Data Feminism – A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism._Sports

Data FeminismHomeOrderAboutAuthorsNews and PressEventsContactReading GroupInfographics! A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.Order Read Now Reading Group Archive Infographics! Today, data science is a form of power. It has been used to expose injustice, improve health outcomes, and topple governments. But it has also been used to discriminate, police, and surveil. This potential for good, on the one hand, and harm, on the other, makes it essential to ask: Data science by whom? Data science for whom? Data science with whose interests in mind? In Data Feminism, Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein present a new way of thinking about data science and data ethics—one that is informed by intersectional feminist thought.Illustrating data feminism in action, D’Ignazio and Klein show how challenges to the male/female binary can help challenge other hierarchical (and empirically wrong) classification systems. They explain how, for example, an understanding of emotion can expand our ideas about effective data visualization, and how the concept of invisible labor can expose the significant human efforts required by our automated systems. And they show why the data never, ever “speak for themselves.” Data Feminism offers strategies for data scientists seeking to learn how feminism can help them work toward justice, and for feminists who want to focus their efforts on the growing field of data science. But Data Feminism is about much more than gender. It is about power, about who has it and who doesn’t, and about how those differentials of power can be challenged and changed.Order Now About Us Catherine D’Ignazio is an Assistant Professor of Urban Science and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, and director of the Data + Feminism Lab. More information about Catherine can be found on her website, kanarinka.com.Lauren F. Klein is an associate professor in the departments of English and Quantitative Theory & Methods at Emory University, where she also directs the Digital Humanities Lab. More information about Lauren can be found on her website, lklein.com. Upcoming EventsThursday, October 15th, 2020, 12pmTalk at Harvard’s Discovery Series (link coming soon)Tuesday, October 27th, 2020, 4pmTalk on Race, Gender, and Emerging Technology for the Gender & (In)Security Lecture Series at the Danish Institute for International Studies – Register HereNovember 10-11, 2020 – Exact Time TBAKeynote Address at MIDAS (Michigan Institute for Data Science) – Register HereDecember 4th, 2020, 2-3:30pm ESTTalk for the “Changing Course” series on Data Representations and Equitable Approaches to Computing at Columbia University’s Brown Institute – Register HerePast Data Feminism eventsNews and PressNew review in The DialogueMedia, Press, Reviews05 Sep 20Lauren Klein on Voices of the Data Economy PodcastMedia, Podcasts, Press05 Sep 20New Review in Issues!Media, Press, Reviews16 Aug 20Get in Touch Press ContactFor press inquiries, contact:Nicholas DiSabatinoSenior Publicist, MIT [email protected]: (617) 253-2079 AuthorsCatherine D'[email protected] [email protected] On TwitterCatherine:@kanarinkaLauren:@laurenfklein Site by CSD & LFK, 2020