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Disabled Dimensionalities: Normative expectations' impacts on disabled perceptions and spatialities
(OpenEdition, 2022)As humans, we are expected to interact as fully functional 3D manipulators who can observe, handle,and act in three spatial dimensions. This is how users are considered in the design of many products and spaces. Ableism ... -
How To Get A Story Wrong: Technoableism, Simulation, and Cyborg Resistance
(2022-03)For this paper, I will first share with you what we take to be the wrong stories out there about disability - narrative arcs we’ve inherited from tropes through various media as well as highlight the dangers of disability ... -
The invention of the “underclass”: a study in the politics of knowledge [Book review]
(Routledge, 2023-01-04)A book review of The invention of the “underclass”: a study in the politics of knowledge, by Loïc Wacquant (Polity, 2022). -
From community networks to shared networks: the paths of Latin-Centric Indigenous networks to a pluriversal internet
(Routledge, 2022-07)This article examines, with ethnographic lenses, the emergence of shared networks in the Tseltal and Zapoteco communities in Chiapas and Oaxaca (Mexico). 'Shared networks' are first-mile signal-sharing practices that ... -
Code Ethnography and the Materiality of Power in Internet Governance
(Springer, 2022-09)The purpose of this article is to discuss an ethnography of code, specifically code ethnography, a method for examining code as a socio-technical actor, considering its social, political, and economic dynamics in the context ... -
Aesthetics of Otherness: Representation of #migrantcaravan and #caravanamigrante on Instagram
(Sage, 2022-01)This article examines the representation of the migrant caravan on Instagram showing how an aesthetics of otherness has prevailed in this representation. Aesthetics of otherness is the result of the interaction between ... -
Mobile Learning in Brazil: Management and Implementation of Current Policies and Future Perspectives
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Made in Brazil: Conspiracy Theory and the Flow of Information in One-to-One Whatsapp Conversations
(Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2021-10-21)This essay aims to shed light on the multiple and complex ways that information flows among individuals in times of intense use of digital platforms. Based on actor-network theory, it unveils largely unknown communication ... -
Internet interconnection infrastructure: lessons from the global South
(Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, 2021-11-02)This article examines the formation of the first internet exchange point (IXP) in Mexico amid the implementation of telecommunication reforms and asymmetric regulations in a market with low level of competition. An IXP is ... -
GAFA's information infrastructure distribution: Interconnection dynamics in the global North versus global South
(Wiley, 2021-12-14)We analyze public points of interconnection of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) in the global North versus the global South to determine the degree to which their location preferences differ, if at all. We find ... -
A Transdisciplinary Approach to Address Climate Change Adaptation for Human Health and Well-Being in Africa
(MDPI, 2021-04-17)The health sector response to dealing with the impacts of climate change on human health, whether mitigative or adaptive, is influenced by multiple factors and necessitates creative approaches drawing on resources across ... -
Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review
(2020-11)Safe and secure water is a cornerstone of modern life in the global North. This article critically examines a set of prevalent myths about household water in high-income countries, with a focus on Canada and the United ... -
Using Timeline Methodology to Visualize Treatment Trajectories of Youth and Young Adults Following Inpatient Opioid Treatment
(2020-10-28)While the use of visual methods in qualitative research is gaining recognition, there has been less attention to timelines. This paper addresses this gap and contributes to the overall literature on qualitative research ... -
Qualitative exploration of the medical learner's journey into correctional health care at an academic medical center and its implications for medical education
(2020-10-19)Correctional systems in several U.S. states have entered into partnerships with academic medical centers (AMCs) to provide healthcare for persons who are incarcerated. One AMC specializing in the care of incarcerated ... -
A Successful Experiment in Participatory Science for Promoting Change in a French Industrial Region
(Society for Social Studies of Science, 2017)The author and her team worked with the residents in an industrial area in France to produce a participatory epidemiological study about their health. The final report, drafted with input from the citizens, attracted the ... -
Making effective participatory environmental health science through collaborative data analysis
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Cost-Effectiveness of Risk-Stratified Colorectal Cancer Screening Based on Polygenic Risk: Current Status and Future Potential
(2020-02)Background: Although uniform colonoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality, risk-based screening may be more efficient. We investigated whether CRC screening based on polygenic risk is a cost-effective ... -
Transmobility: Possibilities in Cyborg (Cripborg) Bodies
(University of Toronto Libraries, 2019)This creative, experimental contribution blends written words and sketches depicting our crip bodies engaging with various mobility technologies, including crutches, walkers, prosthetic limbs, and manual and power wheelchairs. ... -
Collaborative Workshops for Community Meaning-Making and Data Analyses: How Focus Groups Strengthen Data by Enhancing Understanding and Promoting Use
(MDPI, 2019-09-11)Community-based participatory research is a growing approach, but often includes higher levels of community engagement in the research design and data collection stages than in the data interpretation stage. Involving study ...