Essays about: "data colonization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words data colonization.

1. 1. Sterilization in 2023 : A Historical Analysis of LGBTQIA+ Rights in the Nordic Countries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Jeremy Havery; [2023]
   Keywords : Nordic; Queer Rights; LGBTQIA History; Legal History; Jens Rydström; State Capacity; Colonization; Finland; Trans Rights; Queer History;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to generate a model to answer why there is a notable gap in legislative action with regards to expanding and modernizing LGBTQIA+ rights between Sweden and Denmark and the other Nordic countries, groups described by Jens Rydström as the Progressive Core and Conservative Periphery respectively. In order to do so, there is an analysis of the applicability of Rydström’s model to legislative history. READ MORE

3. 2. Data (De)colonization: Case of the “Safe City” Project in Belgrade

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Petar Korac; [2022]
   Keywords : decoloniality; data colonization; datafication; big data; biometric surveillance; Safe City; data double; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In my thesis, I follow the argument of the authors belonging to the school of decoloniality, who explore the phenomena of coloniality of power outside of historical colonialism. This gives me the freedom to look through decolonial lances into phenomena of undergoing colonization through data. READ MORE

4. 3. Decolonial affordances of a communal heritage platform: A case study of the Reciprocal Research Network

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Jason Maurer; [2021]
   Keywords : Reciprocal Research Network; cultural heritage; Indigenous peoples; First Nations; actor-network theory; decolonial;

   Abstract : Museums are increasingly reckoning with their roles in the colonization of Indigenous peoples as they seek to engage diverse forms of participation and justify their social relevance. Many are turning to digital solutions to aid with these endeavors, including digital repatriation/return platforms. READ MORE

5. 4. Agrotechnology Colonization 4.0 : Digital agriculture discourses and new coloniality in Argentina and beyond

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

   Author : Passero Sergio; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Argentina is among the largest producers of transgenics and its export occupies a strategic place in the GDP. In 2020, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and tech-companies lobbied the government to adopt Agro-Technology ecosystem as a strategic plan to intensify and add technologies that present uncertain risk. READ MORE

6. 5. The Political Economy of Deforestation of the Northwestern Colombian Amazon

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning (BIG); Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Paula Andrea Sanchez Garcia; [2021]
   Keywords : Amazon; Colombia; power dynamics; political economy; hegemony;

   Abstract : The Amazon has experienced rapid forest loss in the past decades due to the growing colonization, infrastructure development and commercial agriculture expansion. Understanding the underlying social, political and economic drivers of deforestation is key to curb deforestation of the Amazon basin. READ MORE