As this project is approaching its end, we organised an end-of-project event on Zoom on 8th December. In his last blog post, Andreas Ottemo reflects on some of the questions that came up at this event, and what we have … Continued
Our project is coming to an end, and we are trying to submit all our papers and wrap everything up. Among other things we will make an Online End of the Project Event Friday 8 December (1-3pm in Sweden and … Continued
We’re now in the final months of this research project on geeks and focused on sharing what we’ve found. As our work is funded by a national research council and three of us are employed by universities, this takes the form … Continued
Earlier this spring, our research group met in Malmö to work collaboratively on manuscripts-in-progress, but also to look at transcripts of interviews with data that we had not analysed before. One of these stood out for us, because it differed … Continued
In this blog Eva Silfver explores the recent drag queen debate in Sweden – in Swedish television (e.g. SVT Kulturnyheterna), various newspapers (e.g. Dagens Nyheter), and magazines (e.g. Amnesty Press), and asks what we can learn from it. Drag Queen … Continued
The much-fabled ChatGPT recently passed the exams for a US law degree. Its performance was a mediocre C+ but is sure to improve. In this article Heather Mendick focuses on a very different test for Artificial Intelligence. Will an AI … Continued
Last year we recommended that you buy comic books for your loved ones as geeky Christmas gifts. Here, we do it again! In this post Maria Berge will give you solid advice for what to buy this time around. Two … Continued
In a previous blog post, Andreas Ottemo discussed the centrality of nostalgia in geek culture, manifested both as content in series like Stranger Things, in the constant remake and reboots of old video games and in the trading of ‘vintage’ … Continued
Climate change is for real, and we need of strong radical political solutions to reduce future environmental changes. But apart for voting and campaigning for political change, what can we do as researchers in this and other projects? One thing … Continued
In this blog, Eva Silfver shares some of her reflections that came up during a workshop concerning Widening participation & Inclusive curriculum. The workshop was held at her department and led by Professor Ann Phoenix, UCL, London in the UK, … Continued