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Mass data collection and surveillance have become ubiquitous. For marginalized communities, the stakes of having their privacy violated are high.
Once analysts gain access to our private data, they can use that information to influence and alter our behaviour and choices. If you’re marginalized in some way, the consequences are worse.
The home secretary’s proposals are a step away from democracy.
Nottingham Black Archive is recovering the stories of those who made important contributions to the national story of Black British history. The UK needs more like it.
The producers are recasting the show as a documentary. The original version would have done more harm than good for the causes being showcased, two scholars argue.
Sufferers collected evidence of their persistent symptoms, and advocated for themselves and for further research. Even the term ‘long COVID’ stems from this activism.
Like many social movements before it that began at the grassroots, Black Lives Matter is becoming a more conventional organization with top-down leadership.
In the absence of national leadership, local communities are forging new responses to the climate crisis in places where they live, work and play. These three examples show how.
The most successful women’s team in Africa, the Super Falcons emerged from a long history of protest – and continue to demand equality.
In Latin America, common citizens have often donned outlandish outfits and comic book-inspired personas to lead demonstrations and promote social change.
For over a century, Black activists have used punctuation marks to subtly challenge official accounts of events.
While many companies promote social causes, advocates are skeptical of how genuine their commitment is.
Environmental groups have protested logging of British Columbia’s old-growth rainforest for three decades. But the Fairy Creek dispute could grow into another ‘War in the Woods.’
The HIV In My Day project preserves the early history of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through the personal stories of long-term survivors and caregivers.
While Mother’s Day is often surrounded by cloying sentiment, Australian mums have a long history of political activism and forcing social change.
To remove the burden of responsibility, everyone must take over some of the work that diverse communities have been doing to combat prejudice and fear for decades.
To understand her contribution to public debate, it’s important to see her in the context of the historical moment that made her work possible, necessary and provocative.
A former student at a therapeutic boarding school, who is now a scholar, explains why she believes a growing outcry is making a difference.
Indigenous land defenders: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 6 transcript.
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Assistant Professor of Digital Communication, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Professor and Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, RMIT University
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Lecturer, Kumasi Technical University
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Carole Sargent is a Friend of The Conversation.
Literary Historian, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of History, University of Washington
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Principal Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Brighton
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Professor of Journalism and Communication and Director of the Master's Program in Brand Responsibility, University of Oregon
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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History Professor, University of Washington
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Lecturer in Global Sustainable Development, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
