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Am Beispiel der prekären Arbeit von Essenslieferant:innen untersucht dieses Essay die Kommodifizierung sozialer Reproduktionsarbeit durch digitale Plattformen und die begleitenden Herausforderungen. Zudem wird die Frage aufgeworfen, inwiefern diese Entwicklungen zu einer Repolitisierung und Neubewertung des Wertes von Reproduktionsarbeit führen können. Read more →
Daten und ihre Infrastrukturen lassen sich als transformative und inhärent politische Objekte verstehen. Ausgehend vom Konzept der Datenpolitiken untersucht Martina Klausner dieses Potential am Beispiel der Mobilitätswende in Frankfurt am Main. Read more →
This conversation with Jennings Anderson explores the evolving landscape of open geospatial data, focusing on ethical considerations, corporate involvement, and digital transformation. As a Software Engineer at Meta, he provides insights into the projects of the Overture Maps Foundation, highlighting potential impact on developers and map creators. Read more →
Digital technologies have the potential to profoundly transform and extend scientific methods. Novel tools require a certain level of technological knowledge to be integrated into empirical research. What are these digital tools like? What opportunities do they offer and what new challenges do they pose?
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Digital technologies are transforming how we produce knowledge and process information. And the application of digital technologies changes methods and perspectives of social science research. However, as they reshape our view of the world, digital knowledge and knowledge production are also controversial and contested.
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Digital transformations change power relations and mechanisms of control and surveillance. Resistance can mean withdrawing from digital networks, but also appropriating digital technology, rethinking it, and using it to create spaces of resistance.
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The widespread use of digital applications generates large amounts of information, which can also be used for surveillance and control. What new mechanisms of surveillance are emerging, what new forms of visibility? And for what types of politics are they being used or misused?
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Glitches are unexpected and often incidental disruptions in digital systems. But they are not purely technical issues. Frequently, they reveal how heavily societal processes rely on the smooth functioning of digital machines. As such, glitches can offer new or surprising perspectives on the changing relationship between society and digital technology.
Show 1 article Digital technologies have the potential to profoundly transform and extend scientific methods. Novel tools require a certain level of technological knowledge to be integrated into empirical research. What are these digital tools like? What opportunities do they offer and what new challenges do they pose?
Show 1 article Digital technologies are transforming how we produce knowledge and process information. And the application of digital technologies changes methods and perspectives of social science research. However, as they reshape our view of the world, digital knowledge and knowledge production are also controversial and contested.
Show 3 articles Digital transformations change power relations and mechanisms of control and surveillance. Resistance can mean withdrawing from digital networks, but also appropriating digital technology, rethinking it, and using it to create spaces of resistance.
Show 2 articles The widespread use of digital applications generates large amounts of information, which can also be used for surveillance and control. What new mechanisms of surveillance are emerging, what new forms of visibility? And for what types of politics are they being used or misused?
Show 1 article Glitches are unexpected and often incidental disruptions in digital systems. But they are not purely technical issues. Frequently, they reveal how heavily societal processes rely on the smooth functioning of digital machines. As such, glitches can offer new or surprising perspectives on the changing relationship between society and digital technology.
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