- Data diaries: a situated approach to the study of data Tkacz, Nathaniel; da Mata Martins, Mário Henrique; de Albuquerque, João Porto; Horita, Flávio and Neto, Giovanni Dolif. 2021. Data diaries: a situated approach to the study of data. Big Data & Society, 8(1), pp. 1-16. ISSN 2053-9517
- The patterning of finance/security: a designerly walkthrough of challenger banking apps Dieter, Michael and Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2020. The patterning of finance/security: a designerly walkthrough of challenger banking apps. Computational Culture: A Journal of Software Studies(7), ISSN 2047-2390
- Multi-situated app studies: methods and propositions Dieter, Michael; Gerlitz, Carolin; Helmond, Anne; Tkacz, Nathaniel; van der Vlist, Fernando N. and Weltevrede, Esther. 2019. Multi-situated app studies: methods and propositions. Social Media + Society, 5(2), ISSN 2056-3051
- Money’s new abstractions: Apple Pay and the economy of experience Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2019. Money’s new abstractions: Apple Pay and the economy of experience. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 20(3), pp. 264-283. ISSN 1600-910X
- Forum: resilience & design Cowley, Robert; Barnett, Clive; Katzschner, Tania; Tkacz, Nathaniel and Boeck, Filip De. 2018. Forum: resilience & design. Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses, 6(1), pp. 1-34. ISSN 2169-3293
- From open source to open government: a critique of open politics Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2012. From open source to open government: a critique of open politics. Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization, 12(4), pp. 386-405. ISSN 1473-2866
- La veritat de la Viquipèdia Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2012. La veritat de la Viquipèdia. Digithum(14), pp. 35-41. ISSN 1575-2275
- In defence of ANT : a reply to Johan Söderberg Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2011. In defence of ANT : a reply to Johan Söderberg. Journal of Peer Production, ISSN 2213-5316
- Wikipedia and the politics of mass collaboration Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2010. Wikipedia and the politics of mass collaboration. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication, 2(2), pp. 40-53. ISSN 1836-5132
- Power, visibility, Wikipedia Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2007. Power, visibility, Wikipedia. Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture, 40(2), pp. 5-19. ISSN 0038-4526
Nathaniel Tkacz
Nate's research focuses on the culture and politics of digital media, with a focus on apps, data and interfaces.
Staff details
Position
Associate Co-Head of the Department
Department
Media, Communications and Cultural Studies
n.tkacz (@gold.ac.uk)
Links
Nate Tkacz is a Professor of Digital Media and Culture. His broad interest is in understanding how digital technologies produce or (re)shape culture and society. He has approached this interest in a number of ways, for example, through a study of how digital networks change the conditions of knowledge production (through studies of Wikipedia or dashboard interfaces), or through studies of how apps transform our relationship to money and finance (banking apps), or governance and health (covid apps). His research aims to combine critical and technical understandings of media with creative methodological approaches.
Academic qualifications
- PhD in Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne. 2012
Teaching and supervision
Supervision: I am able to supervise students in digital media and culture, including studies of platforms, social media, apps, data, AI, software, interfaces, digital commons, social media alternatives, digital media and everyday life and digital economy/finance.
Module Leader: MC71210A: Digital Culture: Critical Theory
Featured publications
Publications and research outputs
Article
- Dialogic data innovations for sustainability transformations and flood resilience : the case for waterproofing data de Albuquerque, João Porto; Anderson, Liana; Calvillo, Nerea; Cattino, Massimo; Clarke, Andrew; Cunha, Maria Alexandra; Garde-Hansen, Joanne; Klonner, Carolin; Lima-Silva, Fernanda; Marchezini, Victor; da Mata Martins, Mario Henrique; Grajales, Diego Pajarito; Pitidis, Vangelis; Rizwan, Mohammed; Tkacz, Nathaniel and Trajber, Rachel. 2023. Dialogic data innovations for sustainability transformations and flood resilience : the case for waterproofing data. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102730. ISSN 0959-3780
- Pandemic platform governance: mapping the global ecosystem of COVID-19 response apps Dieter, Michael; Helmond, Anne; Tkacz, Nathaniel; van der Vlist, Fernando and Weltevrede, Esther. 2021. Pandemic platform governance: mapping the global ecosystem of COVID-19 response apps. Internet Policy Review: journal on internet regulation, 10(3), ISSN 2197-6775
- The role of data in transformations to sustainability: a critical research agenda de Albuquerque, João Porto; Anderson, Liana; Calvillo, Nerea; Coaffee, Jon; Cunha, Maria Alexandra; Degrossi, Livia Castro; Neto, Giovanni Dolif; Horita, Flavio; Klonner, Carolin; Lima-Silva, Fernanda; Marchezini, Victor; da Mata Martins, Mario Henrique; Pajarito-Grajales, Diego; Pitidis, Vangelis; Rudorff, Conrado; Tkacz, Nathaniel; Traijber, Rachel and Zipf, Alexander. 2021. The role of data in transformations to sustainability: a critical research agenda. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 49, pp. 153-163. ISSN 1877-3435
Book
- Being with Data: The Dashboarding of Everyday Life Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2022. Being with Data: The Dashboarding of Everyday Life. Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN 9781509545315
- Wikipedia and the politics of openness Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2014. Wikipedia and the politics of openness. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226192277
Book Section
- Blockchain, or, peer production without guarantees Velasco, Pablo and Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2020. Blockchain, or, peer production without guarantees. In: Mathieu O'Neil; Christian Pentzold and Sophie Toupin, eds. The Handbook of Peer Production. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 238-253. ISBN 9781119537106
- Experience money Tkacz, Nathaniel and Velasco, Pablo R.. 2018. Experience money. In: Inte Gloerich; Geert Lovink and Patricia de Vries, eds. MoneyLab Reader 2: Overcoming the Hype. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, pp. 31-42. ISBN 9789492302199
- ‘Good luck with your wikiPAIDia’: reflections on the 2002 fork of the Spanish Wikipedia. An interview with Edgar Enyedy and Nathaniel Tkacz Enyedy, Edgar and Tkacz, Nathaniel. 2011. ‘Good luck with your wikiPAIDia’: reflections on the 2002 fork of the Spanish Wikipedia. An interview with Edgar Enyedy and Nathaniel Tkacz. In: Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, eds. Critical point of view: a Wikipedia reader. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, pp. 110-118. ISBN 9789078146131
Edited Book
- Digital Light Cubitt, Sean; Palmer, Daniel and Tkacz, Nathaniel, eds. 2015. Digital Light. Ann Arbor: Open Humanities Press/fibreculture. ISBN 978-1-78542-000-9
- Critical point of view: a Wikipedia reader Lovink, Geert and Tkacz, Nathaniel, eds. 2011. Critical point of view: a Wikipedia reader. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. ISBN 9789078146131
Research projects
2022-2023:
Researching Platform Migration? Twitter decline and the rise of Mastodon
Pilot study of users who left Twitter (X) and moved to Mastodon
2022-2023:
Wikipedia and the nation’s story: Towards equity in knowledge production
A study of Australian national history on Wikipedia
2020-2020:
COVID-19 App Store and Data Flow Ecologies
A global study of Covid Apps
2018-2022:
Waterproofing Data
A large ESRC-funded (Belmon Forum) international study of the production and circulation of flood-related data.
2014-2016:
Interrogating the Dashboard: Data, Indicators and Decision-making
A ESRC-funded study of information dashboard across numerous organisational and personal settings.
2012:
MoneyLab
A research network for experimental digital economies