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Out this month: The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking
By David Beer
"A treasure trove for anyone interested in the social theory of machine learning." Taina Bucher, University of Oslo
In this pioneering book, David Beer redefines emergent algorithmic technologies as the new systems of knowing. He examines the acute tensions they create and how they are changing what is known and what is knowable.
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We were delighted to meet everyone at AOIR last week
You can still claim your 50% conference discount on all Science, Technology and Society<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/science-technology-and-society-3?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022> books until 15 November. Use code AOIR50 at the checkout<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/science-technology-and-society-3>
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Science, Technology and Society highlights
Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Data Lives - How Data Are Made and Shape Our World<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/data-lives?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory - Classification, Ranking and the Sorting of the Past<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-media-and-the-automatic-production-of-memory?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Algorithms and the End of Politics - How Technology Shapes 21st-Century American Life<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/algorithms-and-the-end-of-politics?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy - Amazon and the Power of Organization<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/work-and-alienation-in-the-platform-economy?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
The Digital Health Self - Wellness, Tracking, and Social Media<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-digital-health-self?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Disrupted Urbanism - Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disrupted-urbanism?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Media Technologies for Work and Play in East Asia - Critical Perspectives on Japan and the Two Koreas<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/media-technologies-for-work-and-play-in-east-asia?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
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Future Histories Podcast: Thomas Swann on Anarchist Cybernetics
Check out the latest podcast interview<https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e31-thomas-swann-on-anarchist-cybernetics/?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022> with Thomas Swann on his book. Listen here<https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e31-thomas-swann-on-anarchist-cybernetics/?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
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Science, Technology and Society
Our Science, Technology and Society<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/PGR0022?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022> list publishes books that examine the social, political and economic implications of developments in science and technology.
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From our journals
Work in the Global Economy
Women in the gig economy: feminising 'digital labour'<https://doi.org/10.1332/273241721X16448410652000?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Al James
Emotions and Society
What affect proposes: swiping as a bodily practice<https://doi.org/10.1332/263169021X16617404866768?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Gözde Cöbek
Consumption and Society
Hyper-aeromobility: the drivers and dynamics of frequent flying<https://doi.org/10.1332/LCWC4408?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Noel Cass
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On Transforming Society
Confronting digital poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ahmed Badawi Mustapha
Read on Transforming Society<https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2022/10/25/confronting-digital-poverty-in-sub-saharan-africa/?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
Neoliberal pandemic management and the far-right social turn
Imogen Richards
Read on Transforming Society<https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2022/10/04/neoliberal-pandemic-management-and-the-far-right-social-turn/?utm_source=listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS-listserv-Nov-2022>
PODCAST: Developing AI for an anti-fascist future
Dan McQuillan
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Supporting people's rights to online participation and privacy
Emma Bond and Andy Phippen
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