Mobilizing Data for Justice

In this episode, we explore strategies for countering authoritarianism on a visceral level with with Paul Schweizer from kollektiv orangotango (a network of critical geographers, artists, and activists) and Börries Nehe from the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies (IRGAC).

You’re listening to Mobilizing Data for Justice, a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data.  This podcast episode is an edited interview with Amber Macintyre from Tactical Tech. She tells us about her recent work, what inspires her, and her hopes for the future.Find out more about Amber's work here: https://tacticaltech.org/team-and-board/amber-macintyre-data-influence-democracy/

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data. In this episode we interview Nas and Jess from Visualizing Palestine. They tell us about how they overcome challenges and obstacles in their work, why the work is important, and what they see in the future.Find out more about Nas and Jess and their work here: https://visualizingpalestine.org/the-team/

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data. This episode is an edited interview with Petra Molnar from Refugee Law Lab. Petra told us about why she began this work, her current projects, and what keeps her motivated. Find out more about Petra's work at: https://www.petramolnar.com/about

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data.This episode is an edited interview with Giancarlo Fiorella from Bellingcat. Giancarlo told us about how he does his work, why the work is important, and how he takes care of himself and others.Check out some of Giancarlo's work here: https://www.bellingcat.com/author/giancarlofiorella/

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data. This podcast is an edited interview with Alex from the Accountability Archive. Alex tells us about how he got involved in archiving, why the work is important, and how it’s impacted him. Find out more about the Accountability Archive here: https://accountabilityarchive.org/

This week, the Data Justice Hub sat down with Jason Scott of Archive Team as he discusses the intricacies of archiving the internet. We explore what it means to be an ArchiveTeam Warrior and the ethics of archiving essentially anything and everything posted on the internet. With such a monumental task at hand, Jason and his team have spent years documenting knowledge, both domestic and abroad, to provide access to information for anyone who may be interested.

Join us this week as we discuss the Corporate Mapping Project with Dr. William Carroll of the University of Victoria. The Corporate Mapping Project is aimed at gathering data relating to the problematic involvement in the fossil fuel industry from corporations, universities, and government bodies throughout Canada. Dr. Carroll and his team have spent years collecting and analyzing the publically available data used to discern this harmful involvement to bring public awareness to these institutions' financial and environmental impact.

Join the Data Decoded team as we speak with No Tech for ICE about their work confronting the surveillance of marginalized BIPOC/Latinx communities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States. The head of the campaign, Jacinta Gonalez, discusses new technologies used by ICE in tracking and deporting immigrants, the private corporations that collaborate in providing ICE with data, as well as how we can go about resisting this emerging surveillance regime.

This episode, the Data Justice Hub chats with the founder of Queering the Map, Lucas LaRochelle, as they discuss their work archiving the experiences of queer folks and their allies through the individual submission of self-described queer experiences and feelings worldwide. LaRochelle also discusses the importance of community care and safety as themselves and their team navigate homophobia, transphobia, and doxxing. Join us as we explore the importance of queering archiving and what it means to preserve history in our latest episode.

In this episode, Dr. Erin McElroy discusses their work with the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (https://antievictionmap.com/), a grassroots collective in the United States that gathers data on evictions with the aim of confronting gentrification. McElroy discusses challenges in advocating for tenants rights with the adoption of new tracking and surveillance technologies by landlords.