Field Review

Information Technology, Surveillance, and Race in the US

Brian Jefferson highlights key concepts and discussions on information technology, surveillance, carceral governance, and border patrol. Specifically, this field review explores the evolution of information communication technology and racial surveillance from the late nineteenth century until the present.

Surveillance Technology

Field Note

Minneapolis police used traffic stops and fake social media profiles to target communities of color | MIT Technology Review

By Tate Ryan-Mosley and S Richards | May 3, 2022

Crises & Resilience Crises & Resilience

Field Note

The giant plan to track diversity in research journals | Nature

By Holly Else and Jeffrey M. Perkel | March 1, 2022

Representations

Field Review

Framing Inequity in Health Technology: The Digital Divide, Data Bias, and Racialization

Through an examination of the literature, Kadija Ferryman synthesizes the exponential growth in health data and health information technologies, especially for marginalized populations, while also addressing common rhetorical and ethical responses to inequities in health technologies.

Law & Ethics Science, Medicine & Public Health

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