Mark Friis Hau
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 206602 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mark Friis Hau |
| PRENOMES | Mark Friis |
| SOBRENOME | Hau |
| ASSINATURA | HAU M F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7496-1232 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 51 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Unions as Digital Trailblazers
Unions are increasingly adopting digital tools, yet research often portrays them as lagging in the digital age. This article challenges that view by examining union agency in the digitalisation of voting. Drawing on qualitative interviews with union officials, digital consultants collaborating on developing digital union voting and 12 years of voting and bargaining data from 6 Danish unions, we use affordance theory to show how union leaders’ und…
AI literacy as metacommunicative agility
This paper investigates how people perceive and evaluate authorship in AI-generated texts, situating these practices within broader questions of AI literacy. Using data from a two-year experimental study ( N = 88) on blind assessments of paired human and AI-authored texts across three genres, we examine the interpretive strategies respondents mobilize. Theoretically, we draw on Gregory Bateson’s metacommunication and Erving Goffman’s frame theory…
Beyond bias
Purpose This paper reconceptualizes biases in large language models (LLMs) from technical flaws requiring algorithmic fixes to intrinsic “AI cultures” amenable to ethnographic study. We argue that anthropological perspectives on knowledge and culture offer conceptual resources that enrich ongoing discussions of artificial intelligence (AI) bias, developing a framework for understanding how these systems participate in organizational meaning-makin…
Prosopopoeia
This paper investigates prosopopoeia, the rhetorical act of giving voice or persona to nonhuman entities, as a framework for addressing the communicative anxieties that emerge in human–AI interaction. Drawing on Gregory Bateson’s theory of play and metacommunication, the paper develops prosopopoeia as a third mode between naïve anthropomorphism and instrumental tool use. Unlike anthropomorphism, which attributes human qualities to AI and can erod…
Writing with machines? Reconceptualizing student work in the age of AI
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) such as ChatGPT fundamentally challenges traditional assumptions about student authorship and assessment in higher education. Drawing on Michel Foucault's notion of the “author function” and Roland Barthes' critique of textual authority, this paper argues that AI chatbots expose critical tensions in how we understand and evaluate student work. After examining why conventional approaches to en…
Social media, democracy, and the labor movement
This article explores the transformative power of social media communication in the labor movement, with a specific focus on how online grassroots activism influences union democracy. We argue that communicative challenges online from the unions’ own grassroots result in unions revitalizing their on- and offline member communication, which strengthens union democracy. Through a mixed-methods approach including quantitative analysis of Facebook in…
Chatbots and the Craft of Ethnography
This paper examines how AI chatbots are reshaping ethnographic pedagogy and practice through four short encounters. We argue that the emergence of large language models (LLMs) presents anthropological education with challenges comparable to the crisis of representation in the 1980s, forcing us to reconsider fundamental questions of authorship, authority and the relationship between experience and text. Through examining the use of AI chatbots in …
Union democracy from below
We examine how digital platforms transform traditional patterns of grassroots labor mobilization through a comparative analysis of two cases: the 2021 formation of Foreningen af Danske Sygeplejersker (FDS) by nurses in Denmark and Las Kellys, an association of Spanish hotel chambermaids. While both organizations emerged from female-dominated sectors, their divergent trajectories show how institutional contexts and professional identities shape di…
Virtually Shamans
This article explores the emerging relationship between humans and AI chatbots through the anthropological lens of shamanic practice, proposing the concept of "virtually shamans" to understand these digital interactions. Drawing on ethnographic traditions of studying magic, spirituality, and technological mediation, we argue that AI chatbot users occupy a liminal position analogous to shamanic intermediaries, navigating between mundane human expe…
Like, Share, Lead
This article draws on the theories of Max Weber to explore how social media can redefine organization and hierarchy in the contemporary labor movement. Through a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative analysis of social media posts and in-depth interviews with key grassroots activists in Denmark, the article highlights how the personal, affective, and participatory nature of social media challenges traditional union legitimacy. The finding…
Solidarity with and against
