Chelsea Barabas

PhDing @MIT | Tech + Human Rights Fellow @Harvard @CarrCenter | She/her.

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

Just published a new article called “Care as (re)capture: Data colonialism and race during times of crisis” in New Media & Society! https://t.co/IVPBt61hBo

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

@NThylstrup @sdnahum @ERC_Research @koebenhavns_uni Thanks for sharing! Will postdocs be expected to be based in Copenhagen for the full duration of the post?

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

@s_lehuede @CarrCenter Oh wow! Thanks so much for your close read. It was much improved by you and the other reviewer's comments.

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

Just published a new article called “Care as (re)capture: Data colonialism and race during times of crisis” in New Media & Society! https://t.co/IVPBt61hBo

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

DM if you'd like access to the PDF!

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

This discussion builds from the work of folks like @DrSyedMustafaA1, Paola Ricaurte Quijano, @Abebab and others who have emphasized the importance of centering race, racial capitalism, etc. in conversations regarding data and colonialism.

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

@harini824 Congrats Dr. Suresh!!!!!

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

Great, useful reflections on how to collaborate with informal and often precarious community organizations

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

CJE just keeps putting out more and more great educational content... check out this curriculum on data criminalization and liberation!

[Community Justice Exchange @CommJusticeExch]

We conducted a workshop based on parts of the curriculum at the 2022 @AlliedMediaConf and had a lot of fun talking to people about the concepts of data criminalization and data liberation. Below we break down what we discussed!

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[Dr. Ufuoma 🛰🌍 @ItsUfuoma]

Honored and excited to speak at this seminar tomorrow! Check out my super long title and if interested, register below

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

Super excited for this!!!!

[Twin Cities Innovation Alliance @TCIAMN]

Just Announced🔊! #D4PG Conference Speaker ~ @chels_bar PhD @MIT!
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[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

@danielsgriffin no, alas, i gave up!

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

does anyone know if you can post a prepub of articles under review at New Media and Society? can't find their policy on such things. thnx!

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

Excited for the final version of this article to finally be published with Engaging STS! Check it out if you're interested in unpacking the ways we might re-imagine the theories of change driving data-driven work in the criminal legal system!

[engagingSTS @[email protected] @eSTSjournal]

Re-imagining #ethics in computational #datawork focusing on public safety & criminality involves challenging harmful #theoriesofchange

Learn more by @chels_bar about generative #refusal that helps resist the #carceralstate: https://t.co/oT19zmSun6

#SocialJusticeWork

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

@charleswlogan yikes! let me know if I can be helpful... happy to help file FOIA requests, etc. if you want to learn more. take care!

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

To stay in touch with this work, feel free to email us at [email protected]

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

Just posted a study guide synthesizing some of the main takeaways from our workshop, Surveillance Isn't Safety. Check it out: https://t.co/ZCGfO6cNwD Featuring real nuggets of wisdom from @ClarenceOkoh @MapTrueNorth @hypervisible @RebekahAgwunob1 Chinelo Dike and Aasim Shabazz

[Chelsea Barabas @chels_bar]

Aasim talks about the importance of imagining a future without surveillance: “If you cannot imagine an alternative to what you’re in, you’re doomed to stay in that path and others will continue to have a narrative that serves their best interests in controlling you...”