J Hicks
Biographic Data
| ID | 38493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Hicks |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Hicks |
| SIGNATURE | HICKS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8055-2582 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Geopolitical Shaping of Digital ID in Asia: Ten Years of Digital Asia
This article draws attention to a missing dimension in the analysis of digital ID : its geopolitical shaping. After a brief reflection on theory in digital Asia, it presents the most common approach to digital ID as involving judgments about its positive and negative impacts and potential regulatory fixes. While recognizing the utility of this approach, the article presents a complementary framing of digital ID systems focused not on their effect…
The future of data ownership: An uncommon research agenda
Responding to the current data monopoly by Big Tech firms, there is increasing interest in the potential for collective ownership of data in a 'data commons'. This article aims to introduce the topic to non-specialists, highlight the broader social significance of data ownership, and reframe the data commons as a problem of social interaction rather than regulatory design. It critically engages with existing work on the data commons to suggest al…
Donor Support for ‘Informal Social Movements’
“Social movements” are by definition informal or semi-formal, as opposed to the formal structure of a stable association, such as a club, a corporation, or a political party. They are relatively long lasting over a period of weeks, months, or even years rather than flaring up for a few hours or a few days and then disappearing (Smelser et al., 2020). There is a substantial and growing body of work dedicated to social movements, encompassing a wid…
A ‘data realm’ for the Global South? Evidence from Indonesia
This article examines the international and domestic pressures that shape the governance of personal data in the Global South. As developing countries become new terrain for the expansion of US Big Tech and develop their own digital economies, international policy discourses urge the adoption of data governance as self-evidently ‘good policy’ moving into existing regulatory vacuums. However, like any valuable resource, the competition to govern p…
Digital ID capitalism: How Emerging Economies Are Re-Inventing Digital Capitalism
This article adds to the literature on digital capitalisms by introducing a new state-led model called ‘digital ID capitalism’. Here, state agencies help guarantee personal data for commercial exploitation by connecting it to the provision of state welfare services. This is in contrast to the usual focus on US Big Tech corporations’ use of personal data from the internet. Describing how the system works in India, it explains how businesses make m…
Digital Disruption in Asia
This introduction to the fourth special issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia discusses the complex interactions between technology and society in the context of ‘digital Asia’. The special issue is drawn from contributions to a conference held in May 2016 titled ‘Digital Disruption in Asia: Methods and Issues’. Inspired by the idea that the use of digital technologies is shaking up some major political and economic institutions, the conference aimed …
Turning Digitised Newspapers into Networks of Political Elites
This paper introduces the Elite Network Shifts ( ENS ) project to the Asian Studies community where computational techniques are used with digitised newspaper articles to describe changes in relations among Indonesian political elites. Reflecting on how “political elites” and “political relations” are understood by the elites, as well as across the disciplinary boundaries of the social and computational sciences, it suggests ways to operationalis…
The Beauty of Paper Flowers
In 1876 Francis James Child (1825–96) was appointed Harvard University’s first Professor of English. A year later he moved to 67 Kirkland Street (formerly ‘Professor’s Row’), whereupon he took charge of a rose garden. This was some place in life for the son of a local sailmaker. And it was a place Child used, most famously, to promote the study of what he considered ‘popular’ poetry: strophic songs, with or without a stated tune, and not necessar…
Old Questions, New Techniques: A Research Note on the Computational Identification of Political Elites
This paper presents a new method of identifying a nation’s political elite using computational techniques on digitised newspaper articles. It begins by describing the three most widely used methods of identifying political elites: positional, decisional and reputational. It then introduces the “reported elite method”, exploring the kinds of elites it detects and how well it reflects the composition of political elites in our case study of Indones…
Heresy and Authority: Understanding the Turn against Ahmadiyah in Indonesia
This article adds to the literature explaining a rise in the levels of violence and intimidation against the Islamic sect Ahmadiyah in Indonesia. In contrast to approaches that stop at describing the actors or doctrinal differences involved, this article situates the anti-Ahmadiyah discourse in wider processes of maintaining or securing political and social authority. The author first describes how charges of heresy have historically served to co…
The Missing Link: Explaining the Political Mobilisation of Islam in Indonesia
Why has an increase in personal piety among Indonesia's Muslims not translated into electoral gains for Islamic political parties? To help explain this conundrum, this article focuses on the role of Indonesia's mass Islamic social organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah. Using a political economy lens, it argues that control over state resources and the provision of social welfare facilities have helped political parties maintain pow…
Recent research into oldowan hominin activities at Kanjera South, Western Kenya
Recent research into oldowan hominin activities at Kanjera South, Western Kenya
Digital ID capitalism: How Emerging Economies Are Re-Inventing Digital Capitalism
This article adds to the literature on digital capitalisms by introducing a new state-led model called ‘digital ID capitalism’. Here, state agencies help guarantee personal data for commercial exploitation by connecting it to the provision of state welfare services. This is in contrast to the usual focus on US Big Tech corporations’ use of personal data from the internet. Describing how the system works in India, it explains how businesses make m…
Heresy and Authority: Understanding the Turn against Ahmadiyah in Indonesia
This article adds to the literature explaining a rise in the levels of violence and intimidation against the Islamic sect Ahmadiyah in Indonesia. In contrast to approaches that stop at describing the actors or doctrinal differences involved, this article situates the anti-Ahmadiyah discourse in wider processes of maintaining or securing political and social authority. The author first describes how charges of heresy have historically served to co…
The Missing Link: Explaining the Political Mobilisation of Islam in Indonesia
Why has an increase in personal piety among Indonesia's Muslims not translated into electoral gains for Islamic political parties? To help explain this conundrum, this article focuses on the role of Indonesia's mass Islamic social organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah. Using a political economy lens, it argues that control over state resources and the provision of social welfare facilities have helped political parties maintain pow…