This article examines how precarious migrant workers build solidarity through multiple identifications beyond traditional class-based understandings. Based on interviews with 113 participants across three sectors in Denmark, we explore how migrant workers' solidarity is shaped by both internal group dynamics and external boundary making. We identify two key forces affecting worker solidarity: 'solidarity with', where workers prioritise personal a…
Towards 'augmented sociology'? A practice-oriented framework for using large language model-powered chatbots
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are rapidly gaining popularity as labour-augmenting tools. This paper is for sociologists seeking to make the best use of this technology in their work. It presents a practice-oriented framework for using AI chatbots in sociology, building on considerations of the technical conditions of LLMs to introduce both a task categorization and the concept of a '…
Introduction | Will Work
This special issue aims to deepen and diversify anthropological explorations of human volition. While volition is a central theme in philosophy and theology, its anthropological dimensions are less explored. This edited collection seeks to reposition human volition as a pivotal element of anthropological inquiry. The investigation extends into the realms of ethics/morality, freedom, and experience, opening new avenues for research. Comprising fou…
Between Settlement and Mobilization
Since both 'conflict and co-operation are at the heart of employment relations', unions need to strike a balance between mobilizing workers against employers and 'social dialogue' when communicating with members and the public. Drawing on a case study of unions and grassroots communication on Facebook during sector collective bargaining, this article develops a framework of politico-communicative logics that inform the social media strategies of …
Building coalitions on Facebook
Platform work represents an important challenge for the ‘Danish model’ of unionisation. Using interviews and ethnographic data, this article analyses the strategies of the Danish grassroots union movement the Wolt Workers' Group, representing principally migrant couriers using the food‐delivery platform Wolt. This study is an attempt to map an emergent form of flexible labour organisation based on horizontal, informal online networks while suppor…
From Local Concerns to Global Challenges
Issues related to anthropogenic climate change such as global warming, fossil fuel emissions, and renewable energy have emerged as some of the most important and pertinent political questions today. While the role of the state in the Anthropocene has been explored in academia, there is a severe dearth of research on the relationship between climate change and nationalism, especially at the sub-state level. This paper builds on the concept of “gre…
Green nationalism. Climate action and environmentalism in left nationalist parties
Climate change is arguably the single most important political issue in the world today. As yet, however, there has been little research on the relationship between climate change and nationalism. In this contribution we investigate the possible existence of a ‘green nationalism’ among progressive and social democratic sub-state nationalist parties in minority nations. We identify an uncharted rhetorical and ideological continuity between how cli…
From National Holiday to Independence Day
Issues related to Catalan secessionism are central to current debates on European integration, nationalism, and territorial politics, and the Catalan independence movement has become famous for its large annual demonstrations on Catalan national day, the Diada. This paper represents the first attempt at a thorough empirical investigation of the most important political event in Catalonia combining historical and ethnographic analysis that covers …
Green nationalism. Climate action and environmentalism in left nationalist parties
Climate change is arguably the single most important political issue in the world today. As yet, however, there has been little research on the relationship between climate change and nationalism. In this contribution we investigate the possible existence of a ‘green nationalism’ among progressive and social democratic sub-state nationalist parties in minority nations. We identify an uncharted rhetorical and ideological continuity between how cli…
Building coalitions on Facebook
Platform work represents an important challenge for the ‘Danish model’ of unionisation. Using interviews and ethnographic data, this article analyses the strategies of the Danish grassroots union movement the Wolt Workers' Group, representing principally migrant couriers using the food‐delivery platform Wolt. This study is an attempt to map an emergent form of flexible labour organisation based on horizontal, informal online networks while suppor…
From Local Concerns to Global Challenges
Issues related to anthropogenic climate change such as global warming, fossil fuel emissions, and renewable energy have emerged as some of the most important and pertinent political questions today. While the role of the state in the Anthropocene has been explored in academia, there is a severe dearth of research on the relationship between climate change and nationalism, especially at the sub-state level. This paper builds on the concept of “gre…
Towards 'augmented sociology'? A practice-oriented framework for using large language model-powered chatbots
