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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Honored to participate in MOSAICS (Meanings, Ontologies & Structures of AI in Culture & Society; Oct 15–16), a symposium hosted by the Charles Babbage Institute! I'll present Fri, Oct 16, 10:45 AM (US Central): "The Memory/Intelligence Divide: A Manual/Intellectual, Raced, and Classed Hierarchy"

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

CBI's MOSAICS (Meanings, Ontologies & Structures of AI in Culture & Society) Symposium Program/Registration now open (link below). Org. Cmt.: Sareeta Amrute; @babintsevak.bsky.social @anitachan.bsky.social; G. Con Diaz; me. 32 terrific critical AI scholars. Oct 15-16. cse.umn.edu/cbi/mosaics-...

Poster/flyer for CBI's MOSAICS Symposium. Photos of keynote speakers Paula Chakravartty, Roderic Crooks, Tiara Roxanne, Janet Vertesi, image of a laptop keyboard with hands typing, co-sponsors names and logos.

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We look forward to receiving your abstracts and discussing these questions together in Gwangju!

Contributions from sociology, political science, history, STS, and neighbouring fields are welcome. Questions? Please feel free to reach out to Jon, Youjung, and me via email addresses in our full session description: isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20...

Session: Making Digital–Ecological Transitions Work: National STI Strategies and the Labour of Strategic Translation (XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 4 - 10, 2027))

We are particularly interested in who gains authority to define transition problems, who performs the labour of making proposed solutions workable, and how data gaps, material costs, infrastructural constraints, and field-level realities are addressed or marginalised.

Session: Making Digital–Ecological Transitions Work: National STI Strategies and the Labour of Strategic Translation (XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 4 - 10, 2027))

The session invites empirical papers examining how policy agendas such as the “twin transition” and “AI for sustainability” are translated into concrete national STI strategies, organisational arrangements, and technological pathways.

Session: Making Digital–Ecological Transitions Work: National STI Strategies and the Labour of Strategic Translation (XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 4 - 10, 2027))

The session is among 27 sister sessions within RC23 “Sociology of Science and Technology” and its Strategic Chair IX, “National Strategies in Science, Technology and Innovation.”

Session: Making Digital–Ecological Transitions Work: National STI Strategies and the Labour of Strategic Translation (XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 4 - 10, 2027))

3 August – 14 October 2026 Authors: Submit your abstract to a specific session via the Conference System.

The XXI International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology, will be held in Gwangju on 4 - 10 Jul 2027. The due date for the 300-word abstract is approaching, by Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 24:00 GMT. You can submit your abstract at: www.isa-sociology.org/isa-events/x...

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Call for Abstracts | ISA

3 August – 14 October 2026 Authors: Submit your abstract to a specific session via the Conference System.

I am delighted to co-organize an ISA 2027 session, “Making Digital–Ecological Transitions Work: National STI Strategies and the Labour of Strategic Translation,” with my fascinating colleagues Jon Kim and Youjung Shin. #ISAWC2027 #ISA2027 #STS #SciencePolicy #InnovationPolicy #TwinTransition

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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thrilled to be part of this forum, and it is just Part 1! More to come, but enjoy reading mine and other authors' engaging read while you are waiting Part 2!

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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Update: My article "Tech oligarchy meets developmental state" is now officially assigned to Vol. 35, Issue 3 of Science as Culture: Tech Oligarchy Forum - Part 1 (pp. 398-413)! Grab free full-text access via my ePrint link (first 50 downloads): www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GD9NQ... #STS #TechPolicy

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Tech oligarchy meets developmental state: translating developmentalist and regulatory imaginaries to platform capitalism in South Korea

Published in Science as Culture (Vol. 35, No. 3, 2026)

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org

Screenshot of the Luddite Lab website. The word Luddite Lab is in the top left corner. The tables in the top read: Case Studies, Primers, Resource Library, Contact Us, and About. The text below reads: “The Luddite Lab Resource Hub provides resources for unions, labor organizations, and worker-organizers fighting AI and automation at work. The lab provides strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of new technology through case studies, primers, and a resource library.” Below, there are five cards: Case Studies (Stories from worker organizers resisting AI), Primers (Applied research insights into AI, automation, and the future of work), Resource Library (Additional resources from partners), Contact Us (Ways to connect with the Luddite Lab team), and About (About the Luddite Lab project and team)

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I also want to thank Man Joong Kim (Binghamton SUNY), who connected me with Prof. Yoo while he was planning the conference. I wouldn't have been part of this without him. #KoreanStudies #AsianStudies #STS #ReligionAndTechnology #MaristAsianStudiesConference #PosthumanKorea #BoyoungKim #SangKeunYoo

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Big thanks to Prof. Sang-Keun Yoo at Marist for pulling the whole thing together, including a campus tour and a dinner. And a big shout-out to the student organizers and the student poster presenters, whose research on Korean/Asian Studies, and Asian American Studies was sharp and thoughtful.

