The online course “Big Data Literacy” is an open educational resource that has emerged from the collaboration between the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Cologne, Grimme Research and the Grimme Research College at the University of Cologne. The aim of this course is to raise awareness about Read more…
The Digital Defense Playbook is a resource designed to facilitate workshops about data and digital technologies with local communities. It was developed by the Our Data Bodies project and is split into different sections that cover a good range of data-related topics through group activities. There are over 80 pages Read more…
KairUs (2020): Suspicious Behavior. A Data Annotation Tutorial. The project “Suspicious Behavior” (2020) by the media art duo Linda Kronman and Andreas Zingerle provides an impressive insight into a world in which artificial intelligences are trained to automatically recognize suspicious situations and distinguish “normal” from “abnormal” behavior. In a tutorial, Read more…
Reinhardt, Julia; Oswald, Sven (2020): Künstliche Dummheit oder Künstliche Intelligenz? Interview mit Deborah Seifert vom 28. September 2020 auf dem Netzfest der re:publica 2020. (33:53 Min.) In the conversation, Julia Reichardt, expert on artificial intelligence and data protection and Fellow in Residence at the Mozilla Foundation, and Sven Oswald, moderator Read more…
The UnBias Fairness Toolkit is a printable teaching resource that aims to promote awareness, stimulate “civic thinking” about how algorithms shape online experiences, and foster reflection ways to address issues of online unfairness. It consists of a handbook for facilitators, so-called awareness cards and several maps and worksheets. Das UnBias Read more…
Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2021): Algorithmen und Diskriminierung. Interview mit Lorena Jaume-Palasí (Audio, 19:54 Min.), Berlin. As part of the “Böll.Interview” podcast series, Lorena Jaume-Palasí, founder of the Ethical Tech Society, answered questions from the Böll Foundation on the topic of artificial intelligence, algorithms and discrimination. Jaume-Palasí describes artificial intelligence and Read more…
Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband (2021): Sind Algorithmen gerecht? Künstliche Intelligenz zwischen Fortschritt und Fremdbestimmung (“Stadt | Land | DatenFluss”), Bonn. As part of the event series “Stadt | Land | DatenFluss” of the Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband, experts discussed the topic of artificial intelligence between progress and heteronomy. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe “Stadt | Read more…
BR Podcast. Planet Wissen (2019): Digitale Verbrechensvorhersage – wie ermitteln Algorithmen (Audio, 33:00 Min.) The broadcast deals with the opportunities and risks of predictive policing in Germany and the United States. Im Rahmen der Reihe „IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung“ beschäftigt sich die Sendung mit den Chancen und Risiken vorhersagebasierter Read more…
Süddeutsche Zeitung (2019): Überwacht und verkauft, München. The interactive project introduces the basics of digital surveillance capitalism and uses many practical examples to show how data is collected, who profits from it and how the weakest in society risk being left behind. Das interaktive Projekt führt in die Grundlagen des Read more…
Daten, Algorithmen, Kontrolle der Zukunft. Big Data in der digitalen Gesellschaft – Anwendungen und Zweifel. Ringvorlesung an der Universität Hamburg vom 20. November 2017 bis 29. Januar 2018. The lecture series on Big Data and Doubt, from November 20, 2017 to January 29, 2018 at the University of Hamburg, addresses Read more…