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1<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, March 31, 2026<\/td>Introduction<\/a><\/td>No required reading
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1<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, April 2, 2025<\/td>Why Do We Count?<\/a><\/td>
  • Nguyen, C. T. (2024, March 4). The Limits of Data. Issues in Science and Technology.<\/li>
  • Chang, L. W., Kirgios, E. L., Mullainathan, S., & Milkman, K. L. (2024). Does counting change what counts? Quantification fixation biases decision-making. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(46). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2400215121<\/li><\/ul>
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2<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, April 7, 2026<\/td>Imagination and Disavowal<\/a><\/td>
2<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, April 9, 2026<\/td>The Entangled Origins of Race and Data<\/a><\/td>
3<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, April 14, 2026<\/td>What is Machine Learning?<\/a><\/td>
3<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, April 16, 2026<\/td>The Politics of ML<\/a><\/td>
4<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, April 21, 2026<\/td>NO CLASS<\/td>NO CLASS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, April 23, 2026<\/td>NO CLASS<\/td>NO CLASS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, April 28, 2026<\/td>Platform Capitalism<\/a><\/td>
5<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, April 30, 2026<\/td>Data Brokers<\/a><\/td>
6<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, May 5, 2026<\/td>Fascism<\/a><\/td>Christopher Mathias, To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right (Atria Books, 2026).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, May 7, 2026<\/td>Immigration (with Graeme Blair, Deportation Data Project)<\/a><\/td>
7<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, May 12, 2026<\/td>Edtech<\/a><\/td>
7<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, May 14, 2026<\/td>Data Journalism (with Jill Castellano, Marshall Project)<\/a><\/td>
8<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, May 19, 2026<\/td>Data Workers<\/a><\/td>
  • Michael Geoffrey Asia, The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy (Data Workers Inquiry, 2025).<\/li>
  • Jason Koebler,v\u201c\u2018AI Is African Intelligence\u2019: The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back,\u201d 404 Media, March 12, 2026.<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, May 21, 2026<\/td>AI and the Future of Work<\/a><\/td>
9<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, May 26, 2026<\/td>Policing<\/a><\/td>
9<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, May 28, 2026<\/td>Data and Indigeneity (with Jeff Doctor, Animikii)<\/a><\/td>
  • #DataBack: Asserting & Supporting Indigenous Data Sovereignty (Animikii Indigenous Technology, 2023).<\/li>
  • #DataBack Vol 2: Truth Before \u201cIndigenous AI\u201d: Understanding and Resisting Generative AI (Animikii Indigenous Technology, 2024).<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>A<\/td>Tuesday, June 2, 2026<\/td>AI and War<\/a><\/td>
10<\/td>B<\/td>Thursday, June 4, 2026<\/td>Wrap-up<\/a><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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