Researching Amidst a Pandemic and Reflecting on Devastation

In this absolutely delightful hour, Steven Gonzalez, an anthropologist of data centers, walks us through various sites of ethnographic research — from places of abandonment post-climate disaster, the desert, to the suburbs. While much as been written and discussed about data centers in the last decade, nobody does it quite as thoughtfully as Steven — showing empathy and feeling in and through his writing. Recorded Oct 2, 2023. Released Nov 13, 2023.

Sordidez

https://egconde.com/books/sordidez/ 

Q&A: Steven Gonzalez on Indigenous futurist science fiction

https://news.mit.edu/2023/qa-steven-gonzalez-indigenous-futurist-science-fiction-sordidez-0821 

The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggering-ecological-impacts-of-computation-and-the-cloud/ 

Steven Gonzalez Monserrate

https://www.stevengonzalezm.com/

The people of the cloud

https://aeon.co/essays/downtime-is-not-an-option-meet-the-stewards-of-the-cloud

La Nube sin Apagón

https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/la-nube-sin-apagon/

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