Machine Readable Me
The Hidden Ways Tech Shapes Our Identities
Seiten
2023
404 Ink (Verlag)
978-1-912489-82-4 (ISBN)
404 Ink (Verlag)
978-1-912489-82-4 (ISBN)
As we go about our day-to-day lives, digital information about who we are is gathered from all angles via biometric scans, passport applications, and, of course, social media. This data can never fully capture our complex, fluid identities over decades of our lives. Yet, this data populates numerous databases we may not even be aware of that can make life-or-death decisions such as who is allowed access to welfare benefits or who is granted food parcels as they pass war-torn borders.
A joy of humanity is being able to decide who we are and how we represent ourselves publicly and privately. Thanks to an over-reliance of government bureaucracy upon systems which assume that digital avatars are representative enough, data about our identities can restrict the paths available to us in life, professionally and personally, often strengthening systemic inequalities along the way.
Machine Readable Me considers how and why data that is gathered about us is increasingly limiting what we can and can’t do in our lives and, crucially, what the alternatives are.
A joy of humanity is being able to decide who we are and how we represent ourselves publicly and privately. Thanks to an over-reliance of government bureaucracy upon systems which assume that digital avatars are representative enough, data about our identities can restrict the paths available to us in life, professionally and personally, often strengthening systemic inequalities along the way.
Machine Readable Me considers how and why data that is gathered about us is increasingly limiting what we can and can’t do in our lives and, crucially, what the alternatives are.
Zara is a Berlin-based researcher and writer whose interests lie at the intersection of power, technology and justice. Most recently she worked at The Engine Room, an international non-profit organisation strengthening the fight for social justice by supporting civil society to use technology and data in strategic, effective and responsible ways.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Inklings ; 19 |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 120 x 175 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften |
| ISBN-10 | 1-912489-82-1 / 1912489821 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-912489-82-4 / 9781912489824 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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