Critical DataLit

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Critical DataLit is a research initiative funded by the Finnish Research Council exploring youth’s data literacies, with an emphasis in supporting social justice in the context of digital citizenship education.

#critical and #participatory approaches, using #creative practices and #designfutures .

Principal Investigator: @evadurall

Project websitehttps://www.oulu.fi/en/projects/critical-datalit-cultivating-justice-oriented-data-literacies-among-genz
Busy morning for the #AIAmbassadors designing decision trees and prototyping chatbots to decide who might be eligible for a scholarship #CriticalDataLit #CriticalChangelab #UniOulu #INTERACT #data #justice #design with Najme Babai and Yusra Niaz
15-17 years old explore the futures of decision-making with #AI #MachineLearning algorithms during the #AIAmbassador program at University of Oulu. #CriticalChangeLab #CriticalDataLit #UniOulu #cityofoulu together with Yusra Niaz Najme Babai Mannerheim League of Child Welfare
Discussing AI for decision-making with 7th graders. Throughout the sessions, we used simulations to discuss biases in datasets for training algorithms, speculated the futures of school menus driven by AI, and created prompts for school menus that took into consideration health, taste and cultural preferences, environmental impact and resources used with emphasis on inclusion and sustainability. At the end, students shared ethical reflections on #AI and #prompting
Taking part in the second day of the Toivon agenda event, focused on generating awareness on Sustainable Develooment Goals. Inspiring atmosphere with great performances and activities led by youth! #CriticalDataLit #toivonagenda
#toivonagenda2030
#supervoimia
#CriticalDataLit and discussing about #data #privacy at #UniOulu Researchers Night. Data privacy trigger designed by Noah Iversen and data privacy cartoon by Erja Taskinen.
#CriticalDataLit joins the 2nd edition of AI Youth Ambassador Program at #UniOulu! At the workshop, participants discussed aspects connected to privilege, discrimination and social justice in datafied societies through futures thinking and theater-based techniques. The sessions opened relevant questions on data bias affecting assessment and hiring software, as well as critical reflections on diversity and power  #CriticalDataLiteracy #AI #aieducation #DataLiteracy

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#AlgorithmsofResistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power
By Tiziano Bonini, Emiliano Treré
The MIT Press:
"How global workers, influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control our lives".

https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5721/Algorithms-of-ResistanceThe-Everyday-Fight-against

Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power

How global workers, influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control our l

MIT Press
Imagining the futures of social media with 6th graders through storytelling in #Scratch . Students explored issues connected with cyberbullying, scams and selling of their personal data, getting inappropriate content, addiction, personalized advertising and false information, and more. It has been only two days and the amount of experiences and issues raised is impressive. #CriticalDataLit #CriticalDataLiteracy #socialmedia #children #UOulu #Interact

#introduction

Hello from the Critical DataLit project 👋

This is the account for the project's communication and dissemination where we share and discuss news, activities, articles and other materials related to:

#CriticalDataLiteracy
#DigitalCitizenship
#EdTech #Education #EduTech
#GenZ
#SocialJustice

We hope this creates opportunities for discussion and collaboration on these issues.

 We are excited to join the community!