Data Feminism & Design Justice
How do our choices shape whose culture becomes data?
In-Class Agenda
- Discuss assigned readings
- Complete any remaining work on Collective and Individual Topic Selection assignment.
- Start the Mass Digitization, Digital Libraries, and Data Retirement group assignment.
Assigned Materials
- D’Ignazio, Catherine, and Lauren F. Klein. “The Power Chapter.” In Data Feminism. The MIT Press, 2020. https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/4660/chapter/213285/The-Power-Chapter. Also available on Canvas.
- D’Ignazio, Catherine, and Lauren F. Klein. “‘What Gets Counted Counts.’” In Data Feminism, by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein. The MIT Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11805.001.0001. Also available on Canvas.
- Trejo, Sylvia Fernández and Paulina Hernandez. “Gender Violence at the Border (1993-1998) – Responsible Datasets in Context.” Responsible Datasets in Context, August 1, 2024. https://www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com/posts/gender-violence/.
Additional Materials
- Schimdt, Ben. “Gendered Language in Teaching Evaluations.” Accessed January 11, 2024. https://benschmidt.org/profGender/.
- Silge, Julia, Russell Samora, Amber Thomas, and Hanah Anderson. “She Giggles, He Gallops.” The Pudding, August 2017. https://pudding.cool/2017/08/screen-direction.