digital anthropology – Ruth Stalker-Firth

October 7, 2025 Musings

A deep blog dive using tools from the Digital Humanities (Ep 1)

I first began blogging here back in 2007 to think about the bits of technology which got me excited, little

November 4, 2024 Musings

Eat, Pray, Artificial Love: The world of digital anthropology

One sunny summer holidays afternoon in those days before lockdown, I wanted to get my girls, who were then nine

April 24, 2024 Musings

Ruth’s talks: Dates, times and places

I began demystifying AI after attending a talk where the speaker, influenced by a ‘techbro’ podcaster and no knowledge of computing, segued into a convincing speech about how ChatGPT would breed robots and take over the world.