A highlight was the keynote by Kim Bo-young, one of South Korea's most celebrated sci-fi authors. Her next book, A PLAGUED SEA (trans. by Sophie Bowman), was picked by Grimdark Magazine as one of the most anticipated fantasy, sci-fi, and horror books of 2026. It comes out in August, so stay tuned!

The conference brought together a stellar group of scholars in Korean Studies. I am grateful to have been part of "Korean Religion in the Global Technoscape" panel w/ Professors Minjung Noh (Lehigh) and Kyunghee Pyun (FIT). A great exchange across religious studies, art history, & STS.

Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

So glad I got to present "The Sacred Data Center: Premodern In/Tangible Heritage as Sociotechnical and Religious Imaginaries in a South Korean Big Tech" at the Marist Asian Studies Conference 2026 on 3/25. Its theme was "Posthuman Korea: Religion and Feminism in the Post-Cold War Technoscape."

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Their reports look very interesting as they focus on the Bay Area's art+tech scenes. I look forward to digging in. Thanks!

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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I completed registration with the payment for the 3/18 evening event! I'll try to arrive 30 minutes earlier. See you there!

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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Thanks for your interest! Great to know that my piece made some resonance with you. BTW, Your timeline is filled with many interesting ideas! I'll check them out soon :)

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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I'm available during: * Mon, 3/16 afternoon-evening; * Tue, 3/17 all day; * Wed, 3/18 afternoon-evening; * Thu, 3/19, all day. I'll DM you. Thanks!

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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

@holdspacefree.bsky.social Thank you for connecting and kind words! @serife.bsky.social Thank you for inviting! I can make it to @grayarea.org 3/18 event: grayarea.org/event/the-st... if you attend. On other days, I can drop by Gray Area or somewhere else in the Bay Area you find convenient?

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The Stack Decade (Told You So) Lecture by Benjamin Bratton

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How could professional societies facilitate those encounters to be more productive and just? I am hoping the Computer History Museum archives help recover some of that texture. And if this resonates, please do reach out.

In an era when generative AI produces images in seconds, I find it worth revisiting earlier conversations digital tools opened up -- how artists used them to engage audiences, and what was at stake.

This trip is supported by the ACM History Committee Fellowship, for a project at the intersection of the history of computing, digital art history, and ACM SIGGRAPH @acmsiggraph.bsky.social

Just arrived in San Jose for archival research (Mar 9-20)! If you're in the Bay Area -- working on the history of computing, digital art, STS, or the institutional history of technical societies -- I would love to meet for coffee. DM or email: yoehan.oh@yale.edu #HistoryOfComputing #DigitalArt #ACM

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This is a great model for teaching technical subjects to upper-level STEM students, enabling them to engage in conversations about their web of cultural, political, and intellectual connections! I'd highly recommend you read this thread through (including the work I co-worked with him and Jacinda)!

Tech oligarchy meets developmental state: translating developmentalist and regulatory imaginaries to platform capitalism in South Korea

50 free eprints available: grab one while they last! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GD9NQ... I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially from folks working on STS, or platform governance, East Asian political economy.

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Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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My article is part of Science as Culture's Forum on Tech Oligarchy edited by Kean Birch (keanbirch.bsky.social) and Les Levidow. The Forum as a collective explores how tech oligarchy reshapes technology and politics.

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How has Korea's tech oligarchy — led by Naver, the country's dominant search & platform conglomerate — been publicly contested? I trace how developmentalist and regulatory imaginaries, originally shaped around chaebol giants like Samsung, are now being translated to govern platform capitalism.

