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Friday, May 1, 2020

Tracking COVID-19

By Ghadah Alrasheed Whenever there is a crisis, people often go to technology for “help”. It is what historians and cultural scholars describe as “technological optimism”. It means that technology evokes hopeful aspirations for people whenever they struggle with large issues and crises. So when physical communication is interrupted,... More

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Lim on Big Data from the South

On 4 December 2018, Merlyna Lim spoke at the public plenary on "Big Data from the South: -- with Nick Couldry (London School of Economics), Ulises Mejias (SUNY Oswego), and Payal Aurora (Erasmus University Rotterdam). The event was held in advance of the workshop  “Big Data from the South: Towards a Research Agenda” which took place at... More

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