Name: (Dis)Obedience in Digital Societies
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(Dis)Obedience in Digital Societies

Edited by: Sven Quadflieg, Edited by: Klaus Neuburg, Edited by: Simon Nestler

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Published: 17-Mar-2022
ISBN: 9783837657630

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380 Pages

Subjects:
Media studies
Political structures: democracy
Philosophy
Sociology: work & labour
Gender studies
gender groups
Globalization
Sociology
Cultural studies
Crime & criminology
Law & society
Theory of art
Impact of science & technology on society
Politics & government
Human rights
Political structure & processes
Demonstrations & protest movements
Constitution: government & the state
Political activism
National liberation & independence
post-colonialism
Ethics & moral philosophy
The arts: general issues
Electronic
holographic & video art
Law

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Algorithms are not to be regarded as a technical structure but as a social phenomenon – they embed themselves, currently still very subtle, into our political and social system. Algorithms shape human behavior on various levels: they influence not only the aesthetic reception of the world but also the well-being and social interaction of their users. They act and intervene in a political and social context. As algorithms influence individual behavior in these social and political situations, their power should be the subject of critical discourse – or even lead to active disobedience and to the need for appropriate tools and methods which can be used to break the algorithmic power.

Sven Quadflieg, geb. 1983, studierte an der Folkwang Universität der Künste und der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Er forscht zu politischer und sozialer Gestaltung bzw. zur wechselseitigen Beeinflussung und den Dependenzen zwischen Gestaltung und Gesellschaft und lehrte an diversen Hochschulen.