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Use our library to explore Data & Society's original empirical research and read our expert commentary. Sort by media type, or select one or more topic categories to begin browsing.
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EPICManny Moss and Friederike Schüür examine how the rhetoric around DS/ML systems affects how they are actually implemented. Read on EPICDecember 2018 -
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Washington Center for Equitable GrowthBrian Callaci connects franchises, workers' rights, and antitrust law. Read on Washington Center for Equitable GrowthDecember 2018 -
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The AtlanticData & Society INFRA Lead Ingrid Burrington traces the history of Silicon Valley and its residents. "Now San Jose has an opportunity to lift up these workers placed at the bottom of the tech industry as much as the wealthy... Read on The AtlanticJune 2018 -
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e-fluxIn e-flux, Data & Society INFRA Lead Ingrid Burrington contemplates the maps of the internet. "The historical maps made of the internet—and, later, the maps of the world made by the internet—are both reflection and instrum... Read on e-fluxMay 2018 -
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The AtlanticData & Society INFRA Lead Ingrid Burrington reflects on her visit to Spaceport America. "It’s a quintessential American desert trope: the future as rehearsal rather than reality. Many promises for technologies of future ur... Read on The AtlanticMarch 2018 -
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The New InquiryIn this essay, D&S Fellow Taeyoon Choi interrogates technology designed for those with disabilities. "Even with the most advanced technology, disability can not and—sometimes should not—disappear from people. There are dis... Read on The New InquiryFebruary 2018 -
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IncrementIn the essay, Data & Society INFRA Lead Ingrid Burrington grounds technological development in the environment. "While the aforementioned narratives are strategic in their own worlds, they tend to maintain the premise that... Read on IncrementFebruary 2018 -
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Fast CompanyIn the gig-economy, management by algorithms means employment relationships grow more remote and distributed across the network. Alex Rosenblat explains how workers navigate this by creating their own forums. "Online forums ar... Read on Fast CompanyJanuary 2018 -
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Osiris"This essay uses the sociological concept of the “data double” to investigate the changing political economy of personal data in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and up to today." Read on OsirisDecember 2017 -
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New York MagazineD&S INFRA Lead Ingrid Burrington investigates community network infrastructures in times of disaster. "By design, resilient network infrastructure prioritizes interdependence and cooperation over self-sufficiency — witho... Read on New York MagazineOctober 2017