Neil BallantyneImagining sociotechnical futures.The idea of social, political, and sociotechnical imaginaries keeps cropping up in my current reading. Lina Dencik of the Data Justice Lab…Jul 1Jul 1
Neil BallantyneThe contentious politics of data: NGOs and othersPhoto by Vanilla Bear Films on UnsplashAug 14, 2023Aug 14, 2023
Neil BallantyneThe contentious politics of data: The Stop LAPD Spying coalition.The Stop LAPD spying coalition is a community group founded in 2011 and based in the Los Angeles Community Action Network in Skid Row. They…Aug 14, 2023Aug 14, 2023
Neil BallantyneThe contentious politics of data: Striking Amazon workers.Contentious politics are not new. They have been in play for hundreds of years where people making claims joined forces in struggles to…Aug 14, 2023Aug 14, 2023
Neil BallantyneThe contentious politics of data: An introduction.I n 2019, Davide Beraldo & Stefania Milan published an article titled From data politics to the contentious politics of data signalling a…Aug 14, 2023Aug 14, 2023
Neil BallantyneFraming data justice: A social justice perspective.The Data Justice Lab research centre opened in 2017 at the University of Cardiff’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture. The lab aims to…Aug 9, 2023Aug 9, 2023
Neil BallantyneFraming data justice: An international development perspective.The field of international development informatics is growing rapidly. The World Bank plays a significant role in driving up the…Aug 9, 2023Aug 9, 2023
Neil BallantyneFraming data justice: A global perspective.A s datafication has gathered pace and evidence of data harm has multiplied, scholars have called for the need to identify and…Aug 9, 2023Aug 9, 2023
Neil BallantyneThe harm that data do: The case of the Allegheny Family Screening ToolAllegheny County, Pennsylvania has, since 2016, been using the AI-based Allegheny Family Screening Tool (AFST) to support child welfare…Aug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023
Neil BallantyneThe harm that data do: The case of Robodebt.In a Scientific American article called “The harm that data do” Joanna Redden, of the Data Justice Lab, opened with an account of Robodebt…Aug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023