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Virtual Solidarity, Concrete Care: A Review of Mutual Aid Online

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Sackitey, Darley, Sachdev, Hiya Ashish, Parker, Andrea G·2025·Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Sackitey, D., Sachdev, H. A., & Parker, A. G.
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Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
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Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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ACM
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2025-04-25
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1-23
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10.1145/3706598.3713653
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  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Anarchism and Radical Politics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Economic Solidarity
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
Keywords
mutual aid, care, disaster response, volunteer networks

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