Old Questions, New Techniques: A Research Note on the Computational Identification of Political Elites
This paper presents a new method of identifying a nation’s political elite using computational techniques on digitised newspaper articles. It begins by describing the three most widely used methods of identifying political elites: positional, decisional and reputational. It then introduces the “reported elite method”, exploring the kinds of elites it detects and how well it reflects the composition of political elites in our case study of Indones…
The future of data ownership: An uncommon research agenda
Responding to the current data monopoly by Big Tech firms, there is increasing interest in the potential for collective ownership of data in a 'data commons'. This article aims to introduce the topic to non-specialists, highlight the broader social significance of data ownership, and reframe the data commons as a problem of social interaction rather than regulatory design. It critically engages with existing work on the data commons to suggest al…
A ‘data realm’ for the Global South? Evidence from Indonesia
This article examines the international and domestic pressures that shape the governance of personal data in the Global South. As developing countries become new terrain for the expansion of US Big Tech and develop their own digital economies, international policy discourses urge the adoption of data governance as self-evidently ‘good policy’ moving into existing regulatory vacuums. However, like any valuable resource, the competition to govern p…
Recent research into oldowan hominin activities at Kanjera South, Western Kenya
The Missing Link: Explaining the Political Mobilisation of Islam in Indonesia
Why has an increase in personal piety among Indonesia's Muslims not translated into electoral gains for Islamic political parties? To help explain this conundrum, this article focuses on the role of Indonesia's mass Islamic social organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah. Using a political economy lens, it argues that control over state resources and the provision of social welfare facilities have helped political parties maintain pow…
Heresy and Authority: Understanding the Turn against Ahmadiyah in Indonesia
This article adds to the literature explaining a rise in the levels of violence and intimidation against the Islamic sect Ahmadiyah in Indonesia. In contrast to approaches that stop at describing the actors or doctrinal differences involved, this article situates the anti-Ahmadiyah discourse in wider processes of maintaining or securing political and social authority. The author first describes how charges of heresy have historically served to co…
Turning Digitised Newspapers into Networks of Political Elites
This paper introduces the Elite Network Shifts ( ENS ) project to the Asian Studies community where computational techniques are used with digitised newspaper articles to describe changes in relations among Indonesian political elites. Reflecting on how “political elites” and “political relations” are understood by the elites, as well as across the disciplinary boundaries of the social and computational sciences, it suggests ways to operationalis…
The Beauty of Paper Flowers
In 1876 Francis James Child (1825–96) was appointed Harvard University’s first Professor of English. A year later he moved to 67 Kirkland Street (formerly ‘Professor’s Row’), whereupon he took charge of a rose garden. This was some place in life for the son of a local sailmaker. And it was a place Child used, most famously, to promote the study of what he considered ‘popular’ poetry: strophic songs, with or without a stated tune, and not necessar…
Old Questions, New Techniques: A Research Note on the Computational Identification of Political Elites
This paper presents a new method of identifying a nation’s political elite using computational techniques on digitised newspaper articles. It begins by describing the three most widely used methods of identifying political elites: positional, decisional and reputational. It then introduces the “reported elite method”, exploring the kinds of elites it detects and how well it reflects the composition of political elites in our case study of Indones…
Digital Disruption in Asia
This introduction to the fourth special issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia discusses the complex interactions between technology and society in the context of ‘digital Asia’. The special issue is drawn from contributions to a conference held in May 2016 titled ‘Digital Disruption in Asia: Methods and Issues’. Inspired by the idea that the use of digital technologies is shaking up some major political and economic institutions, the conference aimed …
Digital ID capitalism: How Emerging Economies Are Re-Inventing Digital Capitalism
This article adds to the literature on digital capitalisms by introducing a new state-led model called ‘digital ID capitalism’. Here, state agencies help guarantee personal data for commercial exploitation by connecting it to the provision of state welfare services. This is in contrast to the usual focus on US Big Tech corporations’ use of personal data from the internet. Describing how the system works in India, it explains how businesses make m…
A ‘data realm’ for the Global South? Evidence from Indonesia
This article examines the international and domestic pressures that shape the governance of personal data in the Global South. As developing countries become new terrain for the expansion of US Big Tech and develop their own digital economies, international policy discourses urge the adoption of data governance as self-evidently ‘good policy’ moving into existing regulatory vacuums. However, like any valuable resource, the competition to govern p…
Donor Support for ‘Informal Social Movements’
“Social movements” are by definition informal or semi-formal, as opposed to the formal structure of a stable association, such as a club, a corporation, or a political party. They are relatively long lasting over a period of weeks, months, or even years rather than flaring up for a few hours or a few days and then disappearing (Smelser et al., 2020). There is a substantial and growing body of work dedicated to social movements, encompassing a wid…
The Geopolitical Shaping of Digital ID in Asia: Ten Years of Digital Asia
This article draws attention to a missing dimension in the analysis of digital ID : its geopolitical shaping. After a brief reflection on theory in digital Asia, it presents the most common approach to digital ID as involving judgments about its positive and negative impacts and potential regulatory fixes. While recognizing the utility of this approach, the article presents a complementary framing of digital ID systems focused not on their effect…
The future of data ownership: An uncommon research agenda
Responding to the current data monopoly by Big Tech firms, there is increasing interest in the potential for collective ownership of data in a 'data commons'. This article aims to introduce the topic to non-specialists, highlight the broader social significance of data ownership, and reframe the data commons as a problem of social interaction rather than regulatory design. It critically engages with existing work on the data commons to suggest al…
Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Asian Studies and History (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Elite (3 works)