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Google Search and the creation of ignorance: The case of the climate crisis
Big Data & Society, 2023 The article examines the relationship between commercial search engines, using Google Search as an example, and various forms of ignorance related to climate change.
Jutta Haider, Malte Rödl
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From agnosis to accidental activism: Infinite regress and the Post Office Scandal
Journal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue S1, Page S25-S41, April 2026.Abstract This paper explores the lived experiences of victims/survivors affected by the UK Post Office Scandal, drawing on 28 in‐depth interviews and critical legal analysis. It uses the concept of ‘accidental activism’ to explore how victims, initially isolated and disempowered, became central agents of justice reform.
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Knowledge and ignorance in forensic identification: the origins of a contested human rights fact
TapuyaIn 2006, DNA testing revealed that the Chilean Medical Legal Service had misidentified at least half of the 96 human rights victims whose remains had been exhumed in 1991 from a lot in the Santiago General Cemetery known as Patio 29.
Eden Medina
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Covert Borderwork: Managing Borders and Migration through Secrecy
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Abstract In this article, we analyse secretive practices of border and migration management we term covert borderwork. Covert borderwork comprises techniques of border and migration management which adopt varying forms and temporalities of secrecy in their design, implementation, and/or performance.
Josh Watkins, Julia Van Dessel
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The Long History of “Doublethink”: A Response to Djelal Kadir’s “Agnotology and the Know-Nothing Party: Then and Now” [PDF]
, 2017 Manuel Broncano RodríguezTexas A&M International University The Long History of “Doublethink”: A Response to Djelal Kadir’s “Agnotology and the Know-Nothing Party: Then and Now” A Response to Djelal Kadir’s “Agnotology and the Know ...
Broncano Rodríguez, Manuel
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Agnotologia e o Princípio da Precaução [PDF]
, 2021 This paper aims to analyze the relationships between agnotology (social construction of ignorance) and the precautionary principle (PP) from two perspectives. The first one has to do with the objection according to which some PP defenders would have used
Souza, Pedro Bravo de
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DiálogosThis paper examines how public commemorative practices can challenge the strategic production of ignorance surrounding disasters. Focusing on three documentaries—Broken Arrow 29 (Dina Hecht, 1986), which revisits the 1966 Palomares disaster, and Buffalo
Cécile Stehrenberger +1 more
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Non‐linear pathways of/for social and spatial justice research
Area, Volume 58, Issue 1, March 2026.Short Abstract This commentary challenges the linear connection between research, engagement and activism in geographical scholarship, emphasising how these elements often intersect, overlap and conflict in complex, non‐linear ways. It reflects on the author's personal experiences as a human geographer and activist in the UK and Spain, exploring the ...
Mara Ferreri
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RENT CONTROL AND HOUSING JUSTICE
Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia, 2020 In this article I explore the question of rent control: one of the most despised yet misunderstood policies across a variety of disciplines and professions concerned with urban and housing issues.
Tom Slater
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Norms and Significance in Ignorance. Reply to Duncan Pritchard
Philosophical Issues, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 190-194, October 2025.ABSTRACT This is a reply to Duncan Pritchard's response to my critique of his normative account of ignorance. Pritchard suggests that I take a Normative Condition on board in my own account of ignorance. Pritchard's suggestion has drastic revisionary and deflationary implications for how we use words like “ignorance” and “ignorant”.
Rik Peels
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