Kia ora social anth postgrads – just forwarding on this research event if anyone is interested. Molly G Info below, the registration link is https://forms.gle/sFDckwUZGejKgaw2A<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FsFDckwUZGejKgaw2A&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C39cbca9fc6bd48a2c9c408de7984dfff%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639081808792284942%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ly%2FBbnmsADcB7q2HgxPGMnugXHRc4NHNNft0vUJbygY%3D&reserved=0> From: Rosemary Overell <rosemary.overell@otago.ac.nz> Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2026 2:46 pm To: Humanities School of Social Sciences (All Staff) <hum.social_sciences.staff@otago.ac.nz> Subject: Welcome to Jankspace, Babes SCREENING + Q&A with film-makers 17th March 10-11.30am Zoom & Burns 4 Kia ora Colleagues Our first Research Event for the year is coming up! We are delighted to screen the short film Welcome to Jankspace, Babes (currently on show via dis.art) and welcome the filmmakers, Daniel Fesltead and Jenn Leung (University of the Arts, London College of Fashion) for a Q&A. Tuesday 17th March 10-11.30am NZT (for your local time: https://tinyurl.com/mwmut24h<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fmwmut24h&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C39cbca9fc6bd48a2c9c408de7984dfff%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639081808792339704%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VMEa51tSrHVbZvz85GPER1fVPqt4QBR1w6Ac7UDgOLw%3D&reserved=0>) Burns 4 & on Zoom (register here for Zoom link) Welcome to Jankspace, Babes The Internet has become more and more sloppy unhinged, so if you’re feeling batshit crazy … welcome to Jankspace, babes. Let Daniel Felstead and Jenn Leung’s Julia Fox avatar explain it all to you: Ozempic, AI slop, Bryan Johnson, Dress to Impress, Uber drivers, algorithms and Luigi Mangione.
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Similarly, Jankspace is the grotesque, empty space in the digital network of technocapitalism that we fill with our slimy human bodies. Take a seat and tune in…or let your brain rot into slop itself. Alongside the film screening we will be joined via zoom by the filmmakers, Daniel Felstead<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.showstudio.com%2Fcontributors%2Fdaniel-felstead&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C39cbca9fc6bd48a2c9c408de7984dfff%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639081808792734953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ubugeoupf1QhkP7hmD6X6IxXY4GkJ%2FnscTWsUSidT%2FY%3D&reserved=0> & Jenn Leung<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fresearchers.arts.ac.uk%2F2393-jenn-leung&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C39cbca9fc6bd48a2c9c408de7984dfff%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639081808792792502%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rHs1QWT0tww1V3l54zIjNcsSlnVyCWGbAM4CEsnR0kQ%3D&reserved=0> (University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion). Please circulate widely and we hope to see you there! Rosie. 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(2025). ‘On her new album, Lorde creates pop at its purest – performative, playful and alive to paradox’<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fon-her-new-album-lorde-creates-pop-at-its-purest-performative-playful-and-alive-to-paradox-259994&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C39cbca9fc6bd48a2c9c408de7984dfff%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639081808794145575%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0Qk70%2Bk2D2G4lpfq%2Fj%2FsUezyruaAlGVESdzg2bczsnU%3D&reserved=0>. The Conversation. 30th June. 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