The Rise of Technofeminism as a part of resistance in Digital Space and Culture

– In Computer and Composition, technofeminism has emerged to critique the historical domination of male figures in the domain of digital spaces, technology and culture, which were inherently biased against women. The hegemonic designs and definitions of technology often limit women as eternal outsiders in that very realm and perpetuate harmful stereotypes as technologically challenged/inferior…

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Racial Profiling Through Tech: How Tech Becomes the New Face of White Supremacy

Face surveillance is the probably most dangerous of the many new technologies that are available to police. It goes without saying how terrifying it can be towards communities of color, especially Black Community. Algorithms can be racist. Apple’s Iphone is a prime example of that. Some facial recognition algorithms misclassified the facial features of at…

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Do Archives Face an Existential Threat in the Digital Age?

The rapid growth of information and communication technology can certainly bring challenges to archives and any theory/practice that is related to it. Internet-based services are capable of replicating all the functions of the archival institutions, as studied by Ivan Szekely. Most of the documents are available online in today’s world which makes them more user-friendly…

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