#digitalcolonialism — Public Fediverse posts
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160 megawatts. Two Equinix data centers proposed on golf course land in a city whose Day Zero water crisis still haunts the grid. The application doesn't disclose water use, emissions, or diesel capacity. Foxglove and the Housing Assembly filed objection. The land remembers what the contracts forget.
https://twp.ai/9OVj8i
#CapeTown #WaterJustice #DataCenters #ClimateCrisis #BigTech #SouthAfrica #Equinix #DigitalColonialism #ClimateAction #Fediverse -
160 megawatts. Two Equinix data centers proposed on golf course land in a city whose Day Zero water crisis still haunts the grid. The application doesn't disclose water use, emissions, or diesel capacity. Foxglove and the Housing Assembly filed objection. The land remembers what the contracts forget.
https://twp.ai/9OVj8i
#CapeTown #WaterJustice #DataCenters #ClimateCrisis #BigTech #SouthAfrica #Equinix #DigitalColonialism #ClimateAction #Fediverse -
160 megawatts. Two Equinix data centers proposed on golf course land in a city whose Day Zero water crisis still haunts the grid. The application doesn't disclose water use, emissions, or diesel capacity. Foxglove and the Housing Assembly filed objection. The land remembers what the contracts forget.
https://twp.ai/9OVj8i
#CapeTown #WaterJustice #DataCenters #ClimateCrisis #BigTech #SouthAfrica #Equinix #DigitalColonialism #ClimateAction #Fediverse -
160 megawatts. Two Equinix data centers proposed on golf course land in a city whose Day Zero water crisis still haunts the grid. The application doesn't disclose water use, emissions, or diesel capacity. Foxglove and the Housing Assembly filed objection. The land remembers what the contracts forget.
https://twp.ai/9OVj8i
#CapeTown #WaterJustice #DataCenters #ClimateCrisis #BigTech #SouthAfrica #Equinix #DigitalColonialism #ClimateAction #Fediverse -
160 megawatts. Two Equinix data centers proposed on golf course land in a city whose Day Zero water crisis still haunts the grid. The application doesn't disclose water use, emissions, or diesel capacity. Foxglove and the Housing Assembly filed objection. The land remembers what the contracts forget.
https://twp.ai/9OVj8i
#CapeTown #WaterJustice #DataCenters #ClimateCrisis #BigTech #SouthAfrica #Equinix #DigitalColonialism #ClimateAction #Fediverse -
#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism
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#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism
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#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism
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#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism
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#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism
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In the thirteenth century, Aquinas wrote that story; he sanctified the ownership of land and the serf’s body by the lord as “divine order.” In the twenty‑first century, Yuval Noah Harari takes on the same task. Only this time, God gives way to Data, and divine order to the Algorithm.
#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, -
The unfortunate truth is, that the vast majority of African data already flows through US and Chinese companies. AI isn't changing that. However, the bright side is, that African governments have understood, that they can change it through open-source and digital sovereignty.
#digitalsovereignty #digitalcolonialism #opensource
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/un-experts-warn-ai-accelerates-digital-colonisation-in-africa -
The unfortunate truth is, that the vast majority of African data already flows through US and Chinese companies. AI isn't changing that. However, the bright side is, that African governments have understood, that they can change it through open-source and digital sovereignty.
#digitalsovereignty #digitalcolonialism #opensource
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/un-experts-warn-ai-accelerates-digital-colonisation-in-africa -
The unfortunate truth is, that the vast majority of African data already flows through US and Chinese companies. AI isn't changing that. However, the bright side is, that African governments have understood, that they can change it through open-source and digital sovereignty.
#digitalsovereignty #digitalcolonialism #opensource
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/un-experts-warn-ai-accelerates-digital-colonisation-in-africa -
The unfortunate truth is, that the vast majority of African data already flows through US and Chinese companies. AI isn't changing that. However, the bright side is, that African governments have understood, that they can change it through open-source and digital sovereignty.
#digitalsovereignty #digitalcolonialism #opensource
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/un-experts-warn-ai-accelerates-digital-colonisation-in-africa -
The unfortunate truth is, that the vast majority of African data already flows through US and Chinese companies. AI isn't changing that. However, the bright side is, that African governments have understood, that they can change it through open-source and digital sovereignty.
