Gemeinsam mit internationalen Kolleg:innen, u.a. von der UNC-Chapel Hill (USA), Research ICT Africa (South Africa) und dem IZEW der Uni Tübingen, ist Anne Burkhardt vom RHET AI Center an einem Panel und einer Special Interest Group (SIG) zum Thema „Platform (In)Justice“ auf der 26th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (kurz: CSCW) vertreten. Die Tagung findet vom 14.–18. Oktober 2023 in Minneapolis (USA) statt. Anne Burkhardt präsentiert in ihren Beiträgen zu den beiden Formaten Eindrücke und Ergebnisse aus ihrer Studie zur Darstellung von KI im lateinamerikanischen Film, in deren Rahmen ausführliche Interviews mit lateinamerikanischen Filmemacher:innen zu deren Erfahrungen mit und Haltungen zu KI-basierten Technologien und Plattformen geführt wurden. Anhand von Filmbeispielen und Zitaten aus den Interviews veranschaulicht Anne Burkhardt die starke Assoziation von KI mit Themen wie Kontrolle, Ausbeutung und Datenkolonialismus, die aus den Werken und Interviews spricht, und diskutiert diese vor dem Hintergrund dekolonialer Theorien und Ansätze.
Tagungswebsite: https://cscw.acm.org/2023/
Ergänzende Infos zu Panel und SIG:
Panel: Platform (In)Justice: A Call for a Global Research Agenda
HEESOO JANG∗, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
NANDITHA NARAYANAMOORTHY∗, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
LAURA SCHELENZ∗, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen, Germany
LOU THERESE BRANDNER, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen, Germany
ANNE BURKHARDT, Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence, University of Tübingen, Germany
SIMON DAVID HIRSBRUNNER, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen, Germany
SCOTT TIMCKE, Research ICT Africa, South Africa
This panel calls for a global conversation around platform (in)justice. By focusing on the experiences of marginalized communities, particularly those in the Majority World (also known as Global South), we aim to redefine justice and injustice through a global lens – as opposed to a Western-centric lens. Our panel will delve into the socio-technical realities of platforms as experienced by users and those doing the AI labor behind the platforms, recognizing platforms’ tangible impacts on individuals and society.We invite the CSCW community to engage with five cases (involving Afghanistan, India, Korea, South Africa, and broader Latin America) that highlight the complex cultural, socio-economic, and political impact of technological systems on different social groups. With the Majority World as a framework of study, we explore locational forms of justice, and most importantly, open a discussion on structural solutions for platform injustice from the Majority World. Through our panel conversations, we aspire to shape a global research agenda for platform (in)justice, a focus area that can bring together expertise that is currently scattered across the CSCW community.
SIG: Platform (In)Justice: Exploring Research Priorities and Practical Solutions
HEESOO JANG∗, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
NANDITHA NARAYANAMOORTHY∗, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
LAURA SCHELENZ∗, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen, Germany
LOU THERESE BRANDNER, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen, Germany
ANNE BURKHARDT, Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence, University of Tübingen, Germany
SIMON DAVID HIRSBRUNNER, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen, Germany
JESSICA PIDOUX, CEE Sciences Po, Paris, France
SCOTT TIMCKE, Research ICT Africa, South Africa
AIRI LAMPINEN, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden
RIYAJ SHAIKH, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden
This SIG calls for a global conversation around platform (in)justice. By focusing on the experiences of people residing in the Majority World (also known as Global South), we aim at creating a space for international and interdisciplinary exchange on socio-economically, politically, and culturally sensitive platform design and operation. The following topics motivate the SIG: concerns about equal access, structural discrimination, global inequities, and the desire to find solutions to those challenges. We invite the CSCW community to explore how attention to power relations, colonial residual, geopolitical tensions, and historical specificities can lead us to more sustainable and just platform designs. Through our SIG, we aspire to shape a research agenda for platform (in)justice that centers best practices and solutions to mediate some of the harms previously identified in the CSCW community. Going beyond this individual event, we will identify strategies of action that center the needs and assets of people residing in the Majority World when it comes to designing, upholding or challenging the frameworks enabling contemporary platforms.
