Essays about: "data extractivism"

Found 4 essays containing the words data extractivism.

  1. 1. "The Open Veins Remain Open": GM Soy Cultivation, Socio-Environmental Struggle and the Political Economy of Contemporary Peronist Development in Argentina

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Julian Dannefjord; [2023]
    Keywords : Argentina; genetically modified soy; GMO; extractivism; Peronism; Kirchner; Gramsci; bio-hegemony; interviews; participant observation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Argentina is a pioneer in practicing export-oriented extractivism as a model of socio-economic development. A prevalent extractive project is genetically modified (GM) soy, which was adopted under neoliberal governance in the 1990s and has had a variety of socio-environmental consequences in the country. READ MORE

  3. 2. "If they win, we disappear": An interview study of local mining opposition in northwestern Ecuador

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : John Jederlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Anthropology; Mining; Extractivism; Cultural politics; Ecological imaginary; Development; Social fabric; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In the contemporary globalised era, social and economic development is being increasingly associated with extractivism. Opening up resource markets to multinational extractive industries is a common strategy used by Latin American states for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. READ MORE

  4. 3. Artificial Intelligence in National Media: How the North-South Divide Matters

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Claudia Wladdimiro Quevedo; [2022]
    Keywords : Artificial intelligence; sociotechnical imaginaries; critical discourse analysis; data extractivism; hegemonic voice; North-South perspective; China.;

    Abstract : This study addresses the issue of how discourses around Artificial Intelligence have been presentedin national media. To explore this topic, I analyze news articles to identify narratives and imaginariesthat contribute to building the concept of AI from a North-South perspective. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dismantling Extractivism in Smart Living : Radical approaches to sustainability transitions

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Aleyda Rocha Sepulveda; [2020]
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    Abstract : This thesis is an undisciplinary exploration of the expanding concept of extractivism that has shaped the social structures running in visible and invisible ways through our daily lives. This research work starts with a broad understanding of the histories of extractivism as an embedded practice that articulates modes of being in the world. READ MORE