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Miss Philippa Thornton

Postgraduate research student

Information Security Group

Pip.Thornton.2013@live.rhul.ac.uk

Supervised by

Keith M. Martin
1/10/13 → …
Peter Adey First/primary/lead supervisor
1/10/14 → …
Keith M. Martin
1/10/13 → …
Peter Adey First/primary/lead supervisor
1/10/14 → …
Keith M. Martin
1/10/13 → …
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.

Publications

E-pub ahead of print
A Critique of Linguistic Capitalism: Provocation/Intervention
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
Published
Diary of a plastic soldier (extracts)
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Activities

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