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ABSTRACT This field review leverages books, essays, academic journal articles, and a recent review of an emerging field to understand how racial bias in early photographic and film techniques carried […]
In this interview, Salome Asega discusses her career as an artist and researcher whose practice celebrates dissensus and multivocality.
Child welfare agencies are actually in the family policing business. And just as with other forms of police, their analog violence is powered by digital systems. When I was giving […]
By J. Khadijah Abdurahman“Hi, good morning. I’m calling in from Bangalore, India.” I’m talking on speakerphone to a man with an obvious Indian accent. He pauses. “Now I have enabled the accent translation,” […]
By Wilfred ChanIn 2017, Holliday contributed to a RAND report warning that resolving bias in machine learning requires hiring diverse teams and cannot be fixed through technical means alone. In 2020, he […]
By Khari Johnson#BlackTechFutures Research Institute is excited to have you register for our Virtual 2022 Regional City Panel Discussions for Tennessee & Texas. The panels will outline how to build a thriving […]
2 Hidden Pioneers of the Data Industry Available on Adobe Express created by Emily Corbin When people talk about the pioneers of the data industry, there’s a gravitation to highlight […]
By Brandeis MarshallThe Black Women in Data (BWD) Summit 2022 is the two-day forum for Black women leaders to plan their next career move in the data industry by hearing from data […]
An aerial picture can tell a thousand stories. But who gets to tell them? From above the clouds, our world is surveilled and datafied. Those who control the data, control […]
By IRL PodcastThe critical platform studies literature has built a compelling picture of how techniques like worker (mis)classification, algorithmic management and workforce atomisation lie at the heart of how ‘work on-demand via […]
By Dalia GebrialSystem Error exposes the root of our current predicament: how big tech’s relentless focus on optimization is driving a future that reinforces discrimination, erodes privacy, displaces workers, and pollutes the […]