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"This Has Nothing to Do With Clouds": A Decolonial Approach to Data Centers in the Node Pole · Co...

"This Has Nothing to Do With Clouds": A Decolonial Approach to Data Centers in the Node Pole · Co...

The environmental impacts of Big Tech fall disproportionately on economically poor people and countries, mean…

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AO INTERVIEW – NOT VITAL SPEAKS WITH QUINCY CHILDS ON HIS CURRENT SHOW AT ALMA ZEVI

AO INTERVIEW – NOT VITAL SPEAKS WITH QUINCY CHILDS ON HIS CURRENT SHOW AT ALMA ZEVI

For the works on display, Vital employed ceramic, insulating tape, silicone, and even foam to create lifelike…

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5 Things with Quincy Childs, climate justice researcher at the University of Oxford · Commonplace

5 Things with Quincy Childs, climate justice researcher at the University of Oxford · Commonplace

In planning these Five Things, I considered the ways in which my time with the Knowledge Futures Group pervad…

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Interview with Quincy Childs

Interview with Quincy Childs

QUINCY CHILDS is wearing the Polly no.005. She is a researcher in climate change and society at the Universit…

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Public Resources · Annotated COVID-19 Papers

Public Resources · Annotated COVID-19 Papers

Useful resources for tracking the outbreak, including data visualizations that are publicly accessible.

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DEMICS · Commonplace

DEMICS · Commonplace

In 1949, the computer pioneer John von Neumann published Theory and Organization of Complicated Automata in w…

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"This Has Nothing to Do With Clouds": A Decolonial Approach to Data Centers in the Node Pole

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By Quincy Childs
The environmental impacts of Big Tech fall disproportionately on economically poor people and countries, meanwhile material wealth concentrates to the few at the top. This essay examines how cloud computing uses the logic of coloniality and extractivism to conclude that ‘post-extractive modernity’ is a conceptual fallacy.
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5 Things with Quincy Childs, climate justice researcher at the University of Oxford

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By Quincy Childs
| commonplace.knowledgefutures.org
In planning these Five Things, I considered the ways in which my time with the Knowledge Futures Group pervades my current research around climate justice. The themes central to the Commonplace — communities, commons, and justice — are always circulating around my mind as they inform my drive for systemic change and climate repair. These five vignettestherefore touch upon various manifestations of the above.
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Sustainability Certification for the Public Good

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By Claude Forthomme Verified, Quincy Childs
| commonplace.knowledgefutures.org
Foreword As a non-profit organization that promotes the preservation and enhancement of public knowledge, the Knowledge Futures Group is devoted to building technology and digital infrastructure in service of the public good. For this mission, we frequently use the term 'sustainable' when discussing knowledge infrastructure that is aligned with public interest.
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