Tyler Blackman

Sharing my first published article from my PhD research!

It draws from my ethnographic experiences at ‘future of work’ conferences and completing online courses on the subject, particularly how the discourses I observed shape a narrow vision of the ‘ideal worker.’ 

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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library This commentary responds to and extends recent research by Bissell al. (2025). We add to their analysis of attention, focusing on social difference and workplace politics by drawing on examples from ....

New Commentary w/ @dcockayne.bsky.social in @tibg.bsky.social.

Daniel and I comment further on the politics of attention at work, building from @davidjbissell.bsky.social, @lillicrovara.bsky.social, Andrew Gorman-Murray, and @lstraughan.bsky.social excellent recent article.

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New commentary with @dcockayne.bsky.social now out! As part of a special issue on AI refusal, we offer brief speculative narrative imagining working life in an AI-dominated future, navigating between dystopian and utopian visions of AI and its refusal.

Open Access Here:

doi.org/10.1177/1474...

In a scene from the simpsons, a woman holds a clipboard with a list of reasons. The reasons are "spite", "malice", "revenge", "boredom", and "profit."

"So Mike, what's motivating you to finish your PhD?"

pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
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XR as Spatial Media Across Disciplines By Tyler Blackman and Daniel Harley

This week on CAVRN, @tylerb.bsky.social and Daniel Harley reflect on the promotion of the Apple Vision Pro, its branding as a ‘spatial computer’, and conceptions of spatiality and spatial media within and across XR disciplines. Check it out here: cavrn.org/xr-as-spatia...

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