Summary: Influential Articles, May 2023

In this chapter, we learn about how the very act of data collection can reinforce harmful and/or outdated societal norms, the ways that data collection can empower and heal, and why we should continually question how we collect and classify data.

As a society, we are careless with data.

Data feminism requires us to challenge the gender binary, along with other systems of counting and classification that perpetuate oppression.” (link)

In our ongoing quest for nice, clean, structured data, we have devalued insights that can be gained from qualitative data.

Whether it’s through erasure, being classified as an “outlier”, getting disqualified from a job, or being denied healthcare, data has the potential to disrupt lives.

Hold on to your hats: we’re going to talk about data, inequality, harm, and our societal responsibilities.

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