Mobilizing Data for Justice

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast by the Data Justice Hube that looks at how activists gather and make sense of data. Data activists from around the world have developed creative methods for archiving and visualizing data, confronting surveillance infrastructures, and fostering communities of practice that invite us to think about data differently. Join us as we hear from researchers and activists around the world as we explore how they do their work, how they take care of themselves, and what they beleive is the future for data activism.

Episodes

Tactical Tech

May 26, 2025 • 22 mins

You’re listening to Mobilizing Data for Justice, a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data.

This podcast episode is an edited interview with Amber Macintyre from Tactical Tech. She tells us about her recent work, what inspires her, and her hopes for the future.

Find out more about Amber's work here: https://tacticaltech.org/team-and-board/amber-macintyre-data-influence-democracy/

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Visualizing Palestine

May 19, 2025 • 52 mins

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data.

In this episode we interview Nas and Jess from Visualizing Palestine. They tell us about how they overcome challenges and obstacles in their work, why the work is important, and what they see in the future.

Find out more about Nas and Jess and their work here: https://visualizingpalestine.org/the-team/

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Refugee Law Lab

May 12, 2025 • 25 mins

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data.

This episode is an edited interview with Petra Molnar from Refugee Law Lab. Petra told us about why she began this work, her current projects, and what keeps her motivated.

Find out more about Petra's work at: https://www.petramolnar.com/about

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Bellingcat

May 5, 2025 • 21 mins

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data.

This episode is an edited interview with Giancarlo Fiorella from Bellingcat. Giancarlo told us about how he does his work, why the work is important, and how he takes care of himself and others.

Check out some of Giancarlo's work here: https://www.bellingcat.com/author/giancarlofiorella/

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Accountability Archive

April 28, 2025 • 19 mins

Mobilizing Data for Justice is a podcast about how activists gather and make sense of data.

This podcast is an edited interview with Alex from the Accountability Archive. Alex tells us about how he got involved in archiving, why the work is important, and how it’s impacted him.

Find out more about the Accountability Archive here: https://accountabilityarchive.org/

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Archive Team

August 11, 2023 • 32 mins

This week, the Data Justice Hub sat down with Jason Scott of Archive Team as he discusses the intricacies of archiving the internet. We explore what it means to be an ArchiveTeam Warrior and the ethics of archiving essentially anything and everything posted on the internet. With such a monumental task at hand, Jason and his team have spent years documenting knowledge, both domestic and abroad, to provide access to information for a...

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Corporate Mapping Project

July 28, 2023 • 29 mins

Join us this week as we discuss the Corporate Mapping Project with Dr. William Carroll of the University of Victoria. The Corporate Mapping Project is aimed at gathering data relating to the problematic involvement in the fossil fuel industry from corporations, universities, and government bodies throughout Canada. Dr. Carroll and his team have spent years collecting and analyzing the publically available data used to discern this ...

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No Tech for ICE

July 14, 2023 • 35 mins

Join the Data Decoded team as we speak with No Tech for ICE about their work confronting the surveillance of marginalized BIPOC/Latinx communities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States. The head of the campaign, Jacinta Gonalez, discusses new technologies used by ICE in tracking and deporting immigrants, the private corporations that collaborate in providing ICE with data, as well as how we can go about ...

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Queering the Map

June 30, 2023 • 40 mins

This episode, the Data Justice Hub chats with the founder of Queering the Map, Lucas LaRochelle, as they discuss their work archiving the experiences of queer folks and their allies through the individual submission of self-described queer experiences and feelings worldwide. LaRochelle also discusses the importance of community care and safety as themselves and their team navigate homophobia, transphobia, and doxxing. Join us as we...

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Anti-Eviction Mapping Project

June 16, 2023 • 21 mins

In this episode, Dr. Erin McElroy discusses their work with the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (https://antievictionmap.com/), a grassroots collective in the United States that gathers data on evictions with the aim of confronting gentrification. McElroy discusses challenges in advocating for tenants rights with the adoption of new tracking and surveillance technologies by landlords.

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