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As our technologies travel to new cultural contexts and our designs and methods engage new constituencies, both our design and analytical practices face significant challenges. We offer postcolonial computing as […]
In this case study, Gil gives a short description of the design philosophies behind Ed, a system for producing online digital editions. These design philosophies focus on the concept of […]
Lauren Lee McCarthy is an artist examining social relationships in the midst of automation, surveillance, and algorithmic living. Her work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American […]
Alex Gil is the digital scholarship librarian at Columbia University Libraries. He collaborates with faculty, students, and library professionals in humanities research, pedagogy, and knowledge production that involves the use […]
Roderic Crooks is an assistant professor in the Department of Informatics at UC Irvine. His research examines how the use of digital technology by public institutions contributes to the minoritization […]
Lisa Nakamura is the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in the Department of American Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the founding director of the Digital […]
Google ads, black names and white names, racial discrimination, and click advertising.
Social media connects youth to peers who share shared experiences and support; however, urban gang-involved youth navigate ‘the digital street’ following a script that may incite violence. Urban gang-involved youth […]
Homicide is the second leading cause of death for young people, and exposure to violence has a negative impact on youth mental health, academic performance, and relationships. We demonstrate that […]
Gang members carry guns and twitter accounts. Media outlets nationally have reported on a new phenomenon of gang affiliates using social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to […]
What do listening to music, taking a flight, and getting stopped by the police all have in common? You might not realize it, but these actions could all involve artificial […]