Sept
27
Friday
Credits: John Davis
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies. Yet, critical information scholars continue to demonstrate how digital technology and its narratives are shaped by and infused with values that are not impartial. Technologies consist of a set of social practices, situated within the dynamics of race, gender, class, and politics, and in the service of something -- a position, a profit motive, a means to an end.
In this talk, Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble will discuss her book, Algorithms of Oppression, and delve into issues ranging from marginalization and misrepresentation in commercial information platforms like Google search, to the profound power struggles that violate civil, human, and collective rights through AI and machine learning projects. All portions of the event will be held in English, but the lecture slides will also be translated to German.
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About the Speaker -- Professor Safiya Noble
For the 3rd Annual Emilie Jäger Lecture, we
...Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies. Yet, critical information scholars continue to demonstrate how digital technology and its narratives are shaped by and infused with values that are not impartial. Technologies consist of a set of social practices, situated within the dynamics of race, gender, class, and politics, and in the service of something -- a position, a profit motive, a means to an end.
In this talk, Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble will discuss her book, Algorithms of Oppression, and delve into issues ranging from marginalization and misrepresentation in commercial information platforms like Google search, to the profound power struggles that violate civil, human, and collective rights through AI and machine learning projects. All portions of the event will be held in English, but the lecture slides will also be translated to German.
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About the Speaker -- Professor Safiya Noble
For the 3rd Annual Emilie Jäger Lecture, we welcome Professor Safiya U. Noble – the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Our esteemed speaker is also the Director of the Center on Race & Digital Justice and Co-Director of the Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2). Finally, Professor Noble is the author of the best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic harm in commercial search engines – Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press) and was a 2020 nominee for the Global Future Council on Artificial Intelligence for Humanity.
About the Emilie Jäger Lecture
Emilie Jäger (1926-2011) was a geologist and the first female professor at the phil.-nat. Faculty. The Emilie Jäger Lecture – organized by the Aquatic Ecology & Evolution Lab and the Faculty's Equal Opportunities Commission – serves as a platform to discuss issues of equal opportunities and diversity at the University of Bern.
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Algorithmen der Unterdrückung: Wie Suchmaschinen Rassismus verstärken
Die Informationslandschaft verändert sich rasch. Neue Anforderungen in digitale Technologien, durch zunehmende Investitionen, rücken immer mehr in den Vordergrund. Dennoch zeigen kritische Informationswissenschaftler, wie digitale Technologien nicht unparteiisch bleiben und ihre Narrative von Werten geprägt und durchdrungen sind. Technologien bestehen aus einer Reihe sozialer Praktiken, die in die Dynamik von Rasse, Geschlecht, Klasse und Politik eingebettet sind und im Dienste von etwas stehen – einer Position, einem Profitmotiv, einem Mittel zum Zweck.
In diesem Vortrag wird Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble über ihr Buch “Algorithms of Oppression” sprechen und sich mit Themen, die von Marginalisierung und Falschdarstellung in kommerziellen Informationsplattformen befassen. Mit Beispielen, wie der Google-Suche bis hin zu den tiefgreifenden Machtkämpfen, zeigt sie,wie durch KI- und maschinelle Lernprojekte bürgerliche, menschliche und kollektive Rechte verletzt werden. Alle Teile der Veranstaltung werden auf Englisch abgehalten, die Vortragsfolien werden jedoch auch ins Deutsche übersetzt.
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Über den Sprecher -- Professorin Safiya Noble
Zur 3. jährlichen Emilie-Jäger-Vorlesung begrüßen wir Professorin Safiya U. Noble – den David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences an der University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Unsere geschätzte Rednerin ist auch Direktorin des Center on Race & Digital Justice und Co-Direktorin der Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power am UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2). Schließlich ist Professorin Noble Autorin des Bestsellers – Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press) – ein Buch über rassistische und sexistische algorithmische Schäden in kommerziellen Suchmaschinen – und war 2020 für den Global Future Council on Artificial Intelligence for Humanity nominiert.
Über die Emilie Jäger Lecture
Emilie Jäger (1926-2011) war Geologin und die erste Professorin an der Phil.-nat. Fakultät. Die Emilie Jäger Lecture – organisiert vom Aquatische Ökologie und Evolutionslabor und der Gleichstellungskommission der Fakultät – dient als Plattform, um über Fragen von Chancengleichheit und Diversität an der Universität Bern zu diskutieren.
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University of Bern -- Aquatic Ecology & Evolution Lab and Equal Opportunity Commision
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