جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Gabriele de Setaمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Digital ethnography
• Chinese internet culture
• Algorithmic folklore
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Gabriele de Seta is a researcher at the University of Bergen's Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, leading the ALGOFOLK project funded by the Trond Mohn Foundation (2024-2028). A sociologist by training with a PhD from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he previously served as postdoctoral fellow at Academia Sinica (Taipei) and on the ERC-funded Machine Vision in Everyday Life project. Department of Ethnology, Academia Sinica (postdoctoral fellow) Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen (researcher) His research focuses on algorithmic folklore, synthetic ethnography, and Chinese digital culture. He examines how digital technologies and creative practices mutually shape each other, particularly in China's sociotechnical landscape. Key areas include platform governance, machine vision, algorithmic accountability, and digital vernaculars. Recent publications analyze TikTok/Douyin's infrastructural role, deepfakes, QR codes as globalized gateways, and Chinese internet vulgarity. His work combines theoretical frameworks from STS, media studies, and digital anthropology with fieldwork on Chinese digital practices. Trond Mohn Foundation Starting Grant ERC-funded research As educator, he designed the Machine Vision module for Bergen's Critical Approaches to Technology and Society course and taught Key Theories in Digital Culture. He supervises multiple MA/PhD students including co-supervision of Hanna Lauvli. Through his blog and podcast, he promotes public engagement with digital research.

Debarun Sarkarمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Digital Humanities
• AI Ethics
• Cultural Studies
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Debarun Sarkar is a Research Fellow affiliated with the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Bergen. He works on the ALGOFOLK project, examining sociotechnical systems and material-semiotic configurations. His research spans digital culture, AI ethics, urban studies, and cultural studies, with a focus on India and the Global South. Research Interests: Debarun focuses on the intersections between algorithms and folklore, exploring how digital technologies shape labor, creativity, and social structures. He critically analyzes blockchain adoption in India, AI auditing frameworks, and the sociopolitical implications of smart/green city initiatives. His cultural studies work includes examining heavy metal subcultures and hip-hop’s role in capitalist realism. Projects: He was co-PI for Audit4SG (2023), funded by the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab, and contributed to a Learning Analytics in Higher Education project (2022-24). Current work involves the ALGOFOLK project (Research Council of Norway and Trond Mohn Foundation funding). Education: PhD in Sociology from the University of Mumbai, where he served as a UGC Junior/Senior Research Fellow. His doctoral work engaged with urban scale debates in New Town, West Bengal.

• Translation Theory
• Intercultural Communication
• Semantics
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Barbara Jadwiga Gawronska Pettersson is a Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation, University of Agder, Norway. Born in Słupsk, Poland, she holds an MA in Scandinavian languages from Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań) and a PhD in linguistics from the University of Lund. Education: MA in Scandinavian Languages, Adam Mickiewicz University PhD in Linguistics, University of Lund Her research spans translation theory, intercultural communication, morphology (aspect and definiteness), collocations in translation, and Pomerania's history. She has published extensively on multimodal children's literature translation, gender representation in translated texts, and literary responses to Pomerania's complex cultural heritage. Recent publications focus on Nordic medieval ballads in digital contexts, translator challenges in fantasy genres, and Pomerania's literary representations during and after conflict. She has contributed to the Agder Forum for Translation Studies and the 'Texts, Interpretations, Cultures' research group. Scientific Awards: Nominated for the Angelus Award (2014) for 'Potępieńcy (The Condemned Ones)' Prize-winning short stories 'Wheatherby' (2016) and 'Dom pod północnym lasem' (2021) As a teacher, she offers courses in Introduction to Linguistics, Translation Theory, Text Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication, guiding BA and PhD projects. Her literary career includes novels 'Rozbita Tarcza' (2018) and 'Alter' (2020), alongside short story collections exploring cultural identity and human conditions.