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are rapidly gaining popularity as labour-augmenting tools. This paper is for sociologists seeking to make the best use of this technology in their work. It presents a practice-oriented framework for using AI chatbots in sociology, building on considerations of the technical conditions of LLMs to introduce both a task categorization and the concept of a '…
From National Holiday to Independence Day
Issues related to Catalan secessionism are central to current debates on European integration, nationalism, and territorial politics, and the Catalan independence movement has become famous for its large annual demonstrations on Catalan national day, the Diada. This paper represents the first attempt at a thorough empirical investigation of the most important political event in Catalonia combining historical and ethnographic analysis that covers …
Introduction | Will Work
This special issue aims to deepen and diversify anthropological explorations of human volition. While volition is a central theme in philosophy and theology, its anthropological dimensions are less explored. This edited collection seeks to reposition human volition as a pivotal element of anthropological inquiry. The investigation extends into the realms of ethics/morality, freedom, and experience, opening new avenues for research. Comprising fou…
Between Settlement and Mobilization
Since both 'conflict and co-operation are at the heart of employment relations', unions need to strike a balance between mobilizing workers against employers and 'social dialogue' when communicating with members and the public. Drawing on a case study of unions and grassroots communication on Facebook during sector collective bargaining, this article develops a framework of politico-communicative logics that inform the social media strategies of …
From National Holiday to Independence Day
Issues related to Catalan secessionism are central to current debates on European integration, nationalism, and territorial politics, and the Catalan independence movement has become famous for its large annual demonstrations on Catalan national day, the Diada. This paper represents the first attempt at a thorough empirical investigation of the most important political event in Catalonia combining historical and ethnographic analysis that covers …
Green nationalism. Climate action and environmentalism in left nationalist parties
Climate change is arguably the single most important political issue in the world today. As yet, however, there has been little research on the relationship between climate change and nationalism. In this contribution we investigate the possible existence of a ‘green nationalism’ among progressive and social democratic sub-state nationalist parties in minority nations. We identify an uncharted rhetorical and ideological continuity between how cli…
From Local Concerns to Global Challenges
Issues related to anthropogenic climate change such as global warming, fossil fuel emissions, and renewable energy have emerged as some of the most important and pertinent political questions today. While the role of the state in the Anthropocene has been explored in academia, there is a severe dearth of research on the relationship between climate change and nationalism, especially at the sub-state level. This paper builds on the concept of “gre…
Building coalitions on Facebook
Platform work represents an important challenge for the ‘Danish model’ of unionisation. Using interviews and ethnographic data, this article analyses the strategies of the Danish grassroots union movement the Wolt Workers' Group, representing principally migrant couriers using the food‐delivery platform Wolt. This study is an attempt to map an emergent form of flexible labour organisation based on horizontal, informal online networks while suppor…
Between Settlement and Mobilization
Since both 'conflict and co-operation are at the heart of employment relations', unions need to strike a balance between mobilizing workers against employers and 'social dialogue' when communicating with members and the public. Drawing on a case study of unions and grassroots communication on Facebook during sector collective bargaining, this article develops a framework of politico-communicative logics that inform the social media strategies of …
Writing with machines? Reconceptualizing student work in the age of AI
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) such as ChatGPT fundamentally challenges traditional assumptions about student authorship and assessment in higher education. Drawing on Michel Foucault's notion of the “author function” and Roland Barthes' critique of textual authority, this paper argues that AI chatbots expose critical tensions in how we understand and evaluate student work. After examining why conventional approaches to en…
Social media, democracy, and the labor movement
This article explores the transformative power of social media communication in the labor movement, with a specific focus on how online grassroots activism influences union democracy. We argue that communicative challenges online from the unions’ own grassroots result in unions revitalizing their on- and offline member communication, which strengthens union democracy. Through a mixed-methods approach including quantitative analysis of Facebook in…
Chatbots and the Craft of Ethnography
