Translation - Information Matters

In a landscape saturated with data, the challenge lies in making information meaningful. How data is structured, visualized, and contextualized determines whether it merely informs or truly influences perception and decision-making. However, raw data alone does not communicate meaning. Traditional data visualizations, such as bar charts, scatter plots, and heat maps, often fail to engage audiences emotionally and cognitively. This is where data storytelling emerges as a transformative approach.

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March 4, 2025 Fatima Espinoza Vasquez

Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Inequity: Reimagining Partnerships for Information Justice

Thinking of communities as “information poor” misrepresents the reality of systemic exclusion. Instead, marginalized communities have been intentionally and unintentionally excluded from mainstream information infrastructures. This exclusion is not due to a lack of knowledge on the part of marginalized communities but rather a reflection of structural barriers that limit access to institutionalized information flows. We need to recognize the existence and prevalence of information precarity, and then we need to radically alter how we plan and carry out projects, research, and outreach with—not for—marginalized communities.

Education Translation

March 3, 2025 Meghan Dowell

The Cost of Clicks: Cultivating Data-Awareness and Ethical LMS Practices in Higher Education

Many educational institutions use learning management systems (LMSs), which may track and analyze a student’s every click, assignment submission, and even location; this also makes them useful for learning analytics, the collection and analysis of student data in the name of supporting learning and teaching. While students may know that LMSs collect their data, they often don’t understand the extent of just how much data these systems collect! Yet, it’s not hard to imagine what the scope of LMS data collection means for student privacy. This imbalance highlights the urgent need for greater transparency and critical data education in the use of educational technologies.

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February 26, 2025 Toriqul Bashar

Local Adaptation to Climate Change: Scope for MFIs in Bangladesh

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) possess a unique and powerful tool for combating the localized challenges of climate change: the social capital of their borrowers. While MFIs rightly prioritize poverty reduction, they can and should simultaneously leverage this inherent social capital to address the growing threat of climate change.

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February 20, 2025 Manika Saha

Understanding Cyberbullying targeting women in Bangladesh from complex social-ecological lens

Our analysis raises critical questions: Why do segments of the general public express such hostility towards women in digital spaces? Are these sentiments a mere reflection of broader societal attitudes, or are they amplified by the affordances of online anonymity and lack of accountability? What structural interventions are necessary to dismantle these patterns of digital violence? Understanding these underlying factors is imperative to formulating sustainable strategies to combat cyberbullying.

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February 6, 2025 Lynne Bowker

Multilingual Scholarly Communication and Translation Technologies

Multilingual Scholarly Communication and Translation Technologies Lynne Bowker As a country, Canada has two official languages – English and French

Featured Translation

January 27, 2025 Hsia-Ching Chang

Bringing AI and Blockchain Synergy into Cyber Threat Intelligence Cycle

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) plays a pivotal role in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) as it enables risk assessment through the identification of threats, vulnerabilities, compliance requirements, and their consequent impacts. Efficient and secure information sharing matters in effective cyber threat intelligence.

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January 23, 2025 Sheng-Hsiang Lance Peng

Roots to Routes: Community Resilience through Ancestral Knowledge

In a world where progress and innovation are often prioritised, I highlight the need to reconnect with the past, drawing on the wisdom passed down through generations. Mnemohistory, which focuses on how societies remember and reinterpret their history, shows that communities don’t just preserve events but also pass on cultural practices, stories, and shared experiences that shape their identities, and by tracing developmental paths through this historical knowledge, we can see how communities use their past to deal with present challenges and plan for the future.