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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dolly Parton, Tom Curry, Yayoi Kusama. These always come in threes.

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Science, Technology, & Human Values @sthv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New OnlineFirst article: "A Feel for Technology: Technocapitalism and the Symbiotic Ethic in Japan" by Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social #affinity #markets/economies #interfaces #Japan #robotics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My review of Shawn Bender's Feeling Machines for JRAI has just been published. Because it's a book about robots by an author named Bender, I could not resist making a Futurama joke. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This book looks fascinating. A translation of a translation of an imagined travelogue. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

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International Booker Prize Goes to a Love Story Out of Taiwan

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"Hacking Monsters of Deep Learning Technologies On Unexpected Effects of Co-creative Practices in Algorithmic Art and Higher Education" Visiting researcher Thea Sofie Engstrøm Vejlin (Aarhus University) is giving a presentation in Komaba on May 25, 16:00. Rm. 407, 4F Building 14. Please come!

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 10/03/2026

DIJ's @celiaspoden.bsky.social will present her research on avatar robots, work & disability in a panel on the past and present of technology in Japan’s engineering of the future at the #AAS2026 in Vancouver, March 13, 3:30-5:00 PM PDT @shawnbender.bsky.social @otsuki3c.bsky.social @asianstudies.org

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Casper Bruun Jensen @cbruunjensen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Virtual launch for Southern Anthropocenes hosted by Sarah Milne at the Crawford School of Public Policy Thursday March 12th 4 pm to 5 pm (+) - Canberra time. Zoom meeting ID and QR on the poster. Speakers: Iveta Silova and Juan Francisco Salazar.

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Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

4 days left to submit! Call closes Feb. 9, 2026. You can submit (either hybrid or in-person) here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

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Journal of Engaging Science, Technology, and Society (ESTS) @estsjournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

📢Issue 10.3 out now! 8 articles on environment, extractivism, air pollution, climate change, digitalization, automation, care, and surveillance The editorial, includes thanks to reviewers and a call for new editorship: doi.org/pcf8

Screenshot of ESTS webpages and all the content listed as PDF and HTML content.

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I'm part of a workshop at ACM CHI 2025 in Yokohama. Please join! Submissions due by the end of March. digitalcommunicationecologies.wordpress.com Digital communication ecologies moving beyond human-centric replication

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Digital communication ecologies moving beyond human-centric replication

EuroHaptics 2024 Workshop

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Japan anthropologists and STSers: I've started an informal mailing list to share information about things happening in Tokyo, and to keep in touch. Please feel free to share the link to anyone who might be interested. groups.google.com/g/anth-in-to...

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Nicole C. Nelson @nicolecnelson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The call is now officially out for a new editorial team for @estsjournal.bsky.social ! Please share widely, and email me to chat if you are interested in leading @4sweb.bsky.social's diamond OA journal. I am happy to help you put together your proposal and team! #STS 4sonline.org/news_manager...

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Lorena Gibson @lorenagibson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

In today’s devastating news for social science and humanities researchers, the NZ govt has updated the Marsden Find and disbanded these panels to focus on core science www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...

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Marsden Fund refocused for science with a purpose

Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins today announced the Government has updated the Marsden Fund to focus on core scientific research that helps lift our economic growth and c...

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

I happened to be reading Alan Turing's paper on the #turingtest, and tried asking his sample questions to ChatGPT. Here are his examples, followed by ChatGPT's responses.

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

Anyone know if the SCA or Cultural Anthropology have an RSS feed? Can’t find one on their site..

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

In honor of Anthrodendum, I've put together a short post on how to keep track of what anthro blogs are out there using RSS and a newsreader. Download a newsreader and the linked OPML file to be instantly subscribed to 90+ anth blogs. www.gjotsuki.net/reconstructi...

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Reconstructing the Anthro Blogosphere with RSS

To start, let me pour one out for Anthrodendum, the anthropology blog that may not have started it all, but which was for many the one pre-social media hub for anthropology online. When I was a gra…

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

An excellent post by @lorenagibson.bsky.social on how she teaches her first-year anthropology post: "how to anthropology" and "how to university." anthropod.net/2023/12/20/t...

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

The video of the keynote from this past 4S is now on YouTube. "Aloha `Āina for Our Future" by Prof. Kamanamaikalani Beamer of the University of Hawai`i. youtu.be/HweQRiVK7VQ?... #4SHonolulu

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Obscene profits for “open access” publishing. english.elpais.com/science-tech...

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

There’s OJS for open access journals, and it had a counterpart for conferences called OCS that looks like it’s been retired. There’s a need for something open source in its place.

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

#4shonolulu has ended, and I’m sitting down in Toronto for my first unrushed breakfast in a week. It had its hiccups, but it was amazing to see people and ideas come together. It really felt like connections were being built. Thanks all for your understanding, and for supporting us and each other.

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Science, Technology, & Human Values @sthv.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

🚨 It is time to announce (*drumroll*) that we are holding an STS School next year, June 2024 in Singapore. 4 packed days of seminars, workshops, keynotes and fieldtrips. See sthvschool.org for details and the call for applications! 🚨

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

For people curious about what's going on at 4S 2023, join workshop W6 on Zoom for free: bit.ly/4S-W6 W6. Imagining AI through Indigenous Knowledge Systems #4sHonolulu

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Our YouTube livestream has bugged out but we’ll have a recording later. #4sHonolulu

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Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

The Student Section of 4S (6S) would like to invite early career scholars for an informal meet and mingle on 7th November at 8:30pm, The Social, Honolulu. Register to join! #4SHonolulu23

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Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Hello world! We're finally here, and excited to start (checks notes) skeeting? 🤔 about social studies of science, technology and medicine. Our annual conference starts next week, so follow us for updates from 4SHonolulu, Nov 8-12. #sts #histsci #philsci #philtech #philsky #medanthro #bioethics

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Just over 8 days until #4sHonolulu. Even if you're not registered, you'll be able to see some of the main events online. We're planning to stream the keynote and both plenary sessions on the 4S Youtube channel, if I can make everything work in time. www.youtube.com/@4SYouTube

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Grant Jun Otsuki @otsuki3c.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science, is now on Bluesky! @4sweb.bsky.social Not much happening there yet, but you can expect things to pick up when #4sHonolulu starts on November 8.

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Jeremy Yellen @jeremyyellen.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

My department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is hiring an assistant or associate professor of Japanese studies (broadly defined). Please share widely! www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

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Yelena Gluzman @gluzmania.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Attn: #sts members of the Society for Social Studies of Science 1. ru going to 4S, remotely or in person? 2. ru located outside of North America? 3. ru interested in using games, film, performance, sensory and participatory frameworks in STS research? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/10/2023

This quote has kind of rewired the way I see stuff happening

Page 9 of Ways of Being by James Bridle. The highlighted quote from Charles Stross reads:
"Corporations do not share our priorities. They are hive organisms constructed out of teeming workers who join or leave the collective: those who participate within it subordinate their goals to that of the collective, which pursues the three corporate objectives of growth, profitability, and pain avoidance. We are now living in a global state that has been structured for the benefit of non-human entities with non-human goals."

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