This primer explains how a growing reliance on automated systems, algorithms, and existing networks systematically benefits some at the expense of others -- often without employers even recognizing the biases of such mechanisms. Read more

This primer provides an overview of the Arts and Crafts Movement and DIY culture and connects them to the recent rise of 3D printing as techno-utopianism while investigating labor practices and structural inequalities in the movements. Read more

This primer raises critical questions about what fair labor looks like in a networked world and discusses how existing mechanisms of labor protection do not address these contemporary work scenarios. Read more

This primer examines networked technologies and analyzes how they are used for widespread workplace surveillance in a variety of employment sectors. Read more

This primer discusses the influence of science-fiction on intelligent systems and examines the growing ways in which AI technology is changing and disrupting human labor. Read more

This workshop primer discusses the inference of relationships by data-oriented systems and analyzes the possible social, cultural, and ethical tensions that may arise from these connections. Read more

"Data Supply Chains" analyzes three case studies and investigates the major social, cultural, and ethical tensions that emerge as a result of transferred data. Read more

This workshop primer discusses uneven data access and distribution, and analyzes how lack of access affects the broader issues of inequality and asymmetries in power. Read more

This workshop primer discusses three case studies and explores questions related to the major social, cultural, and ethical tensions that emerge from our society's growing dependence on algorithmic technology. Read more

This workshop primer analyzes the implications and potential consequences of predictive analytics on employment, education, and policing. Read more