
Heather Ford
@hfordsa
Author, "Writing the Revolution" @mitpress (out Nov 15). Associate Prof @UTSFass. @oiioxford @BerkeleyISchool alumnus
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Don't miss the UTS Arts & Social Sciences half day symposium on Humanising AI Futures this Friday! CMT Co-Director Monica and Research Fellow Michael Davis are set to discuss how journalists use AI - register here ⬇️ uts.edu.au/about/faculty-…



We're recruiting an Associate Professor in Digital South Asian Studies at Oxford Internet Institute Details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…



Overblown fears of AI's potential destructiveness; excessive faith in its ability; plus - its truly transformational qualities. The first Humanising #AI Futures symposium at UTS heard it all, reports @zacnikolovski UTS Arts & Social Sciences Heather Ford Heather Horst #ChatGPT centralnews.com.au/2023/08/02/art…



I loved working on this paper with Simon Knight Shibani Antonette & Simon Chambers about how open data (in this case Wikipedia citations) don't always travel well when extracted into new contexts.

"Wikidata as Semantic Infrastructure: Knowledge Representation, Data Labor, and Truth in a More-Than-Technical Project" - new journal article with @andrewiliadis on Wikidata's importance and politics #wikidata cc WikiResearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Coming up next week: Klein Grad Programs's Speaker Series features Heather Ford who will unravel the story behind the 2011 Egyptian Revolution Wikipedia article. Be part of the conversation. events.temple.edu/graduate-speak…


Who writes history in the age of algorithms? Explore the dance between human writers and algorithms in shaping narratives on platforms like Wikipedia with Heather Ford as part of Klein Grad Programs's Speaker Series. Register to attend: events.temple.edu/graduate-speak…


“What happens to Wikipedia in an age of large language models, which threaten both the sustainability of peer knowledge projects and their verifiability?” Professor Heather Ford talks about this matter. Read the main points on Ethan Zuckerman’s blog: ethanzuckerman.com/2023/10/10/hea…

📍🗺️Geolocating photos & videos is key to building evidence when investigating events. In this talk, open-source researcher Robin Taylor will walk you through cases & practical verification methods, including OSINT & free mapping tools. Book your spot: exposingtheinvisible.org/en/news/invest…


🚀We're happy to announce #SuperchargedbyAI, a creative intervention about the effects of AI on our online lives covering scams, harassment, polarisation and bias. A collab between Tactical Tech, @DensityDesign and IFLA, funded by European Media & Information Fund. Learn more: theglassroom.org/supercharged-b…


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We analysed 35,000 #Wikipedia entries about #Australian places. #wikihistories Read our latest from wikihistories team on The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand. Wikipedia Wikimedia Australia Wikimedia Foundation UTS UTS Research UTS Arts & Social Sciences theconversation.com/we-analysed-35…

#Wikipedia articles re. #Australia is overwhelmingly centred on cities, a wikihistories research has found, with negative aspects of a place sometimes #sanitised in articles by editors. The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand


Wikipedia often avoid mention of #discriminatory Australian Government policies or violence against #FirstNations Australians. Only 6% of #Australian places are given their First Nation names on #Wikipedia, along with an English one, acc. to our research wikihistories. UTS Arts & Social Sciences Wikimedia Australia


We analysed 35,000 Wikipedia entries about Australian places. Some of them sanitise history theconversation.com/we-analysed-35… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand UTS Arts & Social Sciences UTS
