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British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford
PhD, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Hong Kong Baptist University
MA, Department of Philosophy and Education, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zagreb
BA, Department of Philosophy, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zagreb
Research Interests
Anthropology, philosophy, history of science, technology and popular culture
Japanese culture
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Transnational anarchist digital networks: Japanese animation and civic imagination in political and cultural movements in Hong Kong
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research project
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Animation in Transnational Digital Network: Anime and Hong Kong’s Social Movement
Kovacic, M. & Zhang, Y., May 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Urban AI in China: Social control or hyper-capitalist development in the post-smart city?
Marvin, S., While, A., Chen, B. & Kovacic, M., 11 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 4, 1030318.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cyborg in Idology Studies: Symbiosis of Animating Humans and Machines
Kovacic, M., 10 Dec 2021, Idology in Transcultural Perspective: Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry. Hiroshi, A., Galbraith, P. W. & Kovacic, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 91–131 40 p.Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Idology in Transcultural Perspective: Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry
Hiroshi, A. (ed.), Galbraith, P. W. (ed.) & Kovacic, M. (ed.), 10 Dec 2021, 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 321 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review
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Making space for drones: The contested reregulation of airspace in Tanzania and Rwanda
Lockhart, A., While, A., Marvin, S., KOVACIC, M., Odendaal, N. & Alexander, C., Dec 2021, In: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 46, 4, p. 850-865 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access12 Citations (Scopus)
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Comparative Everyday Aesthetics: East-West Studies in Contemporary Living
Mateja KOVACIC (Participant) & Eva K W MAN (Participant)
2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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Microorganisms and algorithms: Configurations of life in Ghost in the Shell
Mateja KOVACIC (Speaker)
2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Ideas, Imaginaries, Politics, Geopolitics, and Economics: A comparative cultural perspective on social robotics and AI in Japan, Dubai, and California
Mateja KOVACIC (Speaker)
2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Idology in Transcultural Perspective: Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry
Mateja KOVACIC (Speaker), Hiroshi Aoyagi (Speaker) & Patrick Galbraith (Speaker)
2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units