Zara Rahman

@zararah
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British-Bangladeshi Berlin-based writer, bookworm, researcher. My book, Machine Readable Me, is out now. Working on tech/social justice/power – posts about language, migrant rights/immigration, climate, solidarity and building the future we all want and need.
My websitehttps://zararah.net/
My newsletterhttps://buttondown.email/distillationsconstellations
My bookhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123159633-machine-readable-me
Zara RahmanMar 21, 2024
Lilli IlievMar 3, 2024

Die neue Sendung aus der Reihe "Wissen. Macht. Gerechtigkeit." von @wikimediaDE und @dlfkultur ist da!

Kampf ums Internet:
Wer bricht die Macht der IT-Konzerne? Wie können nicht-kommerzielle Projekte wie #Wikipedia und #Mastodon das Internet fairer, freier und demokratischer machen?

Zu Gast waren diesmal
@tante, @zararah und Journalist Stefan Mey 💐 .

🔊 Die Sendung gibt es jetzt hier zum Nachhören: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/der-kampf-um-das-internet-dlf-kultur-43e3c393-100.html

Freies Netz vs. IT-Konzerne: Wem gehört das Internet?

Früher galt das Internet als Utopie der Selbstverwaltung. Heute regieren IT-Konzerne. Doch verloren ist dieser Kampf noch lange nicht.

Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Zara RahmanMar 21, 2024
antischokkeMar 21, 2024
Heute Abend 18:00 Uhr bei @wikimediaDE:
Buchpräsentation „Machine Readable Me“ von @zararah. Kommt, es wird gut! (Außerdem bin ich auch da.) https://www.wikimedia.de/veranstaltungen/buchprasentation-machine-readable-me/
Buchpräsentation „Machine Readable Me“ - Wikimedia

The event will be held in English. You will find the English text below.

Wikimedia
Zara RahmanMar 7, 2024
Wikimedia DeutschlandFeb 21, 2024

In "Machine Readable Me" @zararah Rahman examines the databases in which we leave traces - consciously or unconsciously. Using current and historical examples, she shows how this data is used to:

➡️ categorise and evaluate individuals and groups
➡️ grant or deny state or private services
➡️ realise surveillance measures

We want to discuss this – and the possibilities for containing the power of data that Rahman presents in her book – with you.

Please register here:
https://www.wikimedia.de/veranstaltungen/buchprasentation-machine-readable-me/

Buchpräsentation „Machine Readable Me“ - Wikimedia

The event will be held in English. You will find the English text below.

Wikimedia
Zara RahmanOct 27, 2023
NetBlocksOct 27, 2023
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a collapse in connectivity in the #Gaza Strip with high impact to Paltel, amid reports of heavy bombardment; the company is the last remaining major operator to supply service as connectivity declines amid ongoing fighting with Israel 📉
Zara RahmanOct 26, 2023
It’s publication day for my little book, Machine Readable Me! Thrilled to see this out in the world 💕 It’s the culmination of 10+ years of research on how data about who we are impacts our lives. Available now online in all the usual places or via your local bookshop! #pubday
Show threadZara RahmanOct 5, 2023
If you/your community are new to tech/data justice issues, and working on migration justice, racial justice or social justice + would like a free copy, please DM me! Or, if I can come and talk about the issues in the book + how they intersect with your focus, do get in touch 🙏🏽
Zara RahmanOct 5, 2023
I chose this format and style of book (and publishing with 404ink) for a very specific reason: I don’t want to keep preaching to the choir. The book is short, pocket-sized, and hopefully inexpensive enough and inviting enough that newcomers to the topic will pick it up 🤞🏽
Show threadZara RahmanOct 5, 2023
In it, I draw upon my research from over the past decade – from lived experiences of government-run digital ID, to UN use of biometrics with refugees, to predictive machine learning and children's rights, and much more.
Zara RahmanOct 5, 2023
My book, Machine Readable Me: The Hidden Ways Tech Shapes Our Identities, is out in 3 weeks! It's an accessible intro to how data about who we are is used by governments and others to shape the paths available to us in life. 1/ https://www.404ink.com/store/inklings-machine-readable-me
Inklings #19: Machine Readable Me - Zara Rahman — 404 Ink

Machine Readable Me considers how and why data that is gathered about us is increasingly limiting what we can and can’t do in our lives and, crucially, what the alternatives are.

404 Ink
Zara RahmanJun 27, 2023
COMMUNIAJun 20, 2023

Our and @wikimediaDE's "CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM" event in Berlin with author Rebecca Giblin is only a week away!

Join us on Tuesday, June 27, at 18:00!

Please register here:
https://www.wikimedia.de/veranstaltungen/chokepoint-capitalism/

Buchvorstellung „Chokepoint Capitalism“ mit Autorin Rebecca Giblin - Wikimedia

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