The double standards are off the scale, and give you an idea of what power really thinks. My column on why racist rioters get shorter sentences than peaceful environmental protesters. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

[Oh my] "Humanitarian aid orgs conjure innovation products to attract & maintain their funding sources. Ignorance & ignorance-making is part of this process: true belief and expertise in tech mingles with confusion, uncertainty, doubt & deception" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Our study of migration experiences revealed that lived realities were more complex than simple definitions and several experiences were difficult to categorise." Alex Bish writes for the LSE Press blog for #WHD2024 | Illicit Economies & Development #OpenAccess ➡️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2024/…

New and #openaccess in Geopolitics: Conjuring a Blockchain Pilot: Ignorance and Innovation in Humanitarian Aid by Margie Cheesman Dr Margie Cheesman Download and read for free: buff.ly/3YHNI4q

Conjuring innovation🪄 Tech pilots aren’t just designed to help people. Regardless of what they achieve, they are valuable products for aid industry actors to promote: medium.com/caribou-digita… ^This blog summarises my new research on tech pilots in aid: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

IRR NEWS THIS WEEK ⤵️ Organised abandonment: From Grenfell to border deaths 🖊️ Editorial 🗓️ Calendar of Racism & Resistance 📚 Latest issue of Race & Class 🗣️ Panel event with Civil Society Consulting CIC next week bit.ly/IRRNEWS05092024

'How to (un)do borders with data' on 19-20 September 2024 with an amazing line-up of speakers and interventions on #markets #ignorance #labour #value #extraction #counterarchives and much more. Details at securityflows.org/how-to-un-do-b….

My reply to the article by Gen. Sir John McColl, former deputy supreme allied commander of Nato, in yesterday's The Times and The Sunday Times General McColl’s claim in The Times that Israel is doing all it can to save civilians is wrong and offensive to the thousands dead aoav.org.uk/2024/general-m…

FUNDRAISER for climate prisoners 💷🌳🪩 Saturday 5th October 7pm - 2am Avalon Cafe Ft. Mr Bruce and inda Flo More acts TBA Tickets go live Friday 13th September (tomorrow) at midday. FREE THE POLITICAL PRISONERS

As part of its plans to speed up removals, the Home Office has offered NGOs - most of which are vastly underfunded - millions of pounds to resettle migrants in their countries of origin in what some charities have described as a "bribe". theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

And playing not just both sides, but also the role of what Marcel Junod called 'The Third Combatant': Humanitarian response. For a deep dive in the intricacies of humanitarian tech, you can read our latest report: "Private tech, humanitarian problems" accessnow.org/private-tech-h…

Call for papers! Special issue on 'informal' digital economies. Edited by me and Andreas Hackl. Submit an abstract by 28 Oct. More info: linkedin.com/posts/margie-c… #platforms #fintech #scams

🚨Just published! In this paper, I identify what standards of fairness apply to automated asylum procedures. 🔗 Read here sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #OA This research is part of the AFAR funded by VolkswagenStiftung #AI #HumanRights #AsylumLaw #DataProtection #EUlaw

How can screenshots trouble our understanding of AI? To explore this we’re launching a call for screenshots. Further details can be found at: troubling-ai.glitch.me #ai #genai #chatgpt #midjourney #mediastudies #internetstudies #artificialintelligence

"We invite contributions on how the boundaries between formal and informal economic activities are shifting in age of digital platforms, gig work, fintech, and scams" The Prepaid Economy