https://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3midpptiu4c2t have a new publication with Craig Ryder called The Augmented Interview. It's a methodology paper that shows how and why an interview based around an object or image can be far more productive than a purely language-based interview shorturl.at/9tOoS https://shorturl.at/9tOoS31 Mar 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3midpptiu4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3mib7ft3jlk2pOne thing I feel is missing in the obituaries for Jürgen Habermas is the influence of his earlier work, Knowledge and Human Interests. For people such as myself, this was a key component in the critique of positivism at that time.30 Mar 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mib7ft3jlk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3mgrkvsnh3k2mThis afternoon at 3:00 I'm giving a lecture at SOAS on the impact of digital technology on wellbeing and mental health.11 Mar 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrkvsnh3k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3mdzqsi4ohk2xHard not to get mesmerised by these latest developments in Moltbot, Clawdbot and OpenClaw - basically social media platforms where chatbots talk to each other. Apparently, chatbots find anthropologists fascinating.04 Feb 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzqsi4ohk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3mdhxg6vbes2rUnderstanding China also means excavating beneath terms such as China and the Chinese. The case studies in this book highlight the diversity within this vast region: from IT workers to mushroom pickers, from period tracking apps to media executives.28 Jan 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhxg6vbes2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3mdfhbls7d22xNew publication: Understanding China Through Digital Anthropology, Edited with Wang Xinyuan A free download from UCL Press. In the conclusion, we explain the profound differences in attitudes to the digital between China and the West. https://uclpress.co.uk/book/understanding-china-through-digital-anthropology/27 Jan 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfhbls7d22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3m6zaauxjrc2kListening to The Velvet Sundown and Xania Monet. These AI-generated songs are impressive. But Lily Allen they ain't.02 Dec 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zaauxjrc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3m3p2tcihhc2zongratulations to my student Zheng Ken on passing her PhD examination. Her extensive ethnography within one of the key Chinese IT companies produced important revelations of what really happens in the creation of an algorithm. Very different from what we might imagine.21 Oct 2025 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3p2tcihhc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lymuzkscp22xNew Publication. The Uses of Digital Anthropology in Podjed. D. and Montero, C. Why The World Needs Anthropologists. https://www.routledge.com/Why-the-World-Needs-Anthropologists/Podjed-GuerronMontero/p/book/978103267240312 Sep 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymuzkscp22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lyag3eojxk2uMy work email just told me it is full. But when I checked, there were only 221,000 emails there.07 Sep 2025 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyag3eojxk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lxyogohhak2bNew paper in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute on the struggles of migrant care workers in elderly care in China. By Xinyuan Wang, currently working with me on a project concerned with care, surveillance and fairness in London and Shanghai. https://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-9655.1428804 Sep 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxyogohhak2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lxtmanobns26Enjoyed End of the Road for Self-Esteem, Hayden Pedigo, Broadside Hacks playing the Incredible String Band, Vieux Farka Toure, Roje, Ustaad Noor Bakhsh and Muireann Bradley (missed Anna Erhad).02 Sep 2025 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxtmanobns26https://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lvn6wjzm2k2gThe title of the Chinese version of the book I am editing with Wang Xinyuan on digital anthropology in China, is now `Smoke and Fire in the Everyday World 2:0.' I imagine it sounds even better in Chinese.05 Aug 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvn6wjzm2k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lupdzwmdf224Why on earth are governments still delaying the full recognition of a Palestinian state, specifically including Gaza? Now is surely the exact time when this must be proclaimed and defended. If Jews can have a state, then so must Palestinians and vice versa.24 Jul 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupdzwmdf224https://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lummlrbxxc2mSad to report the death of my colleague Michael Rowlands. Above all else, Mike was an intellectual. The embodiment of centuries during which universities were the places where humanity might achieve a deeper and broader understanding of itself and the world in which we live.23 Jul 2025 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lummlrbxxc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3ltjlygfwds2jDelighted to announce The Anthropology of Retirement. Ed with Pauline Garvey With growing life expectancy, retirement is becoming equal to our entire working lives. It is not just an event but decades of change. In this book, we consider the consequences. https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/MillerAnthropology09 Jul 2025 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjlygfwds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lsbbqj5oek2fJust finished The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk. It is a masterpiece and worthy of her Nobel Prize. But given my fondness for A Suitable Boy and The Dream of the Red Chamber, maybe I just like really really long books.23 Jun 2025 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbbqj5oek2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lpovsdghbs22We have updated the webpages for the ASSA (Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing) project so you can see our films, cartoons, publications and general findings. We need this emphasis on the ubiquitous smartphone, instead of just social media. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/research/assa-anthropology-smartphones-and-smart-ageing21 May 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpovsdghbs22https://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lmtyx6urz22mCurrently, I am proofreading the book I have edited with Pauline Garvey on The Anthropology of Retirement. This will be coming out with Berghahn, hopefully in the not-too-distant future.15 Apr 2025 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmtyx6urz22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lmrjd3zyi22lVery sad to hear of the death of Amadou Bagayoko. I saw Amadou and Mariam live on several occasions as they were one of my favourite bands.14 Apr 2025 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrjd3zyi22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3ljp4iy2td22gJust to let you know that we have done an update to our website for the Centre for Digital Anthropology at UCL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/research/centre-digital-anthropology06 Mar 2025 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljp4iy2td22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3ljalav7cac26 am a supporter of the Labour Party and will vote for them in the forthcoming local election (for fear of worse), but I also must support Annaliese Dodds in resigning over this disgraceful proposed cut to overseas aid.28 Feb 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljalav7cac26https://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3liyrthdjtk25Just sent in the manuscript for our book Understanding China through Digital Anthropology, Edited by Daniel Miller and Xinyuan Wang. To be published by UCL Press. Very happy with the amazing contributions that I think really challenge the meaning of the word digital.25 Feb 2025 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3liyrthdjtk25https://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3li36cvarks23Went to an excellent talk last night by Paula Bialski about her book Middle Tech which I strongly recommend—an Ethnographic study of software engineers.13 Feb 2025 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3li36cvarks23https://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lhlzbx3en22kMany congratulations to Haichao Wang for her excellent PhD on the impact of digital technologies on the Muslim Hui population of Xi'An China. Delighted also that Haichao is currently a lecturer in our department.07 Feb 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlzbx3en22khttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lhbduokevc2bCooking for our monthly drop in for refugees and asylum seekers reminded me of Marianne Faithfull's powerful song Broken English. If you don't know it, give it a listen, in memory of her.03 Feb 2025 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbduokevc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lgzofklip22bMy student showed me yesterday that DeepSeek is rather more complimentary about me and my work than ChatGPT. You are welcome to draw whatever conclusion you like from that.31 Jan 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzofklip22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lgwzfvztfc26At last, there are some scientists prepared to speak out against all the rubbish that is constantly published about the impact of social media. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/29/all-in-the-mind-the-surprising-truth-about-brain-rot?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other30 Jan 2025 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgwzfvztfc26https://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lfjuo462vs2sThe film A Real Pain shows just why it is so important to ponder and seek direction, especially for those questions that are ultimately unanswerable. And it's fun.12 Jan 2025 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfjuo462vs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dannyanth.bsky.social/post/3lf7tcwgj522pReally enjoying the new album from Fontaines D.C. One of the band (Grian) comes from "Cuan", of course.08 Jan 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:2jalpd4i6ahfjvvwt3pdgviz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf7tcwgj522p