Dear colleagues, Please join us for the final workshop in the "Post-Pandemic" Politics & Reactionary Digital Cultures series, which investigates the emotional attractions of reactionary politics, looking to build an anti-racist and anti-misogynist politics that begins at the community level. Read the report<https://reactionarypandemicpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/post-pandemic-reactionary-politics-report-robert-topinka-1.pdf> and join the final workshop at Birkbeck. Tea, coffee and lunch will be provided. Travel reimbursement is avaialable. Workshop 3: Digital Culture, Politics and Communication Friday, 10 March 2023, 10:30 – 14:00, MAl G13, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7JL Register: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/booking/event/33671 The sheer volume of communication is unprecedented, and it only continues to grow. This can make efforts to combat digital harms feel like a drop in a bucket, and a bucket owned and controlled by massively powerful tech corporations. Instead of thinking about digital communication as something ‘outside’ of our work, how can we communicate better on and about digital media with the communities we serve? Featured speakers Paul Addae, Head of Research at Centric Dr Caitjan Gainty, historian of health and healthcare at King's College London and founder of the Healthy Scepticism Project<https://www.healthyscepticism.com/> ____________ Robert Topinka Senior Lecturer in Transnational Media & Cultural Studies Department of Film, Media & Cultural Studies Birkbeck, University of London Recently published: "The Politics of Anti-Discourse: Copypasta, the Alt-Right, and the Rhetoric of Form"<https://muse.jhu.edu/article/852390> in Theory & Event New book: Racing the Street: Race, Rhetoric, and Technology in Metropolitan London, 1840-1900<https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343610/racing-the-street>