Miss Philippa Thornton
Miss Philippa Thornton
Postgraduate research student
Supervised by
Keith M. Martin
1/10/13 → …
Peter Adey First/primary/lead supervisor
1/10/14 → …
Personal profile
Pip Thornton comes to the CDT from a professional background in the Metropolitan Police and the military. She has BA degrees in History and Politics (Liverpool) and English Literature (Open University), and a Masters in English from King's College London. Her thesis Language in the Age of Algorithmic Reproduction examines the linguistic, economic and political effects of the commodification of language by companies such as Google. She is jointly supervised by Prof. Pete Adey from the Geography department and Prof Keith Martin from the ISG. Her research blog Linguistic Geographies can be found here.
- E-pub ahead of print
A Critique of Linguistic Capitalism: Provocation/Intervention
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Published
Language Redux
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Published
Geographies of (con)text: language and structure in a digital age
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
Pip Thornton's poem.py : RTE Culture File
Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in radio programme
NEW SCIENTIST - Data as Culture: Humour and absurdity stalk the internet
Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Newspaper/magazine
TRANSMEDIALE 2018 : Face Value
Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Festival/exhibition
Web Science 2018, Amsterdam - winner of best conference poster award
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
RHUL College Teaching Prize for Critical Security Mapping workshop
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Daffodils (2016): a critique of linguistic capitalism POSTER
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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