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Technology, particularly tech built and marketed by dominant, profit-driven companies, promises accountability at its core—that the more technological solutions there are, the more people, governments, and organizations will be accountable […]
Xiaowei R. Wang is an artist, writer, organizer, and coder. Their work centers community driven tech and the importance of care in organizing for a more just future. Their collaborative […]
Fascist fashion items can help promote and provide funds for extremist groups. In some instances, it appears, their sale relies upon key services provided by prominent businesses that have policies […]
By Foeke PostmaAutomation, Labour Migration, Reproduction Platform Mobilities explores the transformation of labour and reproduction, infrastructures and landscapes, mobility and migration under conditions of automation. The conference marks the final step of […]
When the job of a young east coast-based analyst – we’ll call him James – went remote with the pandemic, he didn’t envisage any problems. The company, a large US […]
By Zoë CornIn this essay, Bulut examines the experinces of gig-workers in Turkey during the pandemic.
Ergin Bulut received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Currently, he works as an Associate Professor at Koç University’s Media and Visual […]
PostDoctoral Scholar – Community Organizing and Social ComputingApplication Window Open date: April 12th, 2022 Next review date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to […]
By UC IrvineThe Datafied State is an emerging research agenda that seeks to explore the relationship between datafication and public administration. It is concerned with the proliferation of data sources, infrastructures, and computational […]
By Jenna Burrell and Ranjit SinghDorothy R. Santos is a Filipino American storyteller, poet, artist, and scholar, and she is an assistant teaching professor in the art department and Principal Founding Faculty for Creative Technologies […]
Amazon will block and flag employee posts on a planned internal messaging app that contain keywords pertaining to labor unions, according to internal company documents reviewed by The Intercept. An automatic word monitor would also block a […]
By Ken Klippenstein