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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 14d

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"Data cultures: Contested meanings in a public cultural institution" by Nathalie Casemajor
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Explores how data culture at Quebec’s National Library (BAnQ) reflects tensions between innovation, governance, and public service goals.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 16d

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Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi proposes an “interviewing AI” framework—using qualitative methods to study how AI systems behave.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 16d

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Lindsay Weinberg examines how Microsoft’s Power BI is reshaping Danish higher ed governance—turning students into data points, linking programs to job metrics, and pushing new forms of accountability.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 23d

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Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer argues generative AI is not just another tool but a learned technology—shaping task-relatedness, interaction, and agency in new ways.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 26d

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Repair and redress: A research program for algorithmic futures
by @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social & Apryl Williams

Fairness frameworks have dominated AI ethics, but often fall short. 📖 Read full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Florian Jaton @flojaton.bsky.social · Sep 8

So honored to join the editorial boards of @bigdatasoc.bsky.social and Social Studies of Science. And quite intimidating to be surrounded by so many prestigious scholars! 🫨
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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Sep 5

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“Should I provide my health data for research? Citizens assessing the value of data provision” by Susanne Oechsner, Robin Rae, and @ulrike-felt.bsky.social.

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#digitalhealth #mediatedreciprocity

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

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"Gender data for good? Partnerships between tech companies and humanitarian and development organizations" by Tara Patricia Cookson and Ruth Carlitz.

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#humanitarian #development #dataforgood #genderequality

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

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"From platform provider to big-data-enabled financier: Industrial upgrading in China’s hog sector" by Yuxing Zhang.

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#Smartfarming #China #platform #digitalagriculture #finance #algorithm

Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 31

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"Our data, ourselves: Participation, justice, and alternative futures of data sovereignty in India" by Sagnik Dutta & Mazumdar Suruchi

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Digital rights activism in India reframes data sovereignty from the ground up.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 30

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"Prediction and data curation in digital humanitarianism" by Gianluca Lazzolino & Nimesh Dhungana

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Asks how “data work” shapes digital humanitarianism, revealing tensions between prediction, curation, and humanitarian principles.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

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"Unsustainable artificial intelligence and algorithmically facilitated emissions: The case for emissions-reduction-by-design" by Jutta Haider et al.

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AI-driven platforms normalize high-emission lifestyles, calls for redesign.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 28

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"Decolonizing AI? Lessons from a failed experiment" by Martin Tironi & Camila Albornoz

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Failed bid to decolonize AI imaginaries in Latin America shows limits of dominant approaches, recasting failure as a tool for engagement

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 27

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"The ICE–Lexis nexus: An argument against use of commercial databases in immigration enforcement" by Jessica Needle & Alan Rubel

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Critiques U.S. use of Accurint in immigration enforcement for violating rights and autonomy.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 26

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"Who decides what is read on Goodreads?" by Yuerong Hu et al.

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Incentivized reviews show how sponsorship and platform dynamics shape reading, reinforce inequalities, and complicate use of scraped data in research.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 25

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The promise of security of unfinished infrastructure: Temporal configurations of the ‘interoperability’ project and the criminalization of migration by Nina Amelung

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 24

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"Our data, ourselves" by Sagnik Dutta and Suruchi Mazumdar

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Activists in India resist data colonialism and reimagine data sovereignty via grassroots mobilisation, accountability, and justice.

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · Aug 18

My co-authors, Jana Diesner, @tedunderwood.me, @zoeleblanc.bsky.social, @gworthey.bsky.social and
@profdownie.bsky.social, and I are excited to share our paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social "Who decides what is read on Goodreads?" on book review sponsorship, open access at doi.org/10.1177/2053....

Hu, Y., Diesner, J., Underwood, T., LeBlanc, Z., Layne-Worthey, G., & Downie, J. S. (2025). Who decides what is read on Goodreads? Uncovering sponsorship and its implications for scholarly Research. Big Data & Society, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251359229 (Original work published 2025)

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 8

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"Afrofuturist ambiguities: Inclusion and consolidation in South African digital finance" by Maha Rafi Atal @maharafiatal.bsky.social & Pamela Mondliwa doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Fintech inclusion meets consolidation, data extraction & exclusion.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Why did the smart home fail?

Mundane resistance at home—not just tech flaws—undermined Big Tech’s vision.

📖 Goulden & Cameron: lnkd.in/ezp-Ee-h
#SmartHome #PlatformPower #SurveillanceCapitalism

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Jul 29

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"Why sovereignty matters for humanitarian data" by @empo11on.bsky.social (Aaron Martin)
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From Rohingya biometrics to Ukraine data, sharing humanitarian data disputes reveal deeper power struggles. Enter the “pseudo-sovereigns.”

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Aaron Martin @empo11on.bsky.social · Jul 29

New paper out in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social on #humanitarian #data #sovereignty💥

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My deep gratitude to @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social, @margchee.bsky.social, @emryss.bsky.social, Quito Tsui, Paul Currion, @sophiebt.bsky.social, and @massimomarelli.bsky.social for the inspiration ❤️

Why sovereignty matters for humanitarian data - Aaron Martin, 2025

Technological interventions in aid are both complex and deeply ambiguous. Nonetheless, many contemporary controversies surrounding humanitarian data reflect und...

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Jul 22

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"Playing, earning, crashing, and grinding: Axie Infinity and growth crises in the Web3 economy" by Jordan Ali & Gili Vidan

What happens when play becomes work—and the game economy crashes?

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Aisha Kadiri @aplkadiri.bsky.social · Jun 18

Yes, privacy is contextual. But what does that mean for discussions of data privacy in various African contexts?
Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah and I have a new publication out in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social to answer this question with a case study of fintech in Ghana.

Article with the title “Contextual integrity in Africa's plural-legal contexts: Fintech, privacy, and informational norms in Ghana”

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