Example “Big Data” Research Controversies
This document is meant to provide some example controversies to spark a conversation about how to…
November 10, 2024
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This library includes Data & Society publications produced over our 10+ year history. Our research, events, and insights explore how technology shapes society, and how society can shape technology in turn.
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Data Colonialism: Decolonial Gestures of Storytelling
"A text on data colonialism and intergenerational trauma for Indigenous Peoples [commissioned by]…
April 24, 2020
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Big Data Analytics and Human Rights
For the book "New Technologies for Human Rights Law and Practice," Data & Society Researcher Mark…
April 19, 2018
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Situating methods in the magic of Big Data and AI
In this article, Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd and Researcher Madeleine Clare…
September 21, 2017
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Combatting Police Discrimination in the Age of Big Data
Sharad Goel, Maya Perelman, D&S fellow Ravi Shroff, and David Alan Sklansky examine a method that…
April 2, 2017
Academic article
Ten simple rules for responsible big data research
Matthew Zook, D&S affiliate Solon Barocas, D&S founder danah boyd, D&S affiliate Kate Crawford…
March 30, 2017
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Privacy, Poverty and Big Data: A Matrix of Vulnerabilities for Poor Americans
D&S researcher Mary Madden, Michele Gilman, D&S affiliate Karen Levy, and D&S fellow Alice Marwick…
March 9, 2017
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Disparate Impact in Big Data Policing
Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Andrew Selbst argues for regulations in big data policing.
"The…
February 25, 2017
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The Class Differential in Big Data and Privacy Vulnerability
Abstract: Low-income communities have historically been subject to a wide range of governmental…
January 1, 2017
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Both a Cyborg and a Goddess: Deep Managerial Time and Informatic Governance
D&S research R. Joshua Scannell contributes to Object-Oriented Feminism, edited by Katherine Behar.
November 1, 2016
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