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Recognizing knowledge justice
We may live in an information society, but so much of what we see, read, and hear is dominated by socially privileged perspectives.
This workshop teaches you to recognize the implicit biases built into social media, search engines, generative AI algorithms, and even into academic research. We explore how white, male, English-speaking, hetero, and cisgender identities are considered the default by the tools we use every day and the consequences of these biases. This workshop is part 1 of our series on knowledge justice.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify examples of knowledge injustice in digital media,algorithms, and scholarship.
- Critically reflect on how social identities influence social media feeds and academic search results and can result in an "echo chamber".
- Discuss the impacts that knowledge injustices have on our university education.