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Tech oligarchy meets developmental state: translating developmentalist and regulatory imaginaries to platform capitalism in South Korea

New pub alert! My article is out in Science as Culture sciasculture.bsky.social! 'Tech oligarchy meets developmental state: translating developmentalist and regulatory imaginaries to platform capitalism in South Korea' Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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🎤 We're honored to have Zachary Riebeling (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) as our session chair and Clare Kim (University of Illinois Chicago) as our commentator! 🙌 Looking forward to seeing colleagues and friends interested in Asian American history of science in our session! 🔍📚👥

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Lastly, Christine Noelle Peralta (Amherst College) gives her talk on "Racial Management Through Reproductive Health, from the American South to the Global South." 🌍🩺

Paper: Racial Management Through Reproductive Health, from the American South to the Global South (139th Annual Meeting (January 8-11, 2026))

Thirdly, Eun-Joo Ahn (Yale University) gives her presentation on "Marginalized “Majority”: The Case of Korean American Scientists After the Second World War." 🔬🇰🇷

Paper: Marginalized “Majority”: The Case of Korean American Scientists After the Second World War (139th Annual Meeting (January 8-11, 2026))

Then, Yoehan Oh at Yale University (that's me! 🙋‍♂️) presents "White and Asian Settlers in Transition Across the Pacific: Unpacking ALOHAnet to Find the Interwoven Histories of Race, Empire, and Electrical Engineering in Hawai'i." 🌐🔌

Paper: White and Asian Settlers in Transition Across the Pacific: Unpacking ALOHAnet to Find the Interwoven Histories of Race, Empire, and Electrical Engineering in Hawai'i (139th Annual Meeting (Janu...

Check it out at tomorrow morning 10:30 AM (CT), Sat, Jan. 10th, 2026, at Hancock Parlor (Palmer House Hilton, Sixth Floor)! Firstly, Jeannie Shinozuka (Washington State U.) will discuss “Racial Differences in Intelligence”: Japanese Americans and Intelligence Testing in the Early 20th Century." 🎓📊

Paper: “Racial Differences in Intelligence”: Japanese Americans and Intelligence Testing in the Early 20th Century (139th Annual Meeting (January 8-11, 2026))

🎉 Are you in AHA 2026 American Historical Association @historians.org or hanging around Chicago, IL? 🏙️ My colleagues and I will give a presentation tomorrow in a panel titled "Asian American Racial Formations and the Production of Scientific Knowledge in the Pacific and the American West, 1900–77"!

139th Annual Meeting (January 8-11, 2026): Asian American Racial Formations and the Production of Scientific Knowledge in the Pacific and the American West, 1900–77

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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Great #physics and #history article (by my former student, Eun-Joo Ahn) on Ben W. Lee, the Korean-American physicist who made the framework underlying the standard model accessible to a generation of particle physicists. pubs.aip.org/physicstoday... #HistSTM 🗃️

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Re-remembering Benjamin Whisoh Lee, promoter of gauge theories

The Korean American physicist made the framework underlying the standard model accessible to a generation of particle physicists.

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

In this issue: -Articles on infrastructure & astronomy (Eun-Joo Ahn) & ocean drilling (Beatriz Martinez-Rius) -@mbaldwin.bsky.social's review of books by @patrickmccray.bsky.social, @ccmmody.bsky.social & Mark Solovey -James Hofmann's essay on the current state of Ampère historiography #histSTM

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Julián Posada @posada.website · 12/12/2025

🚨 𝐂𝐅𝐏 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 & 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐚𝐥𝐞 Theme: Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI 📅 Date: April 29, 2026 📍 Loc: Yale University (In-person) 💰 Funding: Scholarships available for grad students & organizers! 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Jan 18, 2026 Submit here: indl-na.sciencesconf.org

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INDL North America: Symposium on Labor and Artificial Intelligence - Sciencesconf.org

Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI

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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Check out both sessions: 🔹 Software as Instrument 1 (8:30 am – 10:20 am) → www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/pro... 🔹 Software as Instrument 2 (10:40 am – 12:30 pm) → www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/pro... @4sweb.bsky.social

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4S 2025 Seattle

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Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

In the two-part panel "Software as Instrument," co-organized by Will Sutherland (UW) + Paul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social (Stanford, 2025 J.D. Bernal Prize co-winner!).

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4S 2025 Seattle

Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🚨 Excited to share I’ll present tomorrow at #4S2025 #4SSeattle25! 🗓 Fri, Sep. 5 ⏰ 10:40 am – 12:30 pm (PT) 📍 Seattle, WA, USA (Sheraton, Union St. Tower – Jefferson B, 4th floor) 📊 The API-Free Design for Auto Instrumentation: When Interface-Free Software is Perceived Unfaithful (or un-face-full)

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4S 2025 Seattle

Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I contributed this through the Public Voices Fellowship, hosted by the Yale Women Faculty Forum in partnership with The OpEd Project. A big thank you to Jennifer L. Mueller for her invaluable support!

Yoehan Oh @yoehanee.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

There are so much to unpack this Korean American theoretical physicist's life and work in colonial/liberated Korea and the U.S.!