Dang and collleagues at KCL
L-R: Jonathan Gray, Dang Nguyen, Elisa Oreglia

ADM+S Research Fellow presents research at King’s College London

Author Natalie Campbell
Date 29 October 2024

Dr Dang Nguyen from RMIT University recently returned from the United Kingdom having completed a two-week research visit with colleagues at King’s College London.

Hosted by Dr Jonathan Gray and the Department of Digital Humanities, Dr Nguyen was also invited to spend time with the Centre of Digital Culture, the Department of Media, Culture, & Creative Industries, and to learn about the work being done at the new Digital Futures Institute.

“The welcome I received at King’s College was wonderful from day one. Everyone was so generous and approachable, and it was a pleasure to connect over our shared research interests while discovering the impressive digital humanities research happening here,” said Dr Nguyen.

On 27 September the Department of Digital Humanities invited Dr Nguyen to present her research on Automated Informality in a talk titled ‘Anatomy of a phone farm: hardware, platforms, infrastructure’.

Drawing on preliminary fieldwork in Southeast Asia, the presentation demonstrated how phone farms form an integral part of the global platform economy, highlighting the extensive networks and infrastructures necessary for these farms to function.

The visit provided an opportunity to exchange current research projects and findings, and to explore potential collaborations with colleagues across the various social science departments.

“The connections I’ve built with colleagues at King’s College are incredibly valuable for my current research.

“Over the next few years, I’ll be collaborating closely with Dr. Jonathan Gray, Director of the Centre for Digital Culture at the Digital Futures Institute, to develop innovative research methods for studying platform economic informality.

“I’ll also be working with Dr. Elisa Oreglia, Dr. Funda Ustek Spilda, and Dr. Niki Cheong to expand emerging networks focused on digital Southeast Asia research,” she said.

This research visit was supported by ADM+S.

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