Cover of Sustainable Energy Transitions in Canada (2023, UBC Press).
My review of "Sustainable Energy Transitions in #Canada" (ed. M. S. Winfield, S. D. Hill & J. R. Gaede) is now out in "Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien."
I discuss the book’s interdisciplinary perspective on energy transitions in Canada:
www.philbu.net/blog/review-...
#energy #transitions #policy
Looking forward to teaching the course "Digital Visual Culture" @univie.ac.at!
We'll dive into digital visual practices across #memes, #influencers & viral #visuals through ethnographic projects.
Details: ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...
The Queen. Sketch by Kamilla Peter.
New on the Digital Ethnography Initiative (DEI) blog: a post exploring how Disney’s Evil Queen circulates on Facebook & how platform culture shapes gendered power imagery online:
digitalethnography.at/facebooks-ev...
The call for this conference has been extended until March 1:
digicommons.org/call-for-pap...
#digital #commons #infrastructure #design #ethics
Snow-covered Vienna. Photo by Philipp Budka.
Probably the last snow in #Vienna this winter.
"A growing number people have figured out a trick to make #AI tools tell you almost whatever they want. It's so easy a child could do it."
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Technology alone does not build trust. #Radio broadcasters do.
www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
It’s an on-site event only, but I hope to have that paper out soon and will share it here once it’s published.
Good question - I will check with the organizers.
Northern Manitoba. Photo by Philipp Budka.
I am very much looking forward to my talk on community #infrastructures in remote #Canada 🇨🇦 tomorrow at the Department of Social #Anthropology @manchester.ac.uk.
infranorth.eu/news/feb-202...
The 5th & final article of this special issue by Schmid examines how #Amazon reconfigures everyday life & traditional systems in the remote North.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The 4th article by Povoroznyuk looks into relationship between mega-infrastructures & #Arctic coastlines, economies, & geopolitics across scales.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The 3rd contribution by Freddi et al. explores #road construction vs. conservation, & #environment as infrastructure.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The 2nd article by Meyer et al. discusses #Arctic #airports as ambivalent nodes connecting remote communities amid access, control & environmental tensions.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The 1st research article by Schweitzer et al. explores infrastructural #futures produced/contested in the #Arctic.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
The introduction of the special issue by Schweitzer et al. frames #infrastructure in lived experience, power relations & future-oriented imaginaries.
doi.org/10.1177/0891...
Linke Wienzeile Buildings, Vienna. Photo by Philipp Budka.
The "Linke Wienzeile Buildings" are two apartment buildings in #Vienna constructed by Otto Wagner in 1898-99.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linke_W...
JCE cover.
New special issue: "Ethnographies of Infrastructure," ed. by me, P. Schweitzer & O. Povoroznyuk, in JCE.
It explores #infrastructure (& its futures) as social phenomenon, spanning the #Arctic & beyond: ports, roads, supply chains & environmental conflict.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/jcec/55/1
🗓️ Feb 9: #InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka will give a talk titled “Sovereignty by Design: Community #Infrastructures in Remote Canada” as part of the seminar series of the Department of Social #Anthropology at the University of Manchester. @philbu.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
"Denn Intoleranz und Angst sind identische Begriffe."
Erich Kästner, 1926
This translates to: "Because intolerance and fear are identical concepts."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_K...
❓ What can scenario workshops offer to the #anthropology of #infrastructure that other ethnographic methods might not?
This #openaccess article by Schweitzer et al. in 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 reflects on #InfraNorth scenario workshops in #Kirkenes & #Churchill 👇
@journals.sagepub.com
Churchill from a helicopter; the Port of Churchill and its grain elevators in the back. Photo by Philipp Budka.
In 2017, floods severed Churchill's (Manitoba 🇨🇦) #rail link. Residents seized infrastructural #sovereignty, with Indigenous & northern communities now co-owning this vital #transport corridor. A rare case of local control over Subarctic & #Arctic #infrastructure.
More:
doi.org/10.18357/ant...
Qualitative researchers’ #AI rejection is based on identity, not reason:
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/qual...
My second co-edited volume, "Theorising Media & Conflict" (2020, with B. Bräuchler), is currently on sale.
Drawing on global case studies, it explores how #media & #conflict mutually shape one another & establishes their interplay as a distinct field of study.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/BudkaT...
@wikipedia.org turns 25 on 15 Jan 2026 – a full year to celebrate 25 years of #knowledge & #collaboration on the open #web.
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Yannick #Nézet-Séguin has officially become the first Canadian conductor to lead the legendary #Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert.
apnews.com/article/vien...
📰✨ The introduction to the “Ethnographies of Infrastructure” special issue of the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 is out #openaccess, situating contributions within developments in the #anthropology of #infrastructure.
➡️ The print edition is due Feb 2026.
@journals.sagepub.com @univie.ac.at
Union Station, Winnipeg, MB. Photo by Philipp Budka.
Interested in narratives & temporalities of #infrastructure in 🇨🇦?
Check out @gamatulli.bsky.social's & my introduction to the brand-new special issue in @anthropologica.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.18357/ant...
#anthropology #water #energy #transport
With the world’s soccer fans watching, Gianni Infantino, the great toady to the globe’s oligarchs, handed a made-up award to the increasingly violent #US president:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
#Fifa #WorldCup2026
Press conference of project "GAME ON! Sports for Human Rights". Photo by Karo Pernegger.
It was great participating in the press conference for the project "GAME ON! Sports for Human Rights" by @fairplayinitiative.bsky.social - ahead of the #Football / #Soccer World Cup 2026 in 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇲:
www.fairplay.or.at/news/news/pr...
