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Zachary Loeb is an assistant professor in the department of history at Purdue University. His research sits at the intersection of the history of technology and the history of disasters. […]
What does digital support for global-majority organizations look like? In this interview, Just Tech Program Officer Ever Bussey talks with Paola Mosso and Lesedi Bewlay, executive director and deputy director at the Engine Room, respectively, a nonprofit organization that provides technical and data research support to civil society groups in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Here, they discuss their work and why it’s important to focus on the global majority world.
Lesedi Bewlay serves as deputy director at the Engine Room, where he leads efforts to strengthen partnerships and advise project leads across sub-Saharan Africa. Bewlay has a background in computer […]
Sarah Mosseri is a sociologist specializing in labor, inequality, and the hidden dynamics of workplace culture, with a PhD from the University of Virginia and a Courtesy Fellowship with Johns […]
Peter Howson is a technology writer, researcher, and assistant professor in international development at Northumbria University, Newcastle. He has written extensively on the social and environmental impacts of cryptocurrencies and […]
Over a decade after the introduction of cryptocurrencies, these have failed to gain prominence amongst the wider public, though they’re popular within niche groups. Yet, despite their widespread use, this alternative currency has had wide ranging repercussions. Scholar Peter Howson examines how cryptocurrency impacts the environment and Global South communities, as well as its links to political extremism.
Ahead of the release of her new book, Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis, to be released in January 2025, scholar Tao Leigh Goffe spoke with former Data Fluencies program officer Dannah Dennis about her research, unpacking how the histories of technology, race, and climate in the Caribbean can help us better understand the climate crisis and imagine new futures.
Tao Leigh Goffe is a writer, theorist, and interdisciplinary artist who grew up between the UK and New York. For the past 15 years, she has worked as an academic […]
ABSTRACT This field review traces the form and function of artifice at the intersections of data tech and climate change. The piece begins with a discussion of artifice and clarity-making, […]
Theodora Dryer is a writer, historian, and critical policy analyst. Her work centers on the political functions of algorithms and artificial intelligence in water and natural resource management. She is […]
Summer Sullivan is a PhD candidate in environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her work examines how emergent technologies affect workers and ecologies. Her project dissertation explores […]