Data in the making, political struggle, and epistemic (in)justice

Asian and Asian Americans as early responders to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6443569
AutoresLeslie Rupert Herrenkohl (0000-0003-1307-727X, University of Michigan, autor de correspondencia), Jiyoung Lee (0000-0002-0800-9355, University of Washington), Everet Wang (0000-0002-4648-8203, University of Washington), Tammy Tasker (University of Michigan), Denise Jones (University of Michigan), Paola Nkwuzor (University of Michigan), Christopher Batalon (University of Washington), Francisco Parra Camacho (University of Michigan), Peter Siciliano (0000-0002-1662-1130, University of Michigan), Elizabeth A Davis (0000-0002-4984-0209, University of Michigan), Angela Calabrese Barton (0000-0002-9555-5214, University of Michigan)
Año2024
Volumen27
Número6
Páginas3382-3407
Fecha de publicación2024-01-23
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14614448231226400
OpenAlexW4391171902
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas38

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the limits of big data to guide decision-making in times of crisis. As people navigated daily life, they were confronted with the reality that data were often not yet material but rather in-the-making. Drawing upon critical and feminist lenses and participatory methodologies, this study investigates the data stories of nine people of Asian descent living in the United States. Findings illustrate how participants navigated within and across time, space, activity, media, epistemology, race, and politics to produce lively data assemblages. These data stories guided social-distancing and mask-wearing weeks before official US policy even as participants lived in constant fear of dehumanizing racist and xenophobic violence. This study advances theorizing about data practices for human knowing and learning with media, racial and epistemic (in)justice, and community action. It also advances participatory research as a site of epistemic resistance and activism

Big data · Citizen journalism · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Dehumanization · Distancing · Economic Justice · Pandemic · Participatory action research · Political science · Politics · Social distance · Sociology · Anthropology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics