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Contributors Sophia Al Maria, Heba Y. Amin, Lotte Arndt, Benjamin H. Bratton, Kévin Bray, James Bridle, Ingrid Burrington, Adriana Bustos, Ben Cerveny, Guo Cheng, Chimurenga, Cristina Cochior, Sounak Das, Data Justice Lab (Philippa Metcalfe, Fieke Jansen), Pablo DeSoto, Alexis Destoop, Marjolijn Dijkman, DISNOVATION.ORG, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Cao Fei, Shuang Lu Frost, Maya Indira Ganesh, Pélagie Gbaguidi, GCC Group, Geocinema (Asia Bazdyrieva, Solveig Qu Suess), John Gerrard, Oulimata Gueye, Camille Henrot, Femke Herregraven, Yuk Hui, Sanneke Huisman, Victoria Ivanova, Vladan Joler, Isaac Kariuki, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, Francois Knoetze, Srinivas Kodali, Bogna Konior, Lukáš Likavčan, Abu Bakarr Mansaray, Svitlana Matviyenko, Emo de Medeiros, Metahaven, Dorine Mokha, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Musasa, Katja Novitskova, Nanjala Nyabola, Trevor Paglen, Alice Piva, Chen ‘Stanley’ Qiufan, Nii Quaynor, Elia Rediger, Tabita Rezaire, Lucas Rolim, Bassem Saad, Nanjira Sambuli, Georges Senga, Nzilani Simu, Andrej Škufca, Ksenia Tatarchenko, Suzanne Treister, Unknown Fields, Jordi Vallverdú, Richard Vijgen, Sarah Waiswa, Zhan Wang, Kedolwa Waziri, Mi You, Qiu Zhijie, Dan Zhu

Editors Leonardo Dellanoce, Amal Khalaf, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, Nanjala Nyabola, Renée Roukens, Arthur Steiner and Mi You

Editorial assistant Hannah Adlide

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Communication Rebecca Boswell, Joke Hoeven

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Vertical Atlas is the result of a four year collaboration between Hivos and Het Nieuwe Instituut. It builds on the research by the Digital Earth fellows and the findings of six Vertical Atlas research labs by Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam as well as six Digital Earth workshops in Dakar, Beirut, Paris, Dubai, New Delhi and Moscow. The Vertical Atlas Research Labs were curated by Benjamin H. Bratton, Arthur Steiner, Leonardo Dellanoce and Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, supported by Anastasia Kubrak.

Island.eu September 20-21, 2018 Speakers Benjamin H. Bratton, Victoria Ivanova and Marten Kaevats Participants research lab Ben Cerveny, Pablo DeSoto, Benjamin H. Bratton, Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Victoria Ivanova, Fieke Jansen, Vladan Joler, Marten Kaevats, Alison Killing, Philippa Metcalfe and Marina Otero Verzier

Infocosm.ru November 29 - December 1, 2018 Speakers Svitlana Matviyenko, Ksenia Tatarchenko, Ksenia Fedorova, Benjamin Peters Participants research lab Denis Leontiev, Svitlana Matviyenko, Katja Novitskova, Jasmijn Visser Benjamin Peters, Valia Fetisov, Ksenia Fedorova, Ksenia Tatarchenko, Alexander van Wijnen, Femke Herregraven, Sanne Stevens, Tin Geber and Nikita Lin

Networks.africa April 11-12, 2019 Speakers ‘Gbenga Sesan, Nanjala Nyabola, Serubiri Moses, Tegan Bristow and Oulimata Gueye Participants research lab Tegan Bristow, Oulimata Gueye, Halima Haruna, Serubiri Moses, Sylvia Musalagani, Nanjala Nyabola, ‘Gbenga Sesan and Alexander van Wijnen

Futures.gcc October 17-18, 2019 Speakers Marc Owen Jones and Amal Khalaf Participants research lab Marc Owen Jones, Amal Khalaf, Iyad Alsaka

China.ai December 5, 2019 Speakers Shuang Lu Frost and Chen Qiufan (aka Stanley Chen) Participants research lab Yue Mao, Chen Qiufan, Yin Aiwen, Shuang Lu Frost, Jo Wei

World.orbit October 30 - November 13, 2020 Speakers Tega Brain, Andrei Bocin- Dumitriu, John Palmesino and Lukáš Likavčan Participants research lab Diego Dametto, Sarah Friend, Richard Vijgen, Carlos Nazareno, Corneel Cannaerts, Dominic Ligot, Valentin Vetisov, Yosra El Gazzar, Guo Cheng, Sergio Costa, Javier Argota Sanchez-Vaquerizo, Rodrigo Delso, Eva Ibanez, Sahir Patel, Monika Halkort, René Boer, Benjamin Asante, Sara Nachem, Cristina Cochior

Acknowledgements
The editors would like to thank Takura Zhangazha, Laila van Rijswijk, Andra Iacob, Myriam Vandenbroucke, Samantha Sekai Nengomasha, Kudzai Dongo, Winfred Riungu, Ranwa Yehia, Churchill Ongere, Sylvia Musalagani, Sami Jreissati, Nicole Horgan, Melvinique Mann from the Resource of Open Minds program at Hivos. Nienke Smidtman, Will Janssen, Wieke Meilink from the Global Hub at Hivos and Laura Urbonavičiūtė, Anna Sejbæk Torp-Pedersen and Nikita Hurkmans from the Digital Earth team. Helga Delaere, Evert Faber van der Meulen, Dorothé Bongaerts-Stubbé and Boudewijn Niels from New Silk Roads.

The fellows at Digital Earth: Alexandra Anikina, Tekla Aslanishvili, Asia Bazdyrieva, Dilman Dila, Jonathan Dotse, Valia Fetisov, Guo Cheng, Halima Haruna, JeremiahIkongio, Pete Jiadong Qiang, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Jessika Khazrik, Francois Knoetze, Antonio Macotela, Umber Majeed, Dorine Mokha, Sepideh Majidi, Emo de Medeiros, Temitayo Ogunbiyi, Uzoma Chidumaga Orji, Sondra Perry, Tabita Rezaire, Khyati Saraf, Ishita Sharma, Solveig Qu Suess and Mingxuan Xie.

All the members of the Digital Earth Faculty: Antonia Alampi, Heba Y. Amin, Defne Ayas, Stephanie Bailey, Diann Bauer, Nicolay Boyadjiev, Benjamin H. Bratton, Jaya Klara Brekke, Tegan Bristow, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Oulimata Gueye, Orit Halpern, Nora N. Khan, Serubiri Moses, Ogutu Muraya, Reza Negarestani, Jussi Parikka, Lisa Parks, Helen Pritchard, Uzma Z. Rizvi, Mohammad Salemy, Susan Schuppli, Thierno Seydou Sall, Nishant Shah, Murtaza Vali, Kathryn Weir, Kathryn Yusoff, Misal Adnan Yıldız, Mi You, Chen Qiufan.

We would also like extend our thanks to the Digital Earth partners: Ashkal Alwan, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Centre Pompidou, Chronus Art Center, Electric South, Global Media Technologies and Culture Lab MIT, Jameel Arts Center, Ker Thiossane, Khoj, New Centre for Research and Practice and Strelka Institute and to Mutinta Simelane, Moipone Tlale, Jamal Nxedlana from Bubblegum Club. And finally, a thank you to Framer Framed and Het Stedelijk Museum for hosting two of the Vertical Atlas events.

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Supported by Sida, Creative Industries Fund NL, New Silk Roads