Thomas A Wright

My thesis investigates emergent collectivised engagements with algorithmic technologies in the cultural industries. I am interested in exploring how nascent practices of collective engagement might be used to better understand attitudes towards algorithmic technologies in society. Moreover, I am especially interested in exploring how practices of collective engagement might help contribute to a broader and more holistic understanding of what constitutes resistance, both as a practice and as a theoretical concept in itself. My work is necessarily qualitative as such, and draws upon documentary analysis and interviews to collect data from a wide range of participants. 

This work is entirely AHRC funded through White Rose College of Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH). 

Main research interests:

• science and technology studies
• critical data studies
• algorithm studies
• social theory
• cultural theory
• digital methods