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Data & SocietyScholars Dan Bouk, Kevin Ackermann, and danah boyd join forces on a thought-provoking resource that begins to explore the power of official numbers and public data. In A Primer on Powerful Numbers: Selected Readings in the Social Study of Public Data and Official Numbers, the authors touch on the power and authority that public numbers have in societies. Read moreMarch 2022 -
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Data & SocietyHannah Appel and Astra Taylor discuss their new book, "Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition." Read moreMarch 2021 -
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Data & SocietyA Poverty Lawyer’s Guide to Fighting Automated Decision-Making Harms on Low-Income Communities Read moreSeptember 2020 -
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Data & SocietyDr. Lorenzo Baber and Chaédria LaBouvier discuss auto-censorship with Data & Society Newsroom Outreach Lead Smitha Khorana. Read moreJuly 2020 -
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Data & SocietyWendy Liu and Meredith Whittaker discuss how the COVID-19 shutdown is impacting workers and organizing in the technology industry. Read moreApril 2020 -
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Data & SocietyPublic health expert Kenyon Farrow and sociologist Tamara K. Nopper discuss racial disparities in COVID-19’s impact, reporting, and analyses. Read moreApril 2020 -
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Data & SocietyA video of Chancey Fleet and Taeyoon Choi's virtual conversation about network building and activism opportunities. Read moreApril 2020 -
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PointsHow can citation practices be used as a strategy to decolonize tech research, ask Data & Society Events Production Assistant Rigoberto Lara Guzmán and Director of Research Sareeta Amrute in their new zine. "So, make it a h... Read on PointsAugust 2019 -
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Data & SocietyIn this primer, D&S researcher Claire Fontaine examines the construct of accountability as it functions in discussions around education reform in the American public education system. Read moreAugust 2016 -
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Data & SocietyThe Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society has released three case studies (with more on the way) and has set a deadline of June 1, 2016, for any new submissions to its call for cases. 1) The Ethics of Using Hacked Data: ... Read moreApril 2016