[Petit Fours 381] On care-ful data studies, public values, and the interactive nature of accessibility
Sunny greetings from Stockholm! Here's what I've got for you today:
#1 Care-ful data studies: or, what do we see, when we look at datafied societies through the lens of care?, written by Irina Zakharova and Juliane Jarke, introduces a new special issue of the Information, Communication & Society journal. "To develop a view on datafied societies informed by ethics, concepts, and practices of care, we propose a move from critique to care in social studies of data-driven technologies. We specifically identify five moves in which a care lens provides a new perspective when studying datafication and datafied societies: (1) a move from data-driven technologies to socio-digital care arrangements, (2) a move from data science to data work and care, (3) a move from technical to situated modes of knowledge production, (4) a move from studying harms of datafication to the politics of vulnerability, and (5) a move towards building communities of care. Discussing how critical data studies and care ethics can mutually contribute to each other, this collection explores how this way of thinking can inform new ways of seeing datafied societies and imagine living and being well in more than human worlds nurtured by care."
#2 Anne Marie Piper's seminar talk Rethinking Design for Accessibility is full of insight and pointers to high-quality CSCW research: "Discussions of accessibility often center on checklists of requirements and whether or not a system has particular features. In this talk, I draw on theories from disability studies to argue for a view of accessibility that is collaboratively negotiated, situated, and enacted. Grounded in extensive field work, I will present three cases of design for accessibility that shift how we think about building systems with and for individuals with disabilities. Collectively, these projects reveal the interactive nature of accessibility that is often missing in individualistic system design and call attention to the importance of the social and political dimensions of accessibility alongside the technological."
#3 Remember our Nordic Perspectives on Algorithmic Systems Card Box? Julia Velkova's new piece on data centers and Nordic public values resonates with some of its ideas: Dismantling public values, one data center at the time
#4 Vaguely related, this article by Janet A. Vertesi and danah boyd looks intriguing: The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations
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