[Bigdatasur] New blog post: Sensing COVID-19 and Climate Change

[A. Berti Suman]

Dear colleagues and friends of Big Data from the South,

Together with my co-author Marie Petersmann, we are glad to share with you the first part of a piece<https://data-activism.net/2020/06/bigdatasur-covid-sensing-covid-19-and-climate-change/> [1] just published on the “COVID-19 from the margins” blog.
The post starts from a joint reflection, inspired by the COVID-19 crisis, on the turn to sensing as a distinctive mode of engagement with socio-ecological issues, such as climate change, which can be productive to (re)imagine and address ongoing disruptive events. We refrain from stating whether the COVID-19 outbreak will be beneficial for tackling climate change on the long run beyond the immediate drop in atmospheric pollution. Rather, our purpose here is to draw parallelisms between sensing the virus and sensing environmental issues as  a way of ‘making visible politically masked risks<https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvzgb8c7.31?refreqid=excelsior%3Acb5c468df4fba1cb05ca11811505b5db&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents>’ [2] and claim back agency in shaping responses to the socio-ecological issues at stake.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts on the post!
Kind regards, and stay safe!
Marie & Anna

[1]https://data-activism.net/2020/06/bigdatasur-covid-sensing-covid-19-and-climate-change/; Part 2 of the blog post will be published on July 2nd, 2020

[2]https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvzgb8c7.31?refreqid=excelsior%3Acb5c468df4fba1cb05ca11811505b5db&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

dr. Anna Berti Suman<https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/staff/a-bertisuman>
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NWO Rubicon postdoctoral researcher
Key PhD findings on the university's press<https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/press-releases/citizen-sensing-can-be-a-valuable-contribution-environmental-risk-governance>, on Trouw<https://www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-natuur/metende-burgers-houden-overheid-bij-de-groene-les~b8ea36b3/> and NU.nl<https://www.nu.nl/uit/6056084/niet-klagen-maar-bewijzen-burgerinitiatief-heeft-zin.html?fbclid=IwAR2M3ujPNJ3ZoM1uwUOrpDHoeyJaS4Gv3Zb0w-emR4sG8Z0zwTI1YJ6qG90>
Curious about future research plans? Stay tuned on<https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/law/about/marie-curie-individual-fellowship-awarded-anna-berti-suman> SENSJUS<https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/law/about/marie-curie-individual-fellowship-awarded-anna-berti-suman>
Check: 'Making visible politically masked risks'<https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvzgb8c7.31?refreqid=excelsior%3Acb5c468df4fba1cb05ca11811505b5db&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents> in Data Visualization in Society<https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvzgb8c7>
And: 'Sensing Covid-19 and Climate Change<https://blog.uvt.nl/environmentallaw/?p=430>', TiU Environmental Law Blog
2020: a year for a flights-free academic life!
[decided before the pandemic, now it became 'systemic']

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