Thomas Dekeyser

New paper on ‘detachment’ as (non)relation, which is partly an intervention into debates around relations/relationality, and partly the latest in a series on attachment-detachment. In Progress in Human Geography

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Next week, 26th Feb, I am giving a lecture discussing my forthcoming book at Goldsmiths University, as part of their Visual Cultures programme. 5-7PM. Details at www.instagram.com/p/DUtQULJl63...

The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

important commentary!!!

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The poetics of knowledge in the Anthropocene: Rancière and the politics of posthuman knowledge - Ben Bowsher, 2026 This paper responds to debates over the politics of knowledge in the Anthropocene, which often centres on affirmational and negative approaches to posthuman the...

Posting my article again in hopes of finding you! Dear reader who is interested in posthuman theories and radical politics!

If this isn’t ‘you’, please share until I find the right ‘you’.

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We've put together a 'call for papers' for the 2026 RGS-IBG Conference in London (1 - 4 September). The theme: *pessimist geographies*. Get in touch if you have any questions.

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A second blurb has rolled in by another favourite thinker of mine.

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So much careful thought on tech refusal crammed into two days. Thanks for the invite and the wonderful organisation @danishanley.bsky.social @judithcampagne.bsky.social @floralysen.bsky.social et al

Thanks so much for the invite! Really enjoyed the conversation.

Got to present the book in full for the first time yesterday at the 'Technological Life Research Cluster' (@oxfordgeography.bsky.social). Big thank you to @atmosphericthings.bsky.social and attendees for the wonderful questions and comments.

Techno-Negative A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progressThe history of technology is often told as a history of progress, moving optimis...

I pre-ordered this book "Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine" and am looking forward to it. I don't know the author's work but I am very interested in the topic. Seems very timely. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791773...

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026 After the year we’ve had, there’s no predicting anything about the year that’s to come. But whatever else might be fated to happen (to us) in 2026, there will definitely be books,…

"We might not win in the end, but even in the attempt to resist, we will salvage some of our humanity." @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social 's TECHNO-NEGATIVE is a @lithub.com.web.brid.gy anticipated book of '26!
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Disjunctions Magazine Disjunctions is a magazine dedicated to analysis and critique of contemporary developments in science and technology.

Happy to finally launch Disjunctions with an article from the editorial team! Stay tuned for our first issue, which we will start publishing in the new year.

Everything Must Burn // Thomas Dekeyser YouTube video by Jake Hanrahan

Had a long conversation with Jake Hanrahan @hanrahan.tv for his great Hanrahan Live series. We discuss anti-tech politics, Ted Kaczynski, AI, etc etc. Have a listen if you're interested. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKX4...

First blurb for Techno-Negative 👐 wonderful to read the words of someone whose works I greatly admire.

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The image is a profile introducing the Website Co-ordinator, Thomas Dekeyser. On the left hand side of the image, there is a headshot of Thomas with brown hair, looking towards the camera. To the right of the image, the text reads: "Introducing... THOMAS DEKEYSER Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Southampton" Below this is a text box section detailing Thomas' latest projects. He explains that his work, in the form of writing and films, examines the shifting co-ordinates of power and resistance and digital and urban environments. He has a new monograph out in March 2026, titled Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine. He continues to engage with the politics of refusal in a world increasingly saturated with AI. At the bottom is a final black text box, "Research interests: digital technology; refusal; negativity; Artificial Intelligence; pessimism; geographical theory; creative methods." The background is a mix of white and intersecting grey and black geometric shapes to highlight the quoted information.

Next up in the series…

Say hello to Thomas Dekeyser (he/him), our new Website Co-ordinator, keeping all things DGRG online running smoothly! 👇 @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social

And why not check out the site to see what we're up to: digitalgeographiesrg.org

#DGRGCommittee

Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

It's only out in March 2026, but I heard pre-orders are now possible 😏 it's a theoretical history of technological refusal that starts in ancient Greece with the earliest machine breakers, and ends in 1980s France with anarchists bombing computer companies.

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inspired by - amongst others - the work of @amoorelouise.bsky.social @azadehakbari.bsky.social @danmcquillan.bsky.social @karenhao.bsky.social @mttpsq.bsky.social @alexcampolo.bsky.social @ludovico-rella.bsky.social @timnitgebru.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social

Paper is co-authored with @casey-lynch.bsky.social & @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social. Thanks go to @benandersongeog.bsky.social and the editors at Transactions for the kind invitation to write this piece, and for incisive comments on a previous draft.

💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥

We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.

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Additionally, I am looking for applications specifically interested in critically examining (/theorising) the implementation of digital technologies (including AI) into physical retail environments. This PhD would be co-supervised with Brian Hracs.

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I am inviting applications for PhD projects at Uni of Southampton, focused on: politics of refusal, digital tech, urban interventions and/or geographical theory. Funding app's would be made to the South Coast DTP.

Please check out my work to ensure a fit!

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Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!

We're going to have people like @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social with us talking about his book.

How could I not be excited?

there's still time to submit something... www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal

Techno-Negative A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progressThe history of technology is often told as a history of progress, moving optimis...

*very* excited about @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social’s new book, out next year w/ @uminnpress.bsky.social 🤖 🚫

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oh just as material for us ECRs to share with our institutions to protect ourself a bit more if need be?

That's insane, and much lower than what has been reported for the previous years. Are you able to share screen grabs of their FOI response letters?

totally! this is not a critique of historians of technology, but of mainstream narratives of technological progression.

Congrats Brian, fantastic news!

Read my latest commentary on Big Tech Authoritarianism, which discusses how Big Tech actively constructs authoritarian spaces – both within their organisational structures and across broader socio-political contexts.

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