#digitalsovereignty #digitalcolonialism #opensource
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/un-experts-warn-ai-accelerates-digital-colonisation-in-africa -
Excited to share that I am one of 31 contributors to "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World" by @TimUnwin
It was a privilege to be part of such a unique and diverse team, writing about digital colonialism and surveillance capitalism and how to counter these challenges.
If these topics matter to you, I highly recommend to grab your copy here:
#DigitalInclusion #DigitalEquality #TechForGood #ICT4D #manifest #DigitalColonialism #foss #SurveillanceCapitalism
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Excited to share that I am one of 31 contributors to "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World" by @TimUnwin
It was a privilege to be part of such a unique and diverse team, writing about digital colonialism and surveillance capitalism and how to counter these challenges.
If these topics matter to you, I highly recommend to grab your copy here:
#DigitalInclusion #DigitalEquality #TechForGood #ICT4D #manifest #DigitalColonialism #foss #SurveillanceCapitalism
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Excited to share that I am one of 31 contributors to "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World" by @TimUnwin
It was a privilege to be part of such a unique and diverse team, writing about digital colonialism and surveillance capitalism and how to counter these challenges.
If these topics matter to you, I highly recommend to grab your copy here:
#DigitalInclusion #DigitalEquality #TechForGood #ICT4D #manifest #DigitalColonialism #foss #SurveillanceCapitalism
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Excited to share that I am one of 31 contributors to "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World" by @TimUnwin
It was a privilege to be part of such a unique and diverse team, writing about digital colonialism and surveillance capitalism and how to counter these challenges.
If these topics matter to you, I highly recommend to grab your copy here:
#DigitalInclusion #DigitalEquality #TechForGood #ICT4D #manifest #DigitalColonialism #foss #SurveillanceCapitalism
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"While much of the economic value generated by AI remains concentrated in technological centres such as Silicon Valley, many of its environmental and social costs are in these territories."
https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-pushback-chile-mexico-kenya-philippines/
#news #technology #TechNews #AI #LLMs #DataCenters #DigitalColonialism #BigTech
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"While much of the economic value generated by AI remains concentrated in technological centres such as Silicon Valley, many of its environmental and social costs are in these territories."
https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-pushback-chile-mexico-kenya-philippines/
#news #technology #TechNews #AI #LLMs #DataCenters #DigitalColonialism #BigTech
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"While much of the economic value generated by AI remains concentrated in technological centres such as Silicon Valley, many of its environmental and social costs are in these territories."
https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-pushback-chile-mexico-kenya-philippines/
#news #technology #TechNews #AI #LLMs #DataCenters #DigitalColonialism #BigTech
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"While much of the economic value generated by AI remains concentrated in technological centres such as Silicon Valley, many of its environmental and social costs are in these territories."
https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-pushback-chile-mexico-kenya-philippines/
#news #technology #TechNews #AI #LLMs #DataCenters #DigitalColonialism #BigTech
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"While much of the economic value generated by AI remains concentrated in technological centres such as Silicon Valley, many of its environmental and social costs are in these territories."
https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-pushback-chile-mexico-kenya-philippines/
#news #technology #TechNews #AI #LLMs #DataCenters #DigitalColonialism #BigTech
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"Digital tools in farming are a big business, with the market worth about $30 billion last year and forecast to nearly triple to $84 billion by 2034. Tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Alibaba all have AI programs to tap this growing market.
Yet there is a risk that AI becomes a new form of digital colonialism, experts have warned, with big tech firms extracting data from poor communities to train a proprietary model and then selling a service or product back to them. Tech companies are already working with large agriculture firms to influence what crops are grown and how, according to the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a think tank. Focusing on only the most productive and profitable crops — corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, and potatoes — can wreck local food systems and hurt farmers, it said.
This is what organizations must guard against, Gandhi said. If AI optimizes only for short-term yields and ignores larger issues such as water depletion, soil degradation, or energy use, it can erode long-term resilience.
