Thomas Dekeyser

@ThomasDekeyser

Geographer @UoSGeogEnv. Research: refusal, tech, cities. Book: Techno-Negative (@UMinnPress). Films: Breached/Machines in Flames (@Destruct_Intl).

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Thomas Dekeyser @ThomasDekeyser Mar 24

Today is the release date for ✨Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine 🕳️

The book traces the long histories of technological resistance, and offers a source of inspiration for those looking for a new tech politics.

Get in touch for reviews/events/talks/etc

Thomas Dekeyser @ThomasDekeyser 3d

on my way to Durham to present initial ideas on the new AI authoritarianism project at the newly-founded 'geographies of fascism and freedom' research group. join if you happen to be in the area!

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Thomas Dekeyser @ThomasDekeyser Oct 26

New generous review of Techno-Negative in Technology & Culture. Thanks @ezrateboul

"a theory of tech that listens to contemporary desires for abolitionist politics [and] takes critiques of humanist theories of technology to a politically potent place."

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

Thomas Dekeyser @ThomasDekeyser Oct 22

Techno-Negative is currently on sale with 30% off from the University Minnesota Press' own online shop, as well as (in person) at the ASA conference happening currently.

Buy from here: z.umn.edu/amst26
Discount code: MNAMST26

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Thomas Dekeyser @ThomasDekeyser Sep 14

Spoke to NPR about why the "AI agents going rogue" narrative misses the actual threats AI is posing: environmental, military, social, etc. Also: why the "look how powerful the AI is" plays into the hands of the AI companies. npr.org/2026/09/13/nx-…

www.npr.org Could AI kill us all? Professor weighs in on former Anthropic employee's claim NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks University of Southampton's Thomas Dekeyser about worries AI is becoming fatally out of control.