Data and algorithms shape how we perceive and move through space. Inequalities and exclusions within digital datasets therefore fundamentally influence our lived and experienced geographies.
The book tells this story through an exploration of inequalities and exclusions within two of the world's most powerful mediators of geography: Google and Wikipedia.
Feb 17, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
As UK academics prepare to go on strike this week, I ask all of you to remember a few things about what our jobs have become. #UCUstrikes 1/11
First, academia is rarely a 9-5 job. Academics are typically expected to work extremely long hours, work over weekends, and catch up on reading, marking, and of course research, they've missed during holidays. 2/11