Leveraging Sociotechnical Systems to Empower the Communities We Serve

Blake, Catherine; Sanfilippo, Madelyn; Sivan-Sevilla, Ido; Bashir, Masooda; Vazquez, George

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Leveraging Sociotechnical Systems to Empower the Communities We Serve

Author(s)

• Blake, Catherine
• Sanfilippo, Madelyn
• Sivan-Sevilla, Ido
• Bashir, Masooda
• Vazquez, George

Contributor(s)

Sanfilippo, Madelyn

Issue Date

2022-10-29

Keyword(s)

• socio-technical systems
• privacy
• race and ethnicity
• risk assessments
• data science for public good
• information systems

Abstract

Technologies both benefit and harm individuals and societies in ways that are difficult to imagine before the new technology is deployed. Although some experts have deep expertise in both social justice and computational methods, it is unrealistic to expect that those with deep expertise in social justice be equally steeped in computational methods, and similarly that those deeply steeped in computational methods will be equally trained in social justice. Moreover, the intersection of these areas – how computational methods can embody social justice through the combination of algorithms, guidelines, frameworks, practices, and policies that fully engage and empower communities is necessarily diverse both with respect to inter- and trans-disciplinary is arguably a third distinct area of enquiry. We advocate for technologies that empower members of the community who have the greatest stake in how new technologies are used once deployed. Our goal is not to stop information – as the name resiliency suggests – but rather to illustrate how information technologies can empower local communities. This panel will leverage the respectful environment for interdisciplinary work that iSchool’s provide to generate a call to action to move forward intellectual spaces where computational methods and social justice collide. Panelists will share case studies that have both potential benefits and risks to drive the panel discussion. We envision this as a working session, where attendees will be invited to brainstorm theories, technologies, frameworks, practices, and policies that they can share during the workshop and breakout sessions. The situated case studies will provide illustrative examples to the broader community that computational methods that embody social justice are both possible and practical.

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