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Algorithmically encoded identities: reframing human classification

Published: 27 January 2020 Publication History

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Our aim with this workshop is to provide a venue within which the FAT* community can thoughtfully engage with identity and the categories which are imposed on people as part of making sense of their identities. Most people have nuanced and deeply personal understandings of what identity categories mean to them; however, sociotechnical systems must, through a set of classification decisions, reduce the nuance and complexity of those identities into discrete categories. The impact of misclassifications can range from the uncomfortable (e.g. displaying ads for items that aren't desirable) to devastating (e.g. being denied medical care; being evaluated as having a high risk of criminal recidivism). However, even the act of being classified can force an individual into categories which feel foreign and othering. Through this workshop, we hope to connect participants' personal understandings of identity to how identity is 'seen' and categorized by sociotechnical systems.

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        FAT* '20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
        January 2020
        895 pages
        ISBN:9781450369367
        DOI:10.1145/3351095
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        Published: 27 January 2020

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        1. classification
        2. identity
        3. infrastructure studies

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