“An AI system can perform technically well and still fail farmers if it ignores economic and ecological realities,” he said. “The real measure of AI in agriculture is whether it strengthens farmer agency, improves profitability, supports sustainability, and works for women and men. That depends entirely on building with farmers, not just for them.”"
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"Digital tools in farming are a big business, with the market worth about $30 billion last year and forecast to nearly triple to $84 billion by 2034. Tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Alibaba all have AI programs to tap this growing market.
Yet there is a risk that AI becomes a new form of digital colonialism, experts have warned, with big tech firms extracting data from poor communities to train a proprietary model and then selling a service or product back to them. Tech companies are already working with large agriculture firms to influence what crops are grown and how, according to the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a think tank. Focusing on only the most productive and profitable crops — corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, and potatoes — can wreck local food systems and hurt farmers, it said.
This is what organizations must guard against, Gandhi said. If AI optimizes only for short-term yields and ignores larger issues such as water depletion, soil degradation, or energy use, it can erode long-term resilience.
“An AI system can perform technically well and still fail farmers if it ignores economic and ecological realities,” he said. “The real measure of AI in agriculture is whether it strengthens farmer agency, improves profitability, supports sustainability, and works for women and men. That depends entirely on building with farmers, not just for them.”"
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"Digital tools in farming are a big business, with the market worth about $30 billion last year and forecast to nearly triple to $84 billion by 2034. Tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Alibaba all have AI programs to tap this growing market.
Yet there is a risk that AI becomes a new form of digital colonialism, experts have warned, with big tech firms extracting data from poor communities to train a proprietary model and then selling a service or product back to them. Tech companies are already working with large agriculture firms to influence what crops are grown and how, according to the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a think tank. Focusing on only the most productive and profitable crops — corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, and potatoes — can wreck local food systems and hurt farmers, it said.
This is what organizations must guard against, Gandhi said. If AI optimizes only for short-term yields and ignores larger issues such as water depletion, soil degradation, or energy use, it can erode long-term resilience.
“An AI system can perform technically well and still fail farmers if it ignores economic and ecological realities,” he said. “The real measure of AI in agriculture is whether it strengthens farmer agency, improves profitability, supports sustainability, and works for women and men. That depends entirely on building with farmers, not just for them.”"
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"Digital tools in farming are a big business, with the market worth about $30 billion last year and forecast to nearly triple to $84 billion by 2034. Tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Alibaba all have AI programs to tap this growing market.
Yet there is a risk that AI becomes a new form of digital colonialism, experts have warned, with big tech firms extracting data from poor communities to train a proprietary model and then selling a service or product back to them. Tech companies are already working with large agriculture firms to influence what crops are grown and how, according to the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a think tank. Focusing on only the most productive and profitable crops — corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, and potatoes — can wreck local food systems and hurt farmers, it said.
This is what organizations must guard against, Gandhi said. If AI optimizes only for short-term yields and ignores larger issues such as water depletion, soil degradation, or energy use, it can erode long-term resilience.
“An AI system can perform technically well and still fail farmers if it ignores economic and ecological realities,” he said. “The real measure of AI in agriculture is whether it strengthens farmer agency, improves profitability, supports sustainability, and works for women and men. That depends entirely on building with farmers, not just for them.”"
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"Digital tools in farming are a big business, with the market worth about $30 billion last year and forecast to nearly triple to $84 billion by 2034. Tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Alibaba all have AI programs to tap this growing market.
Yet there is a risk that AI becomes a new form of digital colonialism, experts have warned, with big tech firms extracting data from poor communities to train a proprietary model and then selling a service or product back to them. Tech companies are already working with large agriculture firms to influence what crops are grown and how, according to the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a think tank. Focusing on only the most productive and profitable crops — corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, and potatoes — can wreck local food systems and hurt farmers, it said.
This is what organizations must guard against, Gandhi said. If AI optimizes only for short-term yields and ignores larger issues such as water depletion, soil degradation, or energy use, it can erode long-term resilience.
“An AI system can perform technically well and still fail farmers if it ignores economic and ecological realities,” he said. “The real measure of AI in agriculture is whether it strengthens farmer agency, improves profitability, supports sustainability, and works for women and men. That depends entirely on building with farmers, not just for them.”"
