Big data and cultural democracy

In this audio essay Sophie Hope inquires into the digital while thinking about processes of evaluation.

Episode 002 February 12, 2021

Contributors Sophie Hope

She addresses two questions. Firstly, how and why do people in the arts understand what they do? Secondly, who speaks and who listens?

There are 5 parts to this audio essay:
Part 1: Intro;
Part 2: Key terms;
Part 3: Data is king;
Part 4: Data discrimination;
Part 5: Big data and Cultural democracy.

References

Amaro, R. (2016). Machine learning and the politics of data. Presentation at Banner Repeater on Wednesday 2nd November 7.30-9pm 2016.

Benjamin, Ruha. (2019). Race after technology : abolitionist tools for the new Jim code. Polity.

Gilbourn, D, Warmington, P. and Demack, S. (2017). QuantCrit: education, policy, ‘Big Data’ and principles for a critical race theory of statistics in Race, Ethnicity and Education.21 (2). pp. 158-179.

Manovich, L.(2019). AI Aesthetics. Moscow: Strelka Press.

Valtýsson, B. (2020). Digital cultural politics : from policy to practice. Palgrave Macmillan.