Giles LaneA couple of other ethics toolkits covering bias and fairness in algorithmic decision making and in…http://proboscis.org.uk/projects/unbias/Jun 17, 2021Jun 17, 2021
Giles LaneA Poetics of DataPersonal data is not only the traces of our actions in the world — contributed, sensed, detected and recorded online, but a yoke that is…Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019
Giles LaneA Calculation is Not a JudgementWhen human judgement is drained from a system and reductionist rules are applied to complex situations, the results can lead to terrible…Jul 16, 2019Jul 16, 2019
Giles LaneThe Data SublimeIn February 2014 Marina Jirotka and I met as participants at Blast Theory’s annual two day seminar, Act Otherwise. That year’s theme was…Jun 12, 2019Jun 12, 2019
Giles LaneTacit Knowledges, Living Archives“the important thing is not to offer any specific hope of betterment but, by offering an imagined but persuasive alternate reality, to…May 17, 2019May 17, 2019
Giles LaneSmart Design: Inclusive by DefaultLast April I went along to the GLA’s Smart London Camp, an unconference bringing together people from a range of backgrounds to discuss…Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019
Giles LaneCivic Agency: a vision & planCivic Agency is an initiative aimed at encouraging people, at grassroots level, to engage with the social, cultural and political issues…Mar 20, 2019Mar 20, 2019
Giles LaneHiding in Plain SightThis post draws together some of the many strands that have led to a new project — “ Materialising Data, Embodying Climate Change” — which…Mar 4, 2019Mar 4, 2019
Giles LaneCreativity & Technology in a New RenaissanceCommissioned in April 2018 by the Institute of Art & Ideas as an introduction for a research report on the “New Renaissance” in creativity…Feb 23, 2019Feb 23, 2019
Giles LaneThe Charter of the Forest & The New EnclosuresNovember 6th 2017 is the 800th anniversary of The Charter of The Forest — a landmark document in English law which guaranteed common…Nov 5, 2017Nov 5, 2017