Ep. 27: Data Grab - The New Colonialism of Big Tech

In this episode, Catarina Carvalho talks to Professors Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry about their book Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back.

EPISODE NOTES:

• Aníbal Quijano (Foundational Essays on the Coloniality of Power)
• Primitive Accumulation of capital 
• Tierra Común

Professor Ulises A. Mejias is a critical media theorist, recipient of the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, and a Fulbright Specialist from 2021 to 2025.

Professor Nick Couldry  is a sociologist of media and culture at the London School of Economics and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

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Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara de Sousa.

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Edited by Allysa Versoza and Chris Lloyd.