Professor of Digital Images and Objects at DHSS / FAUhttps://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3mlbeafsfs22aAre you into AudioVisual & DH? Register in our AVinDH mini-conference at DH2026: https://avindh.org/workshops/2026/! Organised by @justinwigard.bsky.social @dchavezheras.bsky.social @kmcdono.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social @taylor-arnold.bsky.social @estellegvl.bsky.social & other fantastic colleagues!07 May 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbeafsfs22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3mkkwcm5eok2iColleagues at DIGHT-net project are organising a super interesting summer school at @utu.fi in August! https://dight-net.tlu.ee/call-for-participation-theorising-digital-cultural-heritage-a-dight-net-phd-summer-school/ The lineup looks really good @heidihakkarainen.bsky.social @hansalmi.bsky.social28 Apr 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkwcm5eok2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3mjoxumtt5c2aThe new book “Digital Modernity. Why We Need to Think Historically About the Digital Age” by James Smithies goes on top of my reading list https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003684398/digital-modernity-james-smithies !17 Apr 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoxumtt5c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3mjehp7oom22tToday my colleague @tillmannohm.bsky.social and I will start teaching our very first joint course Analysing Digital Images as part of the @dhssfau.bsky.social! We will cover interconnections of digitality and visual culture, and how all that can be studied in today's world. I'm excited!13 Apr 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjehp7oom22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3miefrdh2pk24Every time I prepare for a new course, I’m amazed by how much you actually LEARN when you think about how to TEACH something. I’m excited to launch my ‘Digital Objects and Society’ course—and to learn even more alongside my students!31 Mar 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3miefrdh2pk24https://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3mieexkyv7s24Together with colleagues at @dhssfau.bsky.social we are preparing the start of the semester! What an exciting lineup of courses -- I would love to attend all of them! https://www.dhss.phil.fau.de/2026/03/23/summer-semester-2026-course-overview/31 Mar 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieexkyv7s24https://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3mhxqfak6ws25It's exciting to see my introduction on a language that I don't really speak (yet)! 😅 Happy to have joined @dhssfau.bsky.social ! https://www.fau.de/2026/03/news/neu-an-der-fau-prof-dr-mila-oiva/26 Mar 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxqfak6ws25https://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3mduvwvsqz22eSome insights of our paper on measuring cultural bias: https://communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to-distinguish-a-good-socialist-country-from-a-bad-one02 Feb 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mduvwvsqz22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mila-oiva.bsky.social/post/3mduvgxqlgs2eExcited to announce that our Nature Cities paper "City representation in Soviet propaganda and geographical biases in cultural data" was published today! Thank you, Mikhail Tamm, Ksenia Mukhina, @metsmark.bsky.social and @schichmax.bsky.social ! rdcu.be/e1UvJ https://rdcu.be/e1UvJ02 Feb 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:iozxtx4rhxivg4u5o7jkid57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mduvgxqlgs2e