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I gave a talk at Columbia Data Science recently (tx @CourtneyCogburn for the invite!). Building Just Technologies in an Unjust World
I argued for a field of critical computing, which bridges work by @schock @ruha9 @safiyanoble
and many others with recent conversations I've had w/ @guzdial @yunnia @amyjko and others.
and many others with recent conversations I've had w/ @guzdial @yunnia @amyjko and others.
I highlighted a new CSCW paper w/ @paullconway which draws parallels to archival studies to argue why computing is not neutral and why it's harmful to suggest it is.
I also built on existing scholars who have critiqued fairness (e.g. @annaeveryday @red_abebe @benzevgreen) to argue for reparative justice, including algorithmic reparation, focusing on a case study of online harassment and possible approaches to supporting targets.
It was a short talk, and in the Q&A I reflected on mistakes I've made, and we talked about quantifying harm and about overly individualistic approaches to repairing harm (tx @williamrfrey for the Q!).
Here's a conceptual model I proposed for building reparation into online harassment. It needs work and is just a starting point for thinking about the idea of reparation in online harassment (or tech more broadly which others are doing).
these ideas build on our recent paper w/ @oliverhaimson @lnakamur framing existing responses to online harassment as criminal justice models and exploring alternative justice models https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444820913122
and on wonderful convs about algorithmic justice with @clb5590 @az_jacobs @harmankkaur and on restorative justice and harm with @linguangst @dieptl @clifflampe @niloufar_s and others
