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Algorithmic Folklore

Blog & newsletter updates from the research project "Algorithmic folklore: The mutual shaping of vernacular creativity and automation" (ALGOFOLK), funded by a TMF Starting Grant (2024-2028) at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Newsletter · By Gabriele de Seta · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 12, 2026

    Deer Pipes of Mountains and Seas (opens the original)

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    Italian Brainrot, as a genre of AI-generated content, is often not translated into Chinese directly but is rather localized or ‘transcreated’ as AI山海经 [AI Shanhaijing, or ‘AI Classic of Mountains and Seas’]. The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a foundational Chinese mythological text, a compilation of ancient, prehistorical and fantastical (often all at once) locations and creatur

  2. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    ALGOpod #9: Alexandra Deem (opens the original)

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    In episode nine of ALGOpod, Gabriele de Seta hosts Alexandra Deem, MSCA postdoctoral research grant holder (AI INFLUENCERS) and affiliated expert (AI MODELS) at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, for a discussion of post-authenticity ranging from her ethnography of tradwives to her ongoing research on synthetic influencers.Subscribe to Off Center, a Podcast from the Center For Digital Narrativ

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