Decolonial data critique can reframe current social realities beyond commodified inputs.

Evidence

In their responses to historical colonialism, postcolonial studies have helped us frame counterhistories, or alternative versions of history that reclaim elements erased by Eurocentrism. Similarly, a decolonial approach to data can help us frame counterpresents, alternative understandings of our current social realities that allow us to see ourselves as more than mere inputs for capitalism. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 352

Categorization

• DEFINE: Coins and defines ‘counterpresent’ as a decolonial parallel to postcolonial ‘counterhistory’ — a core term in the book’s framework.
• XREF: The ‘mere inputs for capitalism’ framing connects to attention/surveillance critique (Zuboff’s surveillance capitalism) and the reader’s data-colonialism-vs-rival-school comparison. — connects to: Rejecting data fundamentalism is central to decolonizing social knowledge — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 639; Data colonialism requires transforming society itself, not just extracting value — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 365; Data colonialism drains the social space from which truth-to-power critique could arise. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 453 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Data colonialism requires transforming society itself, not just extracting value #expands (0.85) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 365
• Data colonialism drains the social space from which truth-to-power critique could arise. #corroborates (0.82) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 453