Feb 24
On 6 Mar I’ll present Global Africa as Method at #GloTechLab. Drawing on ethnography across Nairobi, Maputo & Guangzhou, it rethinks African fashion as a method for understanding creativity and value-making across China–Africa networks.
📍UMass Amherst
🔗 glotechlab.net/events-global…
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5 Jun 2025
Great to be part of this @CarnegieEndow volume edited by @stevejfeldstein, featuring colleagues @janjiraSin1984 @irenepoet. My chapter is “How CounterDisinfo funding in the Global Majority is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It”, from @GloTechLab research. bit.ly/4lcxisX 👇🏽
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21 Jan 2025
It is precisely the Global Majority’s aversion to techno-legal fixes that gives rise to the creativity of its civil society. The world should take note.
mediawell.ssrc.org/articles/…
@jonathan_c_ong & @GloTechLab team advance a Global Majority-driven agenda on disinformation.
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15 Jan 2025
So proud of Jane Pyo, our @GloTechLab postdoc, for this Outstanding Article Award nomination. Well deserved!
15 Jan 2025
Oh wow, this is so amazing that my article was nominated for the Outstanding Article Award, amongst other amazing scholars 🙌🏼🙌🏼 I feel so blessed!
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6 Jan 2025
We're excited @3lmantra visits UMass Amherst this spring as part of her book tour and delivering the @UMassCommDept Annual Lecture! Cheers to future collabs between Inclusive AI <=> @GloTechLab😊
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11 Dec 2024
Check out @sanja_vico’s exciting new book on nationalism and cosmopolitanism. I’d love to host you @GloTechLab @UMassCommDept for your US book tour👇🏽🫶🏽
10 Dec 2024
Delighted to announce that my monograph 'Doing Nation' in a Digital Age is available for pre-order with Routledge 💫🥳 routledge.com/Doing-Nation-i…
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3 Dec 2024
Looking for thoughtful analysis of late-breaking developments in South Korea? Follow @HeesooJang2, journalism professor at @UMassAmherst and @GloTechLab Faculty Fellow. 👉🏽 Her interview on CNN youtube.com/watch?v=VF-XQp4B…
3 Dec 2024
Joined @cnn live. Key takeaways:
1️⃣ President Yoon's declaration of Martial Law is not surprising—it has been building for some time.
2️⃣ Nonetheless, it marks a turning point in South Korea's democratic history.
3️⃣ Democratic stakeholders demonstrated remarkable resilience.
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18 Nov 2024
What can South-to-South knowledge exchange contribute to Tech and Democracy research? What are divergence points between Global North & South tech justice advocacies? How are so-called global “whole-of-society” coalitions extractive of “local partners”? New study @GloTechLab 1/6
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13 Nov 2024
Congratulations Herman and team. Looking forward to collaborations with @GloTechLab 👇🏽
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11 Nov 2024
Date for your diary: Reforming Tech and Democracy Programs for the Global Majority. Virtual Launch Event of the Study Custom Built / Feito Sob Medida.
November 20, 2024
10:00am - 11:30am EST
ssrc.org/events/reforming-te……
@SSRC_org @GloTechLab @jonathan_c_ong @EthanZ @raquelrecuero
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4 Nov 2024
This virtual launch event launches an important new study entitled Custom Built / Feito Sob Medida: Reforming Tech and Democracy Programs for the Global Majority.
ssrc.org/events/reforming-te…
@SSRC_org @GloTechLab @jonathan_c_ong @EthanZ @raquelrecuero
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1 Nov 2024
Happening now: @norasuren of @GloTechLab presenting her typology of Turkish content creators and experiences of risks based on their qualities/tonalities of digital activism 👏 #AOIR2024
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1 Nov 2024
For those interested to further discuss the politics of global aid and questions of who funds good digital interventions and how can they better serve the Global Majority, join us for this Nov 20 webinar with @ssrc_just_tech @GloTechLab 👇🏽
ssrc.org/events/reforming-te…
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30 Oct 2024
We’re thrilled to be at #AoIR2024 welcomed by the Lord Mayor to Sheffield to UK’s (first?) sanctuary city 🫶🏽 @larri_mill and I repping UMass’ @GloTechLab tonight 👋🏼
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25 Oct 2024
Thank you for the support, to all @GloTechLab members!!🫶🏼 I got amazing feedback and excitement from the audience
25 Oct 2024
Incredibly rich presentation today by GloTech postdoc @pyo_jane on the contentious relationships between left activists and the conservative press in Korea, dwelling in morally grey areas of protest / harassment in a(n elite?) democracy 👏
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24 Oct 2024
Thanks Jonathan! So looking forward to working with you and your community :)
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23 Oct 2024
Excited to host @praymurray at @GloTechLab @digitalgoodnet next year as @digitalgoodnet from the South Research Fellow! Congratulations Padmini!
23 Oct 2024
fellow this year: affording me time, space, resources & collaborative energy to work on what I believe is key to shifting the status quo in AI discourse: exploring how non-Western imaginations can forge a model for AI paradigms to create genuine digital good.
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21 Oct 2024
We @GloTechLab are thrilled to celebrate graduate fellow @norasuren's MIT Predoctoral Fellowship! Nora is a global digital scholar specializing in promotional cultures, gender and social media -- and she's on the job market! Check out this special feature. umass.edu/news/article/commu…
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