Data Feminism

by Lauren F. Klein, Catherine D’Ignazio, Lauren F Klein

Book Overview

A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.

Today, data science is a form of power. It has been used to expose injustice, improve health outcomes, and topple governments. But it has also been used to discriminate, police, and surveil. This potential for good, on the one hand, and harm, on the other, makes it essential to ask: Data science by whom? Data science for whom?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262044005
• ISBN13: 9780262044004
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 9.1"