Open AccessTrees and Forests
Author(s) -
Chen Afra,
Kleinman Lisa,
Yury Carry
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ethnographic praxis in industry conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1559-8918
pISSN - 1559-890X
DOI - 10.1111/epic.12005
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , session (web analytics) , data science , computer science , ethnography , scale (ratio) , cognitive science , psychology , geography , world wide web , artificial intelligence , cartography , archaeology
When should systems know us as people and not as just data? Who watches the watcher when abstractions and aggregated data are used to make decisions about our lives? The flow of information and data between human and machine systems are a source of both progress and anxiety. In this session, we consider how a change in perspective (scale) leads to shifts in how data is contextualized and understood. Implications are presented on the ethnographer's role within these systems and as the watcher of them.