I work at the intersection of surveillance studies, digital culture and the humanities, with an emphasis on how literary texts help us understand human subjectivity under conditions of datafication. I also have expertise in poetry & poetics, digital humanities, cultural data, facial recognition technology, digital research infrastructures and—oddly but not accidentally—David Bowie.
From 2024-2026 I’m working on an Australian Research Council DECRA project about the relationship between surveillance and contemporary global literature, ‘SurveiLit: Surveillance & Literature.’
My first book, Lyric Eye: The Poetics of Twentieth-Century Surveillance (2021) is a study of the relationship between 20th century American poetry and surveillance, which carves out new ways of understanding cultural discourse, personal identity and artistic expression in response to state surveillance. I am currently working on a second book which examines faciality and literary form alongside a cultural history of facial recognition technologies.
I frequently speak on panels, at public events and at workshops about interdisciplinary and transformative approaches to the humanities. I’ve delivered keynotes and talks to a wide range of audiences on everything from big data in libraries to what literature can tell us about memory.
I like glam rock, cavernous art galleries, astronomy, karaoke, and turning my hobbies into a convenient talking point whenever I can.
I post a combination of research, bibliomania & trivial nonsense over at: @tynedaile.bsky.social
You can also find me on LinkedIn.