Dear EASST colleagues
<br>We hope this finds you and your loved one safe and well in this strange
<br>times.
<br>
<br>**apologies for cross-posting**
<br>
<br>Data are at the core of the narration of the pandemic. Numbers affect
<br>our ability to care, share empathy, and donate to relief efforts and
<br>emergency services. Numbers are the condition of existence of the
<br>problem, and of a country or given social reality on the global map of
<br>concerns. Yet most countries from the so-called Global South are
<br>virtually absent from this number-based narration of the pandemic, and
<br>so are many invisible populations like migrants. Why, and with what
<br>consequences? To answer this and many other pressing questions, we have
<br>launched a new collaborative space: COVID-19 from the margins.
<br>
<br>The multilingual blog COVID-19 from the margins [0] invites
<br>contributions reflecting on the first pandemic of the datafied society
<br>as it intersects situations of marginality, inequality, alterity,
<br>poverty but also resistance and subversion.
<br>
<br>We are particularly happy to announce that thanks to a generous funding
<br>from the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis (University of
<br>Amsterdam), we are currently able to ***offer a small compensation to
<br>authors of accepted blog posts*** who are in precarious job conditions,
<br>are students or unemployed, and/or from the Global South. Requests will
<br>be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
<br>To contribute visit [1] for English and [2] for Spanish. Any other
<br>language accepted!
<br>
<br>So far the blog features articles on the widening data divide in the
<br>global South, the perils of biometric social welfare during lockdowns,
<br>invisibilized populations (e.g. migrants) in the European continent, the
<br>privacy hurdles of newly adopted contact tracing app in India. More are
<br>on the way.
<br>
<br>The blog is made possible by the funding from Amsterdam School of
<br>Cultural Analysis, the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at
<br>Cardiff University and the European Research Council (through the
<br>DATACTIVE project).
<br>
<br>Best & stay safe... and help us spread the word!
<br>
<br>the editorial team
<br>
<br>Emiliano Treré (Cardiff University), Silvia Masiero (Loughborough
<br>University) & Stefania Milan (University of Amsterdam)
<br>
<br>[0] https://data-activism.net/blog-covid-19-from-the-margins/
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<br>[1]https://data-activism.net/2020/05/how-to-contribute-to-covid-19-from-the-margins/
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<br>[2]
<br>https://data-activism.net/2020/05/como-colaborar-en-covid-19-from-the-margins/
<br>
<br>Stefania Milan
<br>Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, University of
<br>Amsterdam
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