p.s. it seems that none of the links have come through: here is the event link with registraiton infoTalk on the weight of connectivity and the inescapable grip of digitality - Digital Society Research Cluster | | | | | | | | | | | Talk on the weight of connectivity and the inescapable grip of digitalit... Kenzie Burchell and Adi Kuntsman in conversation about dis/connection, dis/engagement, and digital life. Kenzie ... | | | On Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 10:30:07 AM GMT+1, Adi Kuntsman via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote: Theweight of connectivity –disconnection, disengagement and digital rights 9May 10.30am-12noon UK time, online   Event info: Kenzie Burchell, the author of ConstantDisconnection: The Weight of Everyday Digital Life (StanfordUP) and Adi Kuntsman, the co-author of Paradoxesof Digital Disengagement : In Search of the Opt Out Button (withEsperanza Miyake, Westminster UP) will discuss compulsory connectivity,disengagement and digital rights. Please join us to hear more about their twobooks, and explore how digital communication shaped and was shaped by theCovid-19 pandemic, global war and capitalism, and the rise of generative AI. Moreinformation about the event.  Registration  -------- DrAdi Kuntsman,Reader in Digital Politics Head of Ethics, Faculty of Arts andHumanities Co-Lead, Digital Society Research Group Director, Digital Politics Summer School Department of History, Politics and Philosophy Manchester Metropolitan University Series Co-editor, Digital Materialities and Sustainable Futures Latest books: 2024 Digital Technologies, Smart Cities and the Environment:in the Ruins of Broken Promises (with Liu Xin, BristolUniversity Press) 2023 Digital Disengagement: COVID-19, Digital Justice and thePolitics of Refusal (with Sam Martin and EsperanzaMiyake, Bristol University Press). 2022 Paradoxes of Digital Disengagement : In Search of the OptOut Button (with Esperanza Miyake, Westminster UniversityPress) _______________________________________________ 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 Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/