The @refugeestudies published two podcasts from the workshop on biometric refugee registration where I was present as part of our Processing Citizenship project.
The Intercept has been reporting on a controversy of a Google version for China with censorship possibilities.
DNA tests are becoming on of my pet peeves: “marketing campaigns for genetic-ancestry tests also tap into the idea that DNA is deterministic, that genetic differences are meaningful. […] making DNA out to be far more important in our cultural identities than it is, in order to sell more stuff” Recommended read from The Atlantic.
Amazing work on showing what labour, resources, etc. really go into artificial intelligence!: “An AI system as an anatomical map of human labor, data and planetary resource” Check it out!
Cool use of augmented reality, via @hanatanimura: “I’m so excited to announce #NotableWomen, an AR app that lets you see 100 historic American women where they’ve historically been left out: U.S. currency. Visit http://NotableWomen.com to learn more about the project and share a woman who inspires you with #NotableWomen ✊💙”.
Star and Bowker (2006) on our transient of data infrastructures: “a continued maintenance effort to keep data accessible and usable [will be required] as it passes from one storage medium to another and is analysed by one generation of database technology to the next”.
Great new open access article at @SciAsCulture on biometric identification practices and technologies, and differences.
Interessante reactie van Willem Schinkel ivm de bezuiningen en de grotere institutionele problemen in het universitair onderwijs via @DeGroene.
The digital totalitarian state. Good article on China’s social credit system, and nice use of visual elements I must say.
In light of controversy of Palantir sponsoring the Amsterdam Privacy Conference: “Given the political, economic and societal implications of privacy today, the funding strategies of our conferences matter more than ever” Read the full statement here.