Carmen Maria
@carmenmaria
researcher/designer/sociologist
Carmen Maria
Building the culture we want requires a radical change in mindset, and action. The dream of a free and open Internet isn't dead—but in 2025, it's definitely more complicated.
Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era
Post-Naive Internet - Mozilla & Unlearning
Youth, media practices, and privacy: Working with high school teachers to co-create curriculum for better awareness and practice
Giuliana Cucinellilearntechlib.org
Living with false identity turned out to be an exhilarating experience for me too. We were in mortal danger. People perished all around us, but we managed not only to survive but to help other people.
Soros: General Theory of Reflexivity
false identity as a mode of safety
The concept of reflexivity needs a little more explication. It applies exclusively to situations that have thinking participants. The participants’ thinking serves two functions. One is to understand the world in which we live; I call this the cognitive function. The other is to change the situation to our advantage. I call this the participating... See more
Soros: General Theory of Reflexivity
Reflexivity
Social media fandom: The construction of identity in the cases of “The 100” and “Once Upon A Time” Tumblr communities
ieeexplore.ieee.org
social construction of identity in tumblr fandom communities
Even our bodies get into the act in cyberspace. Much as we might dearly love to sometimes, we can’t leave ourselves behind when we get online. Even when someone is just playing around or in disguise, something true is revealed, it is never completely invented. [...] What is it about cyberspace? It conceals what gets in the way of revealing. No... See more
Cyberfeminism Index
We can never realllly detach from our identities, even behind the veil of a computer screen.
Research on Teaching Reformation of the Database Curriculum for Private Colleges and Universities Teaching Non-computer Majors | Proceedings of the 2010 International Symposium on Intelligence Information Processing and Trusted Computing
Feng-Ling Wangdl.acm.org
I want to understand how researchers and designers describe the changing human experience in a world shaped by AI, especially through small, intentional, or “cozy” digital spaces.
ChatGPT
Future Shock at 40: What the Tofflers Got Right (and Wrong)
fastcompany.com
surveillance and data privacy education
Future Shock critique