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Between datafication and digital entanglement: Swedish farmers' everyday use and understanding of weather through apps
University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT. Lund University.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8123-2158
University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT. (Information Practices and Digital Cultures)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4187-7004
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5948-0761
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9175-0266
2026 (English)In: Big Data and Society, E-ISSN 2053-9517, Vol. 13, no 2, article id 20539517261447844Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
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Abstract [en]

Weather applications constitute mundane data infrastructures that people use on a daily basis. However, little attention is afforded to how these everyday technologies and their data potentially shape users’ understanding of weather. One group to which weather conditions are particularly salient is farmers. The field of agriculture is increasingly data-driven, encompassing different commercial and non-commercial digital weather products. However, the potential performativity of said data on farmers’ understandings of weather remains little explored. Taking inspiration from mundane data studies, and by interviewing Swedish farmers, we find that weather app data intensify farmers’ attention to unfolding weather conditions, and affect farmers’ relations to their environment and understanding of weather. Moreover, their experiences of using weather apps are characterised by ambivalence – the co-existence of conflicting feelings, practices and attitudes. This ambivalence emerges at the intersection of farmers’ data use, habits, routines, discourses and embodiment. We propose to call this phenomenon ‘digital betweenness’. ‘Digital betweenness’ directs and sensitises farmers to opposing and concurrent practices, forces, ideas and desires that are entangled in weather data encounters.

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Sage Publications, 2026. Vol. 13, no 2, article id 20539517261447844
Keywords [en]
Weather applications, datafication, digital entanglement, farming, weather
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Information Studies Media and Communications
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Library and Information Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-35592DOI: 10.1177/20539517261447844ISI: 001755661700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105037919630OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-35592DiVA, id: diva2:2057387
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Mistra Miljökommunikation II, WP1
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Mistra - The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Mistra MiljökommunikationAvailable from: 2026-05-05 Created: 2026-05-05 Last updated: 2026-05-15Bibliographically approved

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