NEW: Announcing an upcoming 2022 project & series on transnational approaches to digital welfare regimes, from Research Analyst Emnet Tafesse & Postdoctoral Scholar Ranjit Singh points.datasociety.net/towards-a-mind…

NEW: "There is an inherent tension between identity data as something simultaneously intensely intimate and familial, and as something bureaucratic and dehumanizing; our names can, and do, play both roles." –D&S Research Analyst Emnet Tafesse points.datasociety.net/between-belong…

"As a practice, the tactic of designing for belonging rather than individuating is a step towards practicing relational ethics in design of algorithmic systems and rethinking personhood in a data-driven world." –Emnet Tafesse points.datasociety.net/between-belong…

TODAY: Register for our second Book Forum, Digital Black Feminism, with Catherine Knight Steele & Serena Dokuaa Oduro @ 12pm ET: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In a new opinion piece, Jacob Metcalf 🐀 @MannyMoss and Brittany Smith outline the strengths of this legislative approach to tech accountability. slate.com/technology/202… (4/n)

How can we ensure that children are not harmed in the name of digital identity? In this recent Points blog, researcher GraceM explores the issue of datafying children in Kenya. Read more: points.datasociety.net/datafying-chil…

How are real people living and working in refugee camps experiencing blockchain? My new essay juxtaposes the hype with some stories about how digital money fits into women's financial lives in Jordan🧾🧾 Big thanks to Data & Society hosts Ranjit Singh and Emnet Tafesse

So excited to be working with you!

📣 HEY #AIES22 📣📣🚨 !!! please connect with Emnet Tafesse for her work on BIPOC experiences in AI ethics spaces

I’m excited to be at @AIESconf conducting research on BIPOC experiences at AI ethics and society conferences. If you haven’t already please fill out my survey here! bitly.ws/rp6t #AIES

The histories, futures, & opinions of the majority of people have been written out of the story of AI systems and their impacts. Our new primer offers a corrective. datasociety.net/library/a-prim…

FUBU: Community and Care in Conferences and Research Emnet Tafesse @LaurenDThomas1 @ @AsToldByTsige Ranjit Singh, Adriana Alvarado Garcia, Juana Becerra Sandoval Holding space by and for BIPOC people to reflect on AI ethics conference spaces & incorporate care within our work.

AI’s real-life harms are happening to real-life people, right now. At our #SXSW panel featuring Abeba Birhane @wilneidanegron Miranda Bogen Jacob Metcalf 🐀, we'll dig into the evidence. But we need your vote! #PanelPicker panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/137879

Hey, ACM CHI Conference we redesigned the logo for you! In Hawaii, we are still finding bodies, we are grieving, we are dealing with compound disasters. And CHI, the "Decolonize Computing" conference, opens up paper submissions. #whycHI chiinhawaii.info

📣New today! The result of a yearlong study by Research Analyst Emnet Tafesse, “Blooming in Muddy Waters” documents the challenges BIPOC scholars face in participating in AI ethics conferences & points to the need for more equitable, intentional spaces. datasociety.net/library/bloomi… 1/4

How can organizers of AI ethics conferences better champion the work of BIPOC attendees and create more welcoming spaces? This new report by Emnet Tafesse, with Meg Young, Ranjit Singh, and Jacob Metcalf 🐀, is a map for meaningful change. datasociety.net/library/bloomi…

hey yall while we have your attention i would just like to highlight this amazing work just out by Emnet Tafesse and our team on another way we need to shift practice in AI r&d

📯Save the date for the first FAccT Community Call on Jan 22nd, a conversation led by DEI Co-chairs Emnet Tafesse Dr. Sarah M Brown on diversity, equity, & inclusion in the FAccT community. Emnet will also present her new report, Blooming in Muddy Waters: DEI at AI Ethics Conferences.

⏲️🚨UPDATED TIME: The first FAccT Community Call has been updated to January 29 at the same times.