Day Seven: Genealogies of Datasets

SDS 237: Data Ethnography

Lindsay Poirier

We are about to make a transition in this course. For the next 3 minutes, free-write about your biggest takeaways from the course so far. What have you been finding yourself thinking about more? What concepts and theories are new to you? What new questions have come up for you?

Turn to your neighbor and discuss!

Reading Discussion

How do you define “fairness”?

Fairness in Machine Learning

Why did the article we read today argue that attempts to quantify “fairness” focus on the wrong level of abstraction?

Overview of Course Format from Here

Focus	Method	Concepts
Meaning-Making	Infrastructural Analysis	Infrastructure, Master Narratives
Labor	Interviewing	Invisible Labor, Boundary Work
Collective Action	Participant Observation	Rituals, Sensing
Institutions		Incentives
Discourse	Revisit Discourse Analysis	Mobilization, Meaning-Making, Ignorance

Final Project

• Assignment Overview
• Possible Datasets

Reminder of Course Policies

Catch-up on Labor Log