Joseph Markman

Applied Digital Anthropologist

Materials of practice

Cultural systems Cultural systems
Digital infrastructures Digital infrastructures
Emerging technologies Emerging technologies
Human sensemaking Human sensemaking

Selected inquiries

01 / Discourse

Digital Intimacy in a Post-Artificial World

Invited Speaker — Applied Anthropology Network, Bologna (Oct 2025)

Investigating the shift in mediated intimacy: why technologically-driven conversations can feel more authentic than human ones, and what this reveals about contemporary social conditions. Investigating the shift in mediated intimacy.

02 / Examination

AI Griefbots & Posthumous Consent

Author & Lead Researcher — Ethics & Governance Audit (2024)

Auditing ethical failures in posthumous data use and advocating for consent sovereignty models that preserve human dignity across life, death, and digital afterlives. Auditing ethical failures in posthumous data use and advocating for consent sovereignty.

03 / Framework

Co-Liminal Mediation Model

Developer & Principal Investigator — Proprietary Theoretical Logic (2025)

Mapping agency in human–AI interaction: a topographical framework for understanding boundaries across cultural, infrastructural, and relational planes. Mapping agency in human–AI interaction.

Applied practice

Alongside research, I work in applied contexts where cultural insight meets operational reality. This includes UX-adjacent research and service design, strategic work on emerging technologies, and ongoing intercultural mediation in bilingual environments.

I am also the founder of Auxlia, an experimental service exploring orientation, clarity, and human presence in moments where systems fall short.