This paper examines how AI chatbots are reshaping ethnographic pedagogy and practice through four short encounters. We argue that the emergence of large language models (LLMs) presents anthropological education with challenges comparable to the crisis of representation in the 1980s, forcing us to reconsider fundamental questions of authorship, authority and the relationship between experience and text. Through examining the use of AI chatbots in …
Union democracy from below
We examine how digital platforms transform traditional patterns of grassroots labor mobilization through a comparative analysis of two cases: the 2021 formation of Foreningen af Danske Sygeplejersker (FDS) by nurses in Denmark and Las Kellys, an association of Spanish hotel chambermaids. While both organizations emerged from female-dominated sectors, their divergent trajectories show how institutional contexts and professional identities shape di…
Virtually Shamans
This article explores the emerging relationship between humans and AI chatbots through the anthropological lens of shamanic practice, proposing the concept of "virtually shamans" to understand these digital interactions. Drawing on ethnographic traditions of studying magic, spirituality, and technological mediation, we argue that AI chatbot users occupy a liminal position analogous to shamanic intermediaries, navigating between mundane human expe…
Like, Share, Lead
This article draws on the theories of Max Weber to explore how social media can redefine organization and hierarchy in the contemporary labor movement. Through a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative analysis of social media posts and in-depth interviews with key grassroots activists in Denmark, the article highlights how the personal, affective, and participatory nature of social media challenges traditional union legitimacy. The finding…
Solidarity with and against
This article examines how precarious migrant workers build solidarity through multiple identifications beyond traditional class-based understandings. Based on interviews with 113 participants across three sectors in Denmark, we explore how migrant workers' solidarity is shaped by both internal group dynamics and external boundary making. We identify two key forces affecting worker solidarity: 'solidarity with', where workers prioritise personal a…
Towards 'augmented sociology'? A practice-oriented framework for using large language model-powered chatbots
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are rapidly gaining popularity as labour-augmenting tools. This paper is for sociologists seeking to make the best use of this technology in their work. It presents a practice-oriented framework for using AI chatbots in sociology, building on considerations of the technical conditions of LLMs to introduce both a task categorization and the concept of a '…
Introduction | Will Work
This special issue aims to deepen and diversify anthropological explorations of human volition. While volition is a central theme in philosophy and theology, its anthropological dimensions are less explored. This edited collection seeks to reposition human volition as a pivotal element of anthropological inquiry. The investigation extends into the realms of ethics/morality, freedom, and experience, opening new avenues for research. Comprising fou…
Unions as Digital Trailblazers
Unions are increasingly adopting digital tools, yet research often portrays them as lagging in the digital age. This article challenges that view by examining union agency in the digitalisation of voting. Drawing on qualitative interviews with union officials, digital consultants collaborating on developing digital union voting and 12 years of voting and bargaining data from 6 Danish unions, we use affordance theory to show how union leaders’ und…
AI literacy as metacommunicative agility
This paper investigates how people perceive and evaluate authorship in AI-generated texts, situating these practices within broader questions of AI literacy. Using data from a two-year experimental study ( N = 88) on blind assessments of paired human and AI-authored texts across three genres, we examine the interpretive strategies respondents mobilize. Theoretically, we draw on Gregory Bateson’s metacommunication and Erving Goffman’s frame theory…
Beyond bias
Purpose This paper reconceptualizes biases in large language models (LLMs) from technical flaws requiring algorithmic fixes to intrinsic “AI cultures” amenable to ethnographic study. We argue that anthropological perspectives on knowledge and culture offer conceptual resources that enrich ongoing discussions of artificial intelligence (AI) bias, developing a framework for understanding how these systems participate in organizational meaning-makin…
Prosopopoeia
This paper investigates prosopopoeia, the rhetorical act of giving voice or persona to nonhuman entities, as a framework for addressing the communicative anxieties that emerge in human–AI interaction. Drawing on Gregory Bateson’s theory of play and metacommunication, the paper develops prosopopoeia as a third mode between naïve anthropomorphism and instrumental tool use. Unlike anthropomorphism, which attributes human qualities to AI and can erod…
Sociology (11 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Law (8 obras) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (7 obras) · Labor Movements and Unions (7 obras) · Politics (7 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Political economy (5 obras) · Social media (5 obras) · Democracy (4 obras)