90. All Data is a Social Construct

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 12:08 a.m.

b"Outro: St. Lorelei - https://stlorelei.bandcamp.com/track/outside-the-green \\n\\nWe kick things off with an announcement about TMK sweeps month. Then we get into a discussion of data politics based on the recent investigation into how ShotSpotter \\u2013 the \\u201cAI-powered\\u201d gunshot detector sensors \\u2013 is being used by police to fabricate fake data for evidence. We wrap up by providing an intro to the political economy of \\u201cdata grabbing\\u201d and precision agriculture \\u2013 a topic we\\u2019ll dive much deeper into on the premium episode this week.\\n\\nStuff we reference:\\nTodd Feathers | Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI | Motherboard Vice https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8xbq/police-are-telling-shotspotter-to-alter-evidence-from-gunshot-detecting-ai \\nAlistair Fraser (2018). Land grab/data grab: precision agriculture and its new horizons. The Journal of Peasant Studies https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1080/03066150.2017.1415887 \\nAlistair Fraser (2019). The digital revolution, data curation, and the new dynamics of food sovereignty construction. The Journal of Peasant Studies https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1080/03066150.2019.1602522 \\nAlistair Fraser (2021). \\u2018You can't eat data\\u2019?: Moving beyond the misconfigured innovations of smart farming. Journal of Rural Studies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016721001856 \\nEmily Duncan, Alesandros Glaros, Dennis Z. Ross, and Eric Nost (2021). New but for whom? Discourses of innovation in precision agriculture. Agriculture and Human Values https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278188/ \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab your TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)"