[DATAGOV Core] FW: DataGov Lab and possible collaboration

[Stefania Milan]

FYI. Offered on meet the only slot still available in my agenda, which is Wednesday afternoon. Not sure whether it works for her, but in case anyone is around, let me know (I guess only Giulia and Meg..?)

From: Tanja Bosch <tanja.bosch at uct.ac.za>
Date: Thursday, 5 February 2026 at 21:51
To: Stefania Milan <S.Milan at uva.nl>
Subject: DataGov Lab and possible collaboration

Dear Stefania,

I was at Amsterdam university this week and Mark Deuze suggested I chat to you since we have overlapping interests. I’ve also just seen your post on the CommList about the DataGov lab and I’d be very interested in hearing more about this, especially the South Africa portion of your project. I am a research chair at the University of Cape Town where I head up the Digital Media Sociology lab (researching apps), but the primary overlap with our work is the African Digital Rights network of which I am the current chair - please take a look at our website when you have a moment, we have a few books (all open access) on digital citizenship in Africa.

I am currently in Maastricht where I have given a talk at a Forum on technological refusal; and on Saturday I leave for Utrecht, then onward to SA on Friday 13th. I am sorry I missed you while I was in Amsterdam but if you have time for a meeting, perhaps I could come back there for an afternoon one day next week, if your schedule allows? I would be keen to discuss possible collaborations and areas of overlap. I have also chatted with Mark about maybe coming back to Amsterdam this summer for a slightly longer visit (after ICA), and that might also be an opportunity to chat more (if you are not going to be in Cape Town for ICA).

Warm regards
Tanja


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Tanja Bosch (they/she)

Professor of Media Studies and Production

Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town

SA-UK SARChI Bilateral Research Chair in Digital Media Sociology

Chair: African Digital Rights Network: africandigitalrightsnetwork.org<https://www.africandigitalrightsnetwork.org/>

Editor: African Journalism Studies; Associate Editor: Communication Theory



Recent publications



***NEW BOOK*** Bosch, T and Roberts, T. (2025) Feminist Digital Citizenship in Africa. Bloomsbury Academic. Open access: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/feminist-digital-citizenship-in-africa-9781350500488/



Bosch, T., (2025) “From Airwaves to Algorithmic Soundscapes: Sonic Citizenship in an Age of Populism and War”, RadioDoc Review 10(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.14453/rdr.1725



Bosch, T. (2025). Decolonisation is not a vibe: On Anti-Capitalist Praxis, Citation Politics, and Epistemic Refusal. Media, Culture and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437251360382



Bosch, T. (2025). Researching Political Communication on WhatsApp: reflections on method. In WhatsApp in the World: Disinformation, Encryption, and Extreme Speech.

Edited by Sahana Udupa and Herman Wasserman. NYU Press. https://opensquare.nyupress.org/books/9781479833306/<https://opensquare.nyupress.org/books/9781479833306>





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