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| − | On the 26th of October Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam organised | + | On the 26th of October Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam organised [https://botclub.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/activities/decolonising-bots an evening of technological speculation] based around the topic of decolonising algorithms. UX and service designer [https://medium.com/@afrofutures.uk Florence Okoye] asked the questions |
'''How can we embody an understanding of technology as revelation?''' | '''How can we embody an understanding of technology as revelation?''' | ||
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'''How would an AstroBlack technologist interpret the Agile methodology?''' | '''How would an AstroBlack technologist interpret the Agile methodology?''' | ||
| − | Inspired by her talk, this dataset doesn't aim to find answers, but rather propose a collective exercise in imagination and to ask another question: | + | Inspired by her talk, this dataset doesn't aim to find answers, but rather propose a collective exercise in imagination and to ask another question: '''What would a machine learn from an Afrofuturist dataset?''' |
| − | + | The selected books in this dataset are: | |
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* ''The Immeasurable Equation. The Collected Poetry and Prose by Sun Ra''. Compiled and edited by James L. Wolf and Harttnut Geerken | * ''The Immeasurable Equation. The Collected Poetry and Prose by Sun Ra''. Compiled and edited by James L. Wolf and Harttnut Geerken | ||
* ''Social Text - Afrofuturism''. Issue 71. 2002. Edited by Alondra Nelson | * ''Social Text - Afrofuturism''. Issue 71. 2002. Edited by Alondra Nelson | ||
* ''Octavia E. Butler - Modern Masters of Science Fiction.'' By Gerry Canavan | * ''Octavia E. Butler - Modern Masters of Science Fiction.'' By Gerry Canavan | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 31 October 2017
| Type: | Dataset |
| Number of words: | ... |
| Unique words: | ... |
| Source(s): | aaaaarg.fail |
| Developed by: | Sun Ra, James L. Wolf, Harttnut Geerken, Alondra Nelson, Octavia Butler, Gerry Canavan, Algolit |
On the 26th of October Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam organised an evening of technological speculation based around the topic of decolonising algorithms. UX and service designer Florence Okoye asked the questions How can we embody an understanding of technology as revelation? and How would an AstroBlack technologist interpret the Agile methodology?
Inspired by her talk, this dataset doesn't aim to find answers, but rather propose a collective exercise in imagination and to ask another question: What would a machine learn from an Afrofuturist dataset?
The selected books in this dataset are:
- The Immeasurable Equation. The Collected Poetry and Prose by Sun Ra. Compiled and edited by James L. Wolf and Harttnut Geerken
- Social Text - Afrofuturism. Issue 71. 2002. Edited by Alondra Nelson
- Octavia E. Butler - Modern Masters of Science Fiction. By Gerry Canavan