Come teach for UChicago's Media Art and Design program! We're looking for a Lecturer in Media Arts and Design practice (as well as media theory and history, potentially). Apply by the end of the month. More details including a full EoE/Vet/Disability Statement are at apply.interfolio.com/148866
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July 9, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Come teach for UChicago's Media Art and Design program! We're looking for a Lecturer in Media Arts and Design practice (as well as media theory and history, potentially). Apply by the end of the month. More details including a full EoE/Vet/Disability Statement are at apply.interfolio.com/148866
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Love what google is up to these days
May 9, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Love what google is up to these days
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A more advanced model, thanks to my increased access to raw computational power
August 6, 2023 at 7:32 PM
A more advanced model, thanks to my increased access to raw computational power