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One thing I thought #LLMs were good for was translation. Apparently #Gemini and others aren’t that great at that either.
#Wikipedia restricted contributors from a nonprofit called the Open Knowledge Association (#OKA) after editors discovered #AI-assisted translations added factual errors and incorrect citations.
As predicted, humans will be relegated to cleaning up the mess LLMs leave behind, for salaries far below the value of full-time employment to do the job properly.
[…] Zimmerman added that if this method proves insufficient, OKA is considering introducing formal peer‑review mechanisms.
https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/
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One thing I thought #LLMs were good for was translation. Apparently #Gemini and others aren’t that great at that either.
#Wikipedia restricted contributors from a nonprofit called the Open Knowledge Association (#OKA) after editors discovered #AI-assisted translations added factual errors and incorrect citations.
As predicted, humans will be relegated to cleaning up the mess LLMs leave behind, for salaries far below the value of full-time employment to do the job properly.
[…] Zimmerman added that if this method proves insufficient, OKA is considering introducing formal peer‑review mechanisms.
https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/
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One thing I thought #LLMs were good for was translation. Apparently #Gemini and others aren’t that great at that either.
#Wikipedia restricted contributors from a nonprofit called the Open Knowledge Association (#OKA) after editors discovered #AI-assisted translations added factual errors and incorrect citations.
As predicted, humans will be relegated to cleaning up the mess LLMs leave behind, for salaries far below the value of full-time employment to do the job properly.
[…] Zimmerman added that if this method proves insufficient, OKA is considering introducing formal peer‑review mechanisms.
https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/
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One thing I thought #LLMs were good for was translation. Apparently #Gemini and others aren’t that great at that either.
#Wikipedia restricted contributors from a nonprofit called the Open Knowledge Association (#OKA) after editors discovered #AI-assisted translations added factual errors and incorrect citations.
As predicted, humans will be relegated to cleaning up the mess LLMs leave behind, for salaries far below the value of full-time employment to do the job properly.
[…] Zimmerman added that if this method proves insufficient, OKA is considering introducing formal peer‑review mechanisms.
https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/
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One thing I thought #LLMs were good for was translation. Apparently #Gemini and others aren’t that great at that either.
#Wikipedia restricted contributors from a nonprofit called the Open Knowledge Association (#OKA) after editors discovered #AI-assisted translations added factual errors and incorrect citations.
As predicted, humans will be relegated to cleaning up the mess LLMs leave behind, for salaries far below the value of full-time employment to do the job properly.
[…] Zimmerman added that if this method proves insufficient, OKA is considering introducing formal peer‑review mechanisms.
https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/
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#DigitalColonialism Good to see it’s finally being discussed in mainstream media. It’s not just exploitation and low wages it’s also trauma and mental health. Bender & Hanna’s The AI Con exposes the industry’s hype and how trauma is outsourced to the “Global South”.
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#DigitalColonialism Good to see it’s finally being discussed in mainstream media. It’s not just exploitation and low wages it’s also trauma and mental health. Bender & Hanna’s The AI Con exposes the industry’s hype and how trauma is outsourced to the “Global South”.
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#DigitalColonialism Good to see it’s finally being discussed in mainstream media. It’s not just exploitation and low wages it’s also trauma and mental health. Bender & Hanna’s The AI Con exposes the industry’s hype and how trauma is outsourced to the “Global South”.
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#DigitalColonialism Good to see it’s finally being discussed in mainstream media. It’s not just exploitation and low wages it’s also trauma and mental health. Bender & Hanna’s The AI Con exposes the industry’s hype and how trauma is outsourced to the “Global South”.
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#DigitalColonialism Good to see it’s finally being discussed in mainstream media. It’s not just exploitation and low wages it’s also trauma and mental health. Bender & Hanna’s The AI Con exposes the industry’s hype and how trauma is outsourced to the “Global South”.
