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Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory: Classification, Ranking and the Sorting of the Past
by David Beer • Ben JacobsenSocial media platforms hold vast amounts of biographical data about our lives. They repackage our past content as ‘memories’ and deliver them back to us. But how does that change the way we remember? Drawing on original qualitative research as well as industry documents and reports, this book crit... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
In the Shadow of Policy: Everyday Practices in South Africa's Land and Agrarian Reform
by Robert Ross • Ben Cousins • Paul Hebinck • Henning De Klerk • Jonathan Denison • Ntombekhaya Faku • Derick Fay • Klara Jacobson • Petunia Khutswane • Rosalie Kingwill • Karin Kleinbooi • Zamile Madyibi • Francois Marais • Modise Moseki • Malebogo Phetlhu • Dik Roth • Limpho Taoana • Harriët Tienstra • Wim Van Averbeke • Yves Van LeynseeleNotions of land and agrarian reform are now well entrenched in post-apartheid South Africa. But what this reform actually means for everyday life is not clearly understood, nor the way it will impact on the political economy. In the Shadow of Policy explores the interface between the policy of land ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013