Open AccessSituating questions of data, power, and racial formation
Author(s) -
Renee Shelby,
Kathryn Henne
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
big data and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.244
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2053-9517
DOI - 10.1177/20539517221090938
Subject(s) - oppression , ideology , sociology , human sexuality , theme (computing) , gender studies , racial formation theory , power (physics) , racism , politics , political science , law , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
This special theme of Big Data & Society explores connections, relationships, and tensions that coalesce around data, power, and racial formation. This collection of articles and commentaries builds upon scholarly observations of data substantiating and transforming racial hierarchies. Contributors consider how racial projects intersect with interlocking systems of oppression across concerns of class, coloniality, dis/ability, gendered difference, and sexuality across contexts and jurisdictions. In doing so, this special issue illuminates how data can both reinforce and challenge colorblind ideologies as well as how data might be mobilized in support of anti-racist movements.