Queer Data Studies

Data, perilous and powerful, is both a worldmaking and a dismantling force. The collection of data about queer lives and bodies, the consequences of data analysis for queer subjects, and considerations of privacy and consent often present ethical dilemmas even as queer data expands our understanding...

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Main Author: Patrick Keilty, Rebecca Herzig, Banu Subramaniam
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle University of Washington Press 2024
Edition:1
Series:Feminist Technosciences
Subjects:
COM018000 COMPUTERS / Data Processing
Computer Science
Gender Studies
Queer theory
Science and Technology Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / General
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Science and Technology Studies
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
ISBN:9780295751962, 0295751967, 9780295751986, 0295751983
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Summary:Data, perilous and powerful, is both a worldmaking and a dismantling force. The collection of data about queer lives and bodies, the consequences of data analysis for queer subjects, and considerations of privacy and consent often present ethical dilemmas even as queer data expands our understanding of who and what counts. The need for queer analyses and perspectives has taken on a new sense of urgency in light of hostile antiqueer policies by major technology companies, the security theater of airports, the disproportionate rates of policing queer people and people of color, digital surveillance in border security, and the proliferation of digital health records. Gathering wide-ranging interdisciplinary conversations into one rich volume, Queer Data Studies challenges readers to rethink how the extraction, circulation, modeling, governance, and use of data affects queer subjects and, at the same time, to consider how the power of data might be harnessed in the service of queer ethics. Contributors take a capacious approach to data, drawing from a range of sources, including stories, sounds, medical data, police data, maps, and algorithmic modeling. This anthology engages intersectional, decolonial, feminist, queer, and trans research, advancing ongoing dialogues about data across the social sciences, humanities, and applied sciences.
ISBN:9780295751962
0295751967
9780295751986
0295751983
DOI:10.1515/9780295751986