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„She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says“
“When you see these videos, it feels that way. But since it is a job, you have to do it. You understand that it is someone’s private life you are looking at, but at the same time you are just expected to carry out the work. You are not supposed to question it. If you start asking questions, you are gone.” #meta #ai #glasshole #privacy #digitalcolonialism
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„She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says“
“When you see these videos, it feels that way. But since it is a job, you have to do it. You understand that it is someone’s private life you are looking at, but at the same time you are just expected to carry out the work. You are not supposed to question it. If you start asking questions, you are gone.” #meta #ai #glasshole #privacy #digitalcolonialism
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„She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says“
“When you see these videos, it feels that way. But since it is a job, you have to do it. You understand that it is someone’s private life you are looking at, but at the same time you are just expected to carry out the work. You are not supposed to question it. If you start asking questions, you are gone.” #meta #ai #glasshole #privacy #digitalcolonialism
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„She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says“
“When you see these videos, it feels that way. But since it is a job, you have to do it. You understand that it is someone’s private life you are looking at, but at the same time you are just expected to carry out the work. You are not supposed to question it. If you start asking questions, you are gone.” #meta #ai #glasshole #privacy #digitalcolonialism
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„She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says“
“When you see these videos, it feels that way. But since it is a job, you have to do it. You understand that it is someone’s private life you are looking at, but at the same time you are just expected to carry out the work. You are not supposed to question it. If you start asking questions, you are gone.” #meta #ai #glasshole #privacy #digitalcolonialism
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Aerial LiDAR Mapping Can Reveal Archaeological Sites - Whilst Overlooking Indigenous Peoples And Their Knowledge
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https://theconversation.com/aerial-lidar-mapping-can-reveal-archaeological-sites-while-overlooking-indigenous-peoples-and-their-knowledge-261332 <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #remotesensing #earthobservation #mapping #earthobservation #LiDARArchaeology #LiDAR #archaeology #Archeology #FirstNation #indigenous #perspectives #digitalcolonialism #western #researchers #community #involvement #stakeholders #science #survey #conservation #discovery #archaeologists #geoethics -
Aerial LiDAR Mapping Can Reveal Archaeological Sites - Whilst Overlooking Indigenous Peoples And Their Knowledge
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https://theconversation.com/aerial-lidar-mapping-can-reveal-archaeological-sites-while-overlooking-indigenous-peoples-and-their-knowledge-261332 <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #remotesensing #earthobservation #mapping #earthobservation #LiDARArchaeology #LiDAR #archaeology #Archeology #FirstNation #indigenous #perspectives #digitalcolonialism #western #researchers #community #involvement #stakeholders #science #survey #conservation #discovery #archaeologists #geoethics -
Aerial LiDAR Mapping Can Reveal Archaeological Sites - Whilst Overlooking Indigenous Peoples And Their Knowledge
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https://theconversation.com/aerial-lidar-mapping-can-reveal-archaeological-sites-while-overlooking-indigenous-peoples-and-their-knowledge-261332 <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #remotesensing #earthobservation #mapping #earthobservation #LiDARArchaeology #LiDAR #archaeology #Archeology #FirstNation #indigenous #perspectives #digitalcolonialism #western #researchers #community #involvement #stakeholders #science #survey #conservation #discovery #archaeologists #geoethics -
Aerial LiDAR Mapping Can Reveal Archaeological Sites - Whilst Overlooking Indigenous Peoples And Their Knowledge
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https://theconversation.com/aerial-lidar-mapping-can-reveal-archaeological-sites-while-overlooking-indigenous-peoples-and-their-knowledge-261332 <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #remotesensing #earthobservation #mapping #earthobservation #LiDARArchaeology #LiDAR #archaeology #Archeology #FirstNation #indigenous #perspectives #digitalcolonialism #western #researchers #community #involvement #stakeholders #science #survey #conservation #discovery #archaeologists #geoethics -
Aerial LiDAR Mapping Can Reveal Archaeological Sites - Whilst Overlooking Indigenous Peoples And Their Knowledge
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https://theconversation.com/aerial-lidar-mapping-can-reveal-archaeological-sites-while-overlooking-indigenous-peoples-and-their-knowledge-261332 <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #remotesensing #earthobservation #mapping #earthobservation #LiDARArchaeology #LiDAR #archaeology #Archeology #FirstNation #indigenous #perspectives #digitalcolonialism #western #researchers #community #involvement #stakeholders #science #survey #conservation #discovery #archaeologists #geoethics