I had no need to point to yet another article on datafication and educator unease, but this post about the response to the article is definitely worth mentioning. Specifically, Laura Czerniewicz argues that "when authors are affiliated to global South institutions, and use evidence from global South countries, the names of these countries are more likely to be part of the article's title." See the map. This wouldn't matter except that naming the country signals "that the issues were of local interest only, and less likely to be read." It does suggests that work done in North America and Europe is of universal interest, while everything else is of local interest only. This is not true, of course, and so this trend should be noted and resisted. Related: Whose Knowledge?
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