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Coloniality and frictions : data-driven humanitarianism in North-Eastern Nigeria and South Sudan
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Squire, Vicki and Alozie, Modesta Tochi (2023) Coloniality and frictions : data-driven humanitarianism in North-Eastern Nigeria and South Sudan. Big Data and Society, 10 (1). doi:10.1177/20539517231163171 ISSN 2053-9517 . (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231163171
Abstract
It is now over a decade since the proclamation of a humanitarian “data revolution”, with the rise of “innovation” and the proliferation of “data solutions” rendering data-based humanitarianism an important area of critical investigation. This article contributes to debates within the field by exploring the role of data in the provision of humanitarian assistance within camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) across north-eastern Nigeria and South Sudan. It draws on qualitative interviews carried out with humanitarian practitioners specialising in data and information management, as well as with camp residents and stakeholders located in each region. The analysis focuses attention on the ways in which epistemic injustices have been further perpetuated by the ‘data revolution’ due to the intensification of paternalistic dynamics associated with the coloniality of humanitarianism. It shows how a logic of extractivism structures the humanitarian data ecosystem, while also generating a series of tensions and disagreements. Data-driven humanitarianism, the article concludes, is characterised by recurring colonial dynamics as well as intensified frictions that bring epistemic injustices into sharper focus.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Humanitarian assistance -- Data processing, Humanitarian assistance -- Methodology, Refugee camps -- Nigeria, Refugee camps -- South Sudan | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Big Data and Society | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2053-9517 | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/20539517231163171 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 February 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 May 2023 | ||||||||
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