Alondra Nelson
President @SSRC_org. Harold F. Linder Professor @the_IAS. Writing: @new_technocrats, @sociallifeofdna, Body and Soul, Afrofuturism, Technicolor.
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Producers of Disinformation - Version 1.2
Update | Disinformation and the 2020 US Election Though we can trace problems of information disorder throughout human history, many theorists agree that online communication, social media, and changes...
<em>Religion in Quarantine: The Future of Religion in a Post-Pandemic World</em>
In the last six months, scholars have learned important lessons about the challenges that religious groups in the United States face, the ways they adapt, and the ways that they...
This Is the Coronavirus Election
In January, the COVID-19 pandemic will still be burning its way across the U.S. Next week, Americans will choose whether to bring it under control.
UNC professor awarded MacArthur Genius Grant for research on social mobility
Tressie McMillan Cottom, an associate professor in the UNC School of Information and Library Science, was named a MacArthur Fellow in the foundation's class of 2020.
‘Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands’ by Hazel V. Carby wins the British Academy’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
‘Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands’ by Hazel V. Carby is named as the winner of the eighth Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, the British Academy’s non-fiction book prize.
Who Will Win the 2020 Meme War?
While memes may never tip an election one way or another, they are increasingly used in persuasive political communications by politicians, pundits, foreign agents, marketers, ideologues, and ordinary folks, compelling journalists to cover memes as...
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"Work-Life Balance in the COVID Age: Can the US and Japan Meet the Challenges?"
Voter Registration Websites Are Crashing, Locking Out Would-Be Voters – The Markup
The pandemic may have made the situation even worse
Why N.Y.C.’s Economic Recovery May Lag the Rest of the Country’s
More than one million residents are out of work, and the unemployment rate is nearly double the national average.
Senegal's quiet COVID success: Test results in 24 hours, temperature checks at every store, no fights over masks
Senegal snagged the No. 2 slot in a recent analysis looking at how 36 countries have handled the pandemic. The United States landed near the bottom.
The corporate cultivation of digital resignation - Nora A Draper, Joseph Turow, 2019
The aim of this article is to propose a theoretical framework for studying digital resignation, the condition produced when people desire to control the informa...
The Social Life of DNA by Alondra Nelson: 9780807027189 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America We know DNA is a master key that unlocks medical and forensic secrets, but its genealogical life is both revelatory and endlessly...
Association of Internet Researchers
Association of Internet Researchers. 2,565 likes · 44 talking about this. The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary...
Trump’s chief of staff defends the White House’s attempt to keep the outbreak in Pence’s circle quiet.
Alondra Nelson
"In Poland, which has been combating one of the most severe outbreaks in Europe, President Andrzej Duda of Poland has tested positive for the coronavirus just days after the deputy prime minister entered quarantine after exposure..."
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NYU Drops Sackler Name From Biomedical Institute | Inside Higher Ed
New York University’s Langone Medical Center will remove the Sackler family name from its biomedical institute after the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the pharmaceutical manufacturing company founded by the Sackler family, Purdue Pharma,...