Berry, David M (2021) Explanatory publics: explainability and democratic thought. In: Balaskas, Bill and Rito, Carolina (eds.) Fabricating publics: the dissemination of culture in the post-truth era. DATA Browser . Open Humanities Press, London, pp. 211-232. ISBN 9781785421051
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Abstract
In order to legitimate and defend democratic politics under conditions of computational capital, my aim is to contribute a notion of what I am calling explanatory publics. I will explore what is at stake when we question the social and political ef- fects of the disruptive technologies, networks and values that are hidden within the “black boxes” of computational systems. By “explanatory publics”, I am gesturing to the need for frame- works of knowledge — whether social, political, technical, economic, or cultural — to be justified through a social right to explanation.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | Computation, Public Sphere, Digital Humanities, Explainability |
Schools and Departments: | School of Media, Film and Music > Media and Film |
Research Centres and Groups: | Centre for Social and Political Thought |
SWORD Depositor: | Mx Elements Account |
Depositing User: | Mx Elements Account |
Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2021 08:42 |
Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2022 12:36 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/103294 |
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