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The readings about Turnitin was really surprising even though it really should be no surpise that Turnitin and other companies like a Turnitin have the power to exploit student work. What’s interesting is the reading offers ways to evaluate digital tools ad ideas to start thinking about. But what is also important to think aboutContinue reading “12”

 The reading’s focus is on controlling and owning information and how the use of archives is equivalent to possessing power but what is really interesting is the power dynamics that are created within the bigger power dynamic which is then created when whites present their ownership of archives and information especially pertaining to ethnic andContinue reading “11”

The reading is a reminder of the ways in which white ideology behind white privilege deciphers historical content and the gatherings of historical artifacts by the practices of colonization, such as the discussion around archives addressed in the reading noted as “colonial logics” versus the cultural practices of indigenous peoples. An interesting quote from theContinue reading “10”

The chapter twelve reading Disability, Universal Design, and the Digital Humanities by George H. Williams discusses ideas and options on how to cater a web experience and product to everybody including those with disabilities or without disabilities. Furthermore, the chapter twelve reading discusses the importance of a more adequate digital humanities through considerate universal designsContinue reading “9”

The conclusion of Weapons of Math Destruction sums up the reading by explaining the intersectionality of WMDs and how they not only connect but work together to target marginalized groups into a cycle of oppression, oppression that feeds off of more oppression, where poverty only generates more issues around more poverty. It is as ifContinue reading “8”

Chapter 7 deals with “big data” analytics in the workforce just to save a buck. Patterns and fixed schedules are used to manipulate workers on low wage, slave wage jobs but an interesting section in the reading, O’Neil discussed how “software choreographing” and the “surveillance” of workers enforced work productivity which should be considered excessiveContinue reading “7”

 Chapter two discusses the WMDs behind the algorithms behind the stock market and hedge funds, gambling on numbers and patterns. The WMDs behind the financial instruments behind mortgage banks and mortgage companies, the extremely high interest rates of subprime loans and foreclosures labeled with AAA ratings. The chapter continues, to discuss the global scale ofContinue reading “6”

The reading by Safiya Umoja Noble, A Society Searching addresses how there are algorithmic biases behind commercial search engines such as a Google and other search engines, the sort of algorithmic bias categorized as sexist and racist and yet profitable information which dominates search results and or top search results. Arguably, Safiya Umoja Noble isContinue reading “5”

The discussion questions: Hoan Ton-That’s Clearview AI facial recognition company redefining facial recognition as techies can only imagine where such technology could lead the world and future generations but it may be redefining privacy and sovereignty. As facial recognition technology develops how does that change social media? Could facial recognition technology enhance the social mediaContinue reading “4”

The readings for week 3 “Why is it OK for Employers to Constantly Surveil Workers?” by Gabrielle M. Rejouis and the introduction of the second reading by Simone Browne “Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness” are two very provoking readings which both simultaneously work together in the collective imagination of not only thinking diversityContinue reading “3”