Leah Horgan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6209760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leah Horgan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leah |
| FAMILY NAME | Horgan |
| SIGNATURE | HORGAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2277-8409 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Obligation to Know and the Right to Know: A Relational Approach to Environmental Justice Communication and Datafication
The public's “Right to Know” has been a motivating refrain for the environmental movement from its modern origins. While these policies may be an important component of environmental progress, it is critical to acknowledge the history and ongoing impacts of informating environmentalism. For example, how may information disclosures normalize ongoing harms to communities? How much energy is devoted to tracking the obvious (industries are producing …
What Does Chelsea Creek Do for You? A Relational Approach to Environmental Justice Communication
Historically, academic and government environmental justice (EJ) research and communication efforts have centered on quantifying, mapping, and visualizing the environmental harms faced by EJ communities (communities facing disproportionate levels of environmental harm). Unangax Education scholar Eve Tuck critiques such frameworks as “damage-centered” because they cast entire communities—predominantly low-income, BIPOC communities—as lacking or le…
The Everyday of Future-Avoiding: Administering the Data-Driven Smart City
Drawing on a two-year ethnographic study of data-driven governance in Los Angeles, this study shows that while much is made of using smart, data-driven approaches to make better, more sustainable, and more connected city futures, the everyday practices of data-driven governance are instead wrapped around efforts to prevent unwanted futures. Put another way, while the rhetoric of the smart city promises a utopia of transparency, efficiency, and we…
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The Everyday of Future-Avoiding: Administering the Data-Driven Smart City
Drawing on a two-year ethnographic study of data-driven governance in Los Angeles, this study shows that while much is made of using smart, data-driven approaches to make better, more sustainable, and more connected city futures, the everyday practices of data-driven governance are instead wrapped around efforts to prevent unwanted futures. Put another way, while the rhetoric of the smart city promises a utopia of transparency, efficiency, and we…
What Does Chelsea Creek Do for You? A Relational Approach to Environmental Justice Communication
Historically, academic and government environmental justice (EJ) research and communication efforts have centered on quantifying, mapping, and visualizing the environmental harms faced by EJ communities (communities facing disproportionate levels of environmental harm). Unangax Education scholar Eve Tuck critiques such frameworks as “damage-centered” because they cast entire communities—predominantly low-income, BIPOC communities—as lacking or le…
The Obligation to Know and the Right to Know: A Relational Approach to Environmental Justice Communication and Datafication
The public's “Right to Know” has been a motivating refrain for the environmental movement from its modern origins. While these policies may be an important component of environmental progress, it is critical to acknowledge the history and ongoing impacts of informating environmentalism. For example, how may information disclosures normalize ongoing harms to communities? How much energy is devoted to tracking the obvious (industries are producing …
Economic Justice (2 works) · Environmental justice (2 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (2 works) · Rhetoric and Communication Studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Computer security (1 works) · Corporate governance (1 works) · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing (1 works)