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As technology disrupts equity, advocates take action: Where do evaluators fit in?
Author(s) -
Lynn Jewlya,
Mehta Twisha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.20469
Subject(s) - equity (law) , public relations , existentialism , emerging technologies , technological change , corporate governance , political science , engineering ethics , business , economics , computer science , law , finance , artificial intelligence , macroeconomics , engineering
Advocacy is rapidly evolving for many different reasons, ranging from increasing polarization and existential threats reaching crisis points to shifts in whose voices are heard and how much advocates focus on building power. One of the seismic changes in advocacy that cuts across all of these issues, and influences governance practices more broadly, is the rate of technological advance, which is faster than ever before. Some advocates are shifting their practices, staying abreast of technological advances, attending to how they are influencing equity, and even using emerging technologies as part of their strategies. If evaluation is to remain relevant and useful as advocates are increasingly responding to technological advances, evaluators must be aware of these shifts, understand how to think differently about measurement, have the skills to use some of the emerging technologies themselves, and be ready to help advocates learn, adapt, and iterate their strategies.