New Routledge Book Series: Cultural Analytics, AI and the Digital Futures
Dear Colleagues, I am writing to gauge your interest and invite your preliminary thoughts on a *new Book Series currently in development with Routledge: Cultural Analytics, AI and the Digital Futures.* The series is envisioned as an essential navigational guide for culture in a time of profound transformation. Its core mission is to answer a pressing question: *How do we harness the power of data and AI to foster a cultural ecosystem that is vibrant, equitable, and meaningfully human?* To achieve this, the series is being designed around a foundation of critical synthesis, weaving together cultural analytics, critical data studies, cultural policy research and creative industry practice. I am seeking to identify potential volumes that would combine rigorous, practical insight with critical examination—work that not only explains the "how-to" but permanently couples it with the essential "why" and "for whom." At this exploratory stage, *I am reaching out to assess the landscape of potential contributions.* We are particularly interested in work that features: - A practical-critical methodology applicable for professionals and scholars. - Global comparative perspectives beyond Western-centric narratives. - Forward-facing analysis using scenario thinking or policy foresight. If you are developing work at this vital interdisciplinary intersection—whether focusing on data/AI policy, governance, data storytelling, AI ethics, curation, or the future of creative labour—I would be very keen to hear about your potential book ideas and your interest in contributing. If you have a project to propose, even in a nascent or conceptual stage of development, you are warmly invited *to share your idea by February 22, 2026* . *Please complete a brief expression of interest form <https://forms.gle/fMVmNkWSvdKjzE3W6>, or reach out to me directly via email at natalia.grincheva@lasalle.edu.sg <natalia.grincheva@lasalle.edu.sg> * Please feel free to share this invite for expression of interest among your relevant networks. Looking forward to hearing from you soon With kind regards Natalia *Dr Natalia Grincheva* *2026 Digital Statecraft Academy <https://digitalstatecraft.academy/> Cambridge Fellow <https://digitalstatecraft.academy/person/natalia-grincheva/>* *Culture Futures Lab <https://datatopower.net/lab> Leader* Program Leader, BA (Hons) Arts Management LASALLE | University of the Arts Singapore *Recent Book: *Geopolitics of Digital Heritage <https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/geopolitics-of-digital-heritage/0F7DD9BC4693903022001EC7852377B8>(Cambridge Uni Press) *Digital Creative Praxis:* Data to Power <https://datatopower.net/> *Academic Profile:* https://grincheva.com/
I am away until 22/02/26. Your mail will not be read or forwarded. In urgent cases, please get in touch with the DIMAS secretariat at: dimas@ur.de. Am 08.02.2026 um 06:53 schrieb Natalia Grincheva via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>:
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to gauge your interest and invite your preliminary thoughts on a *new Book Series currently in development with Routledge: Cultural Analytics, AI and the Digital Futures.*
The series is envisioned as an essential navigational guide for culture in a time of profound transformation. Its core mission is to answer a pressing question: *How do we harness the power of data and AI to foster a cultural ecosystem that is vibrant, equitable, and meaningfully human?*
To achieve this, the series is being designed around a foundation of critical synthesis, weaving together cultural analytics, critical data studies, cultural policy research and creative industry practice. I am seeking to identify potential volumes that would combine rigorous, practical insight with critical examination—work that not only explains the "how-to" but permanently couples it with the essential "why" and "for whom."
At this exploratory stage, *I am reaching out to assess the landscape of potential contributions.* We are particularly interested in work that features:
- A practical-critical methodology applicable for professionals and scholars. - Global comparative perspectives beyond Western-centric narratives. - Forward-facing analysis using scenario thinking or policy foresight.
If you are developing work at this vital interdisciplinary intersection—whether focusing on data/AI policy, governance, data storytelling, AI ethics, curation, or the future of creative labour—I would be very keen to hear about your potential book ideas and your interest in contributing.
If you have a project to propose, even in a nascent or conceptual stage of development, you are warmly invited *to share your idea by February 22, 2026* . *Please complete a brief expression of interest form <https://forms.gle/fMVmNkWSvdKjzE3W6>, or reach out to me directly via email at natalia.grincheva@lasalle.edu.sg <natalia.grincheva@lasalle.edu.sg> *
Please feel free to share this invite for expression of interest among your relevant networks.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon
With kind regards
Natalia
*Dr Natalia Grincheva* *2026 Digital Statecraft Academy <https://digitalstatecraft.academy/> Cambridge Fellow <https://digitalstatecraft.academy/person/natalia-grincheva/>* *Culture Futures Lab <https://datatopower.net/lab> Leader* Program Leader, BA (Hons) Arts Management LASALLE | University of the Arts Singapore *Recent Book: *Geopolitics of Digital Heritage <https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/geopolitics-of-digital-heritage/0F7DD9BC4693903022001EC7852377B8>(Cambridge Uni Press) *Digital Creative Praxis:* Data to Power <https://datatopower.net/> *Academic Profile:* https://grincheva.com/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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I am away until 22/02/26. Your mail will not be read or forwarded. In urgent cases, please get in touch with the DIMAS secretariat at: dimas@ur.de. Am 08.02.2026 um 06:53 schrieb Natalia Grincheva via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>:
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to gauge your interest and invite your preliminary thoughts on a *new Book Series currently in development with Routledge: Cultural Analytics, AI and the Digital Futures.*
The series is envisioned as an essential navigational guide for culture in a time of profound transformation. Its core mission is to answer a pressing question: *How do we harness the power of data and AI to foster a cultural ecosystem that is vibrant, equitable, and meaningfully human?*
To achieve this, the series is being designed around a foundation of critical synthesis, weaving together cultural analytics, critical data studies, cultural policy research and creative industry practice. I am seeking to identify potential volumes that would combine rigorous, practical insight with critical examination—work that not only explains the "how-to" but permanently couples it with the essential "why" and "for whom."
At this exploratory stage, *I am reaching out to assess the landscape of potential contributions.* We are particularly interested in work that features:
- A practical-critical methodology applicable for professionals and scholars. - Global comparative perspectives beyond Western-centric narratives. - Forward-facing analysis using scenario thinking or policy foresight.
If you are developing work at this vital interdisciplinary intersection—whether focusing on data/AI policy, governance, data storytelling, AI ethics, curation, or the future of creative labour—I would be very keen to hear about your potential book ideas and your interest in contributing.
If you have a project to propose, even in a nascent or conceptual stage of development, you are warmly invited *to share your idea by February 22, 2026* . *Please complete a brief expression of interest form <https://forms.gle/fMVmNkWSvdKjzE3W6>, or reach out to me directly via email at natalia.grincheva@lasalle.edu.sg <natalia.grincheva@lasalle.edu.sg> *
Please feel free to share this invite for expression of interest among your relevant networks.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon
With kind regards
Natalia
*Dr Natalia Grincheva* *2026 Digital Statecraft Academy <https://digitalstatecraft.academy/> Cambridge Fellow <https://digitalstatecraft.academy/person/natalia-grincheva/>* *Culture Futures Lab <https://datatopower.net/lab> Leader* Program Leader, BA (Hons) Arts Management LASALLE | University of the Arts Singapore *Recent Book: *Geopolitics of Digital Heritage <https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/geopolitics-of-digital-heritage/0F7DD9BC4693903022001EC7852377B8>(Cambridge Uni Press) *Digital Creative Praxis:* Data to Power <https://datatopower.net/> *Academic Profile:* https://grincheva.com/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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