Amanda Meng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3650423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Meng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Meng |
| SIGNATURE | MENG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1241-0504 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Strategic Interdependence: Using Internet Outage Data to Study How Combatants Manage Collective Institutions During War
This article challenges the view that war and interdependence are inherently incompatible by examining how combatants manage collective institutions during conflict. Using the internet as a case of such an institution, we show that belligerents selectively preserve or disrupt mutual access based on battlefield conditions. Disruption is more likely during mobile offensives, which offer greater operational freedom, while static or constrained opera…
Accompaniment in Design Research
Scholars and practitioners alike have long been concerned with how design might contribute to social and political change. Much of that work has looked at the outcomes of design, the things made by designers. In this paper, we shift the view to look at how we—as design researchers—work with others. We offer the concept and practice of accompaniment to think about and do design research differently, with a focus on the character of the relationshi…
Coupling data science with community crowdsourcing for urban renewal policy analysis: An evaluation of Atlanta’s Anti-Displacement Tax Fund
We estimate the cost and impact of a proposed anti-displacement program in the Westside of Atlanta (GA) with data science and machine learning techniques. This program intends to fully subsidize property tax increases for eligible residents of neighborhoods where there are two major urban renewal projects underway, a stadium and a multi-use trail. We first estimate household-level income eligibility for the program with data science and machine l…
The social impact of open government data in Hong Kong: Umbrella Movement protests and adversarial politics
While there has been much anticipation that open government data (OGD) would increase the inclusion of marginalized groups in government decision-making processes, researchers have found little evidence of it. Such findings or lack of findings of social impact have led researchers to call for critical review of present notions of OGD’s impact and also for better theoretical frameworks. In response to these calls, we develop a theoretical framewor…
Grassroots resource mobilization through counter-data action
In this paper, we document the counter-data action and data activism of a grassroots affordable housing advocacy group in Atlanta. Our observation and insight into these data activities and strategies are achieved through ethnographic and engaged research and participatory design. We find that counter-data action through community-collected data is rooted in a legacy of Atlanta's black activism and black scholarship; that this data activism enabl…
Grassroots resource mobilization through counter-data action
In this paper, we document the counter-data action and data activism of a grassroots affordable housing advocacy group in Atlanta. Our observation and insight into these data activities and strategies are achieved through ethnographic and engaged research and participatory design. We find that counter-data action through community-collected data is rooted in a legacy of Atlanta's black activism and black scholarship; that this data activism enabl…
The social impact of open government data in Hong Kong: Umbrella Movement protests and adversarial politics
While there has been much anticipation that open government data (OGD) would increase the inclusion of marginalized groups in government decision-making processes, researchers have found little evidence of it. Such findings or lack of findings of social impact have led researchers to call for critical review of present notions of OGD’s impact and also for better theoretical frameworks. In response to these calls, we develop a theoretical framewor…
Grassroots resource mobilization through counter-data action
In this paper, we document the counter-data action and data activism of a grassroots affordable housing advocacy group in Atlanta. Our observation and insight into these data activities and strategies are achieved through ethnographic and engaged research and participatory design. We find that counter-data action through community-collected data is rooted in a legacy of Atlanta's black activism and black scholarship; that this data activism enabl…
The social impact of open government data in Hong Kong: Umbrella Movement protests and adversarial politics
While there has been much anticipation that open government data (OGD) would increase the inclusion of marginalized groups in government decision-making processes, researchers have found little evidence of it. Such findings or lack of findings of social impact have led researchers to call for critical review of present notions of OGD’s impact and also for better theoretical frameworks. In response to these calls, we develop a theoretical framewor…
Coupling data science with community crowdsourcing for urban renewal policy analysis: An evaluation of Atlanta’s Anti-Displacement Tax Fund
We estimate the cost and impact of a proposed anti-displacement program in the Westside of Atlanta (GA) with data science and machine learning techniques. This program intends to fully subsidize property tax increases for eligible residents of neighborhoods where there are two major urban renewal projects underway, a stadium and a multi-use trail. We first estimate household-level income eligibility for the program with data science and machine l…
Accompaniment in Design Research
Scholars and practitioners alike have long been concerned with how design might contribute to social and political change. Much of that work has looked at the outcomes of design, the things made by designers. In this paper, we shift the view to look at how we—as design researchers—work with others. We offer the concept and practice of accompaniment to think about and do design research differently, with a focus on the character of the relationshi…
Strategic Interdependence: Using Internet Outage Data to Study How Combatants Manage Collective Institutions During War
This article challenges the view that war and interdependence are inherently incompatible by examining how combatants manage collective institutions during conflict. Using the internet as a case of such an institution, we show that belligerents selectively preserve or disrupt mutual access based on battlefield conditions. Disruption is more likely during mobile offensives, which offer greater operational freedom, while static or constrained opera…
Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Atlanta (2 works) · E-Government and Public Services (2 works) · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Metropolitan area (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)