Social science complicity weakens resistance to data colonialism

Evidence

Meanwhile, much of the social sciences has aligned itself with this devaluation of social knowledge and so provides a poor site from which to resist data colonialism. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 580

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: how the discipline of social science became a data-colonial infrastructure itself, rather than a critic of it.
• XREF: Connects to critique-of-knowledge claims in the rivalry: if social science is captured, where does resistance live? — 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; Resistance to data colonialism must confront global capitalism, not just platforms — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 650 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Resistance to data colonialism must confront global capitalism, not just platforms #expands (0.80) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 650
• Data colonialism requires transforming society itself, not just extracting value #expands (0.75) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 365