Why does it matter?
When we look at a screen, we might not see the judgemental eyes like humans' but that doesn't mean we are not being judged. The algorithms we use have strong ideas about who we are. Sometimes their ideas are so strong that we can not even convince them in the same ways we might have convinced humans, and often we are not even allowed to ask "What did I do to make you think that way?" like we might have asked a human.
That Is not My Data is a civic engagement and data literacy project that has been produced as an outcome of the ETHICAI=LABS fellowship funded by the Goethe-Institut. The project creatively uses storytelling and riddle-solving to explain and present how we -the civic society- are all being misjudged, discriminated against and oppressed by data sourced algorithmic bias while in communication with algorithms. Through an interactive website, it communicates why we should be aware of algorithmic bias and how can we -as people who often don't have a say about algorithmic processes- achieve data justice through data literacy and activism.
When it comes to questions of data analytics and algorithmic decision-making in particular, expertise from those who are impacted by these developments within different communities is crucial but often side-lined. This is especially the case as research has shown that developments in data-driven technologies tend to disparately impact those already disadvantaged and marginalised within society.
Sinem Görücü is a London-based design researcher, architect, urbanist and data activist from Turkey. She works at the intersections of design, data science, AI, feminism and social justice. She holds an MArch degree from the University College London, MCP from METU and BArch from Gazi University. She studied at Politecnico di Milano as an exchange student, and at KU Leuven Design[x]Research Lab as a research intern. Sinem’s current design, art and research works mainly focus on data bias and design justice and explore a wide range of related issues. She is co-founder of Feminist Design Lab and currently a research fellow at Goethe-Institute's EthicAI=LABS and Futuress.
SINEM GÖRÜCÜ
Ajla Kulagic received a B.Sc. degree and M. Sc. Degree in Computing and Informatics, both from the University of Sarajevo (Faculty of Electrical Engineering), Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, in 2008 and 2010 respectively. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant at the Computer Engineering Department, Graduate School of Science Engineering and Technology, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. She has scientific publications mainly related to the development of machine learning algorithms for spatiotemporal data publish and presented at international conferences and journals interested in data fusion. Her research interests involve Data Fusion, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Signal Processing.
AJLA KULAGIC
Nasir Muftić is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo with teaching and research tasks. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo and obtained an LL.M. from the Central European University. He completed traineeships at the Constitutional Court of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Supreme Court of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nasir worked in the of fields of telecommunications law, media law, civil litigation, intellectual property law, commercial contract drafting and regulatory compliance. His research interests include the intersection between technology and law.
NASIR MUFTIC
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