These networks acted as alternatives to what we call ‘mega-logistics,’ consolidated logistics that are increasing intertwined with the technology industry (e.g. Amazon). They demonstrated interlocking forms of environmental and social sustainability but met regulatory friction & were fleeting.

Between 2020 and 2022, we researched street vendors, mutual aid networks, and food pantries to understand the grassroots, ad hoc logistics networks that responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.

Tandon blog post here: engineering.nyu.edu/news/remote-...

Full paper here (please email for pdf if you need it!): dl-acm-org.proxy.library.nyu.edu/doi/full/10....

The guidance will be split into current empirical/tactical knowledge of social media use in social movements, theoretical innovations, and ethical and safety guidance for researchers working in this field. To join, please fill in the Google form on our website. Hybrid participation is welcome.

This will be a design workshop style sprint to create a list of guidance for researchers who study the links between social media and social movements, based on the collective knowledge-making of researchers and activists interested in varied social movements across global contexts.

will you be giving a book talk in the city?

Congrats - this looks wonderful

I heard this this morning too and it put me in a total tizzy

Based on 5 years of engagement in a community greenspace (through the pandemic), I've been thinking & writing about how urban life has become increasingly mediated/isolated & what this means for the hopes for - and inequalities in - place-based environmental activism. LMK if you'd like to join!

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