I'm excited to announce the Dr. Casey Lynch and I have a new paper, "Evolving spatialities of digital life: Troubling the smart city/home divide" out in Digital Geography and Society. This project came together after Casey and I met as a contributing authors for an edited volume, Artificial Intelligence and the City (ed. Cugurullo, Caprotti, Cook, Karvonen, McGuirk, and Marvin), in 2022 and recognized potential for collaboration. It's been a pleasure to work with Casey, and we are very proud of the shape these ideas have taken. Cite: Lynch, C. R., & Sweeney, M. E. (2024). Evolving spatialities of digital life: Troubling the smart city/home divide. Digital Geography and Society, 6, 100085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diggeo.2024.100085 Abstract
Facing Our Computers: Algorithmic Literacies as Praxis | Transcript
Miriam E. Sweeney, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama “Facing Our Computers: Algorithmic Literacies as Praxis” is a call to turn our attention to the current technological environment, characterized by increased reliance on algorithmic technologies, and grapple with it as part and parcel of the broader social, political, and economic landscape. Borrowing from Paulo Freire’s (1972) definition of praxis as “reflection and action directed at the structure to be transformed”, I invite us to consider how ”facing our computers” (i.e. developing critical algorithmic literacies as a reflective tool) might help LIS “expand the conversation” around algorithmic culture in our professional roles in order to better formulate actions and responses that lead us to better collective futures. |
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