Rebekah Cupitt

Rebekah Cupitt is a Lecturer in Digital Design at the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies (FMACS) within Birkbeck College, University of London. Her academic work bridges anthropology, digital media studies, and disability research with particular focus on Deaf communities and technological interfaces.

Her research interests center on the intersections of dDeaf identity, media technologies, and organizations. She examines how power dynamics manifest in research writing about disability, investigates virtual worlds as spaces of both opportunity and risk for people with disabilities, and explores anthropological approaches to understanding and communicating human experiences across different sensory modalities.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent focus on disability representation in digital contexts, with particular attention to methodological approaches in anthropological research. Her work demonstrates how virtual environments can reshape identity and accessibility while critically examining the assumptions researchers bring to their work with marginalized communities.

As a contributor to the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC) blog Platypus, Dr. Cupitt engages with contemporary debates about technology design, disability, and anthropological methodology. Her writing connects theoretical frameworks with practical implications for technology developers working in contexts of health and disability.