Books and eBooks
Data in Society by ISBN: 9781447348214Publication Date: 2019-09-21This book analyses the explosion of data sources, global trends and the changing role of the state, the economy, and healthcare provision. It addresses controversies in data construction, analysis, dissemination, and access / ownership. The authors examine the power of data to shape everyday socio-political discourse, its use by private and governmental organisations, the media and politicians, and the important role of statistics in exposing injustices and shaping social progress.
The Signal and the Noise by ISBN: 9781594204111Publication Date: 2012-09-27Examines prediction with accessible examples.
Atlas of AI by ISBN: 9780300209570Publication Date: 2021-04-06What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? Drawing on more than a decade of research, Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the minerals drawn from the earth, to the labor pulled from low-wage information workers, to the data taken from every action and expression. This book reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequity. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a material and political perspective on what it takes to make AI and how it centralizes power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world.
Articles
- Bringing social justice into the statistics classroomGarlington, T., Ryan, V. M., Nolty, C., Ilagan, H., & Kunicki, Z. J. (2021). Bringing Social Justice into the Statistics Classroom. Teaching of Psychology, 48(3), 269-274.
- Critical values and transforming data: Teaching statistics with social justiceLesser, L. M. (2007). Critical values and transforming data: Teaching statistics with social justice. Journal of Statistics Education, 15(1).
- Meaningful mathematics: A social-justice-themed-introductory statistics courseBerg, J., Buell, C. A., Day, D., & Evans, R. (2019). Meaningful Mathematics: A Social-Justice-Themed-Introductory Statistics Course. PRIMUS, 29(3-4), 300-311.
- Statistics in pursuit of social justiceSchramm, H., Koehlmoos, T. P., & Nestler, S. (2018). Statistics in pursuit of social justice. Significance, 15(3), 38-40.
- Supermarkets, highways, and natural gas production: Statistics and social justice.Ross, J., & Shelton, T. (2019). Supermarkets, highways, and natural gas production: Statistics and social justice. Primus, 29(3-4), 328-344.
- “Critical Statistical Literacy”,“Social Justice Statistics”, and “Critical Statistical Consciousness” as Higher Education Imperatives, Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa.Krishnannair, A., & Krishnannair, S. (2022). “Critical Statistical Literacy”,“Social Justice Statistics”, and “Critical Statistical Consciousness” as Higher Education Imperatives, Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa. South African Journal of Higher Education, 36(1), 154-170.