Stewarding the Documental Afterlives of Refugee Tech Initiatives DOI Open Access
Benedict Salazar Olgado, Lucy Pei

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 6(CSCW2), С. 1 - 23

Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2022

When tech initiatives end, the artifacts they leave behind continue to impact stakeholders. Following an orientation toward broken world thinking, our study introduces concept of documental afterlives refer range fates which these digital have fallen. In this paper, we systematically review 118 websites listed in a publicly available database refugee Germany as appear today. We identify that projects fall into categories being broken, unattended, and memorialized. Given value artifacts, argue ethical response requires attend them through stewardship, centering notion care drawing from archival practices. On empirical level, paper contributes updated understanding how traces long after many ended. Conceptually, calls on us behind, recognizing their continued entanglement social relationships.

Язык: Английский

We, the Data DOI Open Access

Wendy H. Wong

The MIT Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июнь 29, 2023

A rallying call for extending human rights beyond our physical selves—and why we need to reboot in data-intensive world. Our world is here stay, but does that come at the cost of humanity terms autonomy, community, dignity, and equality? In We, Data, Wendy H. Wong argues cannot allow happen. Exploring pervasiveness data collection tracking, reminds us are all stakeholders this digital world, who currently being left out most pressing conversations around technology, ethics, policy. This book clarifies nature datafication calls an extension recognize how complicate what it means safeguard encourage potential. As go about lives, co-creating through do. We must embrace these a part are, explains, even as current policies do not yet reflect extent which experiences have changed. more than mere “subjects” or “sources” “by-products” can be harvested used by technology companies governments. By exploring rights, facial recognition posthumous right literacy, has crafted compelling case engaging hold collectors accountable. Just Universal Declaration Human Rights laid global groundwork Data gives foundation upon claim age data.

Язык: Английский

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Rethinking Web for Affordability and Inclusion DOI
Ihsan Ayyub Qazi, Zafar Ayyub Qazi, Ayesha Ali

и другие.

Опубликована: Ноя. 4, 2021

Today's Web remains too expensive for many Internet users, especially in developing regions. Unfortunately, the rising complexity of makes affordability an even bigger concern as it stands to limit users' access services. We propose a novel framework and fairness metric rethinking architecture inclusion. Our provides systematic guidelines adapting based on geographic variations mobile broadband prices income levels. Preliminary evaluation shows resulting can achieve better balance between quality while preserving user privacy.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

6

Causal impact of Android go on mobile web performance DOI
Muhammad Abdullah, Zafar Ayyub Qazi, Ihsan Ayyub Qazi

и другие.

Опубликована: Окт. 21, 2022

The rapid growth in the number of entry-level smartphones and mobile broadband subscriptions developing countries has served as a motivation for several projects focused on improving users' quality experience (QoE). One such initiative is development Android Go, customized operating system designed to run over smartphones. Today, more than 80% Go. Despite its growing popularity, effectiveness Web QoE remains unclear. This paper presents first independent empirical analysis Go's causal impact performance. We use combination controlled experiments set methodological approaches from econometrics literature find unbiased estimates average effect. Our provides insights that have implications different stakeholders ecosystem devices.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

1

A Framework for Improving Web Affordability and Inclusiveness DOI
Rumaisa Habib, Sarah Tanveer, Aimen Inam

и другие.

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2023

Today's Web remains too expensive for many Internet users, especially in developing regions. Unfortunately, the rising complexity of makes affordability an even bigger concern as it stands to limit users' access services. We propose a novel framework and fairness metric rethinking architecture inclusion. Our proposed systematically adapts based on geographic variations mobile broadband prices income levels. conduct cross-country analysis 99 countries, showing that our can better balance webpage quality while preserving user privacy. To adapt complexity, solves optimization problem produce webpages maximize page reducing given target size.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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Stewarding the Documental Afterlives of Refugee Tech Initiatives DOI Open Access
Benedict Salazar Olgado, Lucy Pei

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 6(CSCW2), С. 1 - 23

Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2022

When tech initiatives end, the artifacts they leave behind continue to impact stakeholders. Following an orientation toward broken world thinking, our study introduces concept of documental afterlives refer range fates which these digital have fallen. In this paper, we systematically review 118 websites listed in a publicly available database refugee Germany as appear today. We identify that projects fall into categories being broken, unattended, and memorialized. Given value artifacts, argue ethical response requires attend them through stewardship, centering notion care drawing from archival practices. On empirical level, paper contributes updated understanding how traces long after many ended. Conceptually, calls on us behind, recognizing their continued entanglement social relationships.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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