Decolonizing Information Narratives: Entangled Apocalyptics, Algorithmic Racism and the Myths of History

Proceedings

Ali, Syed Mustafa¹ 

关键词: narrative;    information society;    colonialism;    decolonial thought;    critical race theory;    apocalyptic worldviews;    algorithmics;    history;    Big Data;    Internet of Things;    ubiquitous computing;   

DOI  :  10.3390/IS4SI-2017-03910

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

In what follows, some contemporary narratives about ‘the information society’ are interrogated from critical race theoretical and decolonial perspectives with a view to constructing a ‘counter-narrative’ purporting to demonstrate the embeddedness of coloniality—that is, the persistent operation of colonial logics—in such discourses.

【 授权许可】

CC BY