(Dis)Obedience in Digital Societies: Perspectives on the Power of Algorithms and Data
Bielefeld: transcript (2022), 377 pp.
ISBN 978-3-8376-5763-0 (print); 978-3-8394-5763-4 (pdf)
"Algorithms are not to be regarded as a technical structure but as a social phenomenon - they embed themselves, currently still very subtle, into our political and social system. Algorithms shape human behavior on various levels: they influence not only the aesthetic reception of the world but also the well-being and social interaction of their users. They act and intervene in a political and social context. As algorithms influence individual behavior in these social and political situations, their power should be the subject of critical discourse - or even lead to active disobedience and to the need for appropriate tools and methods which can be used to break the algorithmic power." (Publisher description)
(Dis)obeying algorithms? Introductory thoughts on the power of algorithms and the possible necessity of resisting it / Sven Quadflieg, Klaus Neuburg, Simon Nestler, 6
The dialectics of dis-obedience. Notes from the Crystal Palace / Florian Arnold, 24
Surveillance, artificial intelligence and power / Johanna Mellentin / Francesca Schmidt, 48
Embodied algorithmic optimization. How our bodies are becoming a product of code / Fabian Weiss, 70
The lock down city and the utopian program of open interfaces / Carolin Hofler, 102
Hacking Google maps / Moritz Ahlert, 136
The algorithmic construction of space / Harald Trapp / Robert Thum, 148
Torn between autonomy and algorithmic management. (Dis)Obedience of solo self-employed working via digital platforms / Christina Hecht, 172
A Crack in the Algorithm's Facade. A Fundamental Rights Perspective on "Efficiency" and "Neutrality" Narratives of Algorithms / Victoria Guijarro Santos, 194
When Search Engines Discriminate. The Posthuman Mimesis of Gender Bias / Katja Dill, 226
Discrimination by Correlation. Towards Eliminating Algorithmic Biases and Achieving Gender Equality / Fabian Lutz, 250
The power of algorithms and the structural transformation of the digital public / Matthias Pfeffer, 294
Reclaim your face and the streets. Why facial recognition, and other biometric surveillance technology in public spaces, should be banned / Lotte Houwing, 318
Identity 5.0: How to fight algorithms online (fast). Heuristic compressions of personality concepts (dis)obedient to algorithmic power - from film, television and a cult classic novel / Bernd Friedrich Schon, 342
The dialectics of dis-obedience. Notes from the Crystal Palace / Florian Arnold, 24
Surveillance, artificial intelligence and power / Johanna Mellentin / Francesca Schmidt, 48
Embodied algorithmic optimization. How our bodies are becoming a product of code / Fabian Weiss, 70
The lock down city and the utopian program of open interfaces / Carolin Hofler, 102
Hacking Google maps / Moritz Ahlert, 136
The algorithmic construction of space / Harald Trapp / Robert Thum, 148
Torn between autonomy and algorithmic management. (Dis)Obedience of solo self-employed working via digital platforms / Christina Hecht, 172
A Crack in the Algorithm's Facade. A Fundamental Rights Perspective on "Efficiency" and "Neutrality" Narratives of Algorithms / Victoria Guijarro Santos, 194
When Search Engines Discriminate. The Posthuman Mimesis of Gender Bias / Katja Dill, 226
Discrimination by Correlation. Towards Eliminating Algorithmic Biases and Achieving Gender Equality / Fabian Lutz, 250
The power of algorithms and the structural transformation of the digital public / Matthias Pfeffer, 294
Reclaim your face and the streets. Why facial recognition, and other biometric surveillance technology in public spaces, should be banned / Lotte Houwing, 318
Identity 5.0: How to fight algorithms online (fast). Heuristic compressions of personality concepts (dis)obedient to algorithmic power - from film, television and a cult classic novel / Bernd Friedrich Schon, 342
