Honoured to be a co-director of this programme along Elinor Carmi. This new MSc will provide students with the practical research skills and knowledge to critically understand and ethically assess how data is used across a multitude of industries.

A note on the personal significance of collecting and listening to records, comparing it to meditation. I use Walter Benjamin’s concept of “erfahrung” to argue for the unique experience afforded by physical music formats. Finally, I share a mix of vinyl records.

On how our constant connectivity demands a particular way of existing.

Escritura automática de jet lag.

Copied from a notebook.

The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship is seeking contributions to its book reviews section.

R ecently we announced there’s new content in the journal, corresponding to our 13th and 14th volumes.Both volumes include a variety of work by 13 international scholars with affiliations in academic institutions based in nine different countries. I’d like to pesonally thank every author, editorial board member and peer reviewer who contributed to making the publication of these articles possible.

Some 12″s recorded in sequence in one go (human errors and all) to see January off.

I repeat and update on the journal’s news section and Comics Grid’s end-of-year newsletter and wish this blog’s readers happy holidays.

Deadline for full submissions: 31 August 2024.

Eat Out to Help Out reversed social distancing guidance and contributed to a second Covid wave. Hate to say we told you so.