Situated Knowledge as a Concept for Data Ethics – Aline Franzke (University of Duisburg-Essen)

This talk will start with a presentation of the Internet Research Ethics Guidelines 3.0 (AoIR IRE 3.0, Franzke et al.) by highlighting novelties and continuities of Internet Research Ethics. It continues exploring what “situated knowledge” could mean in the context of Feminist Internet Research Ethics and what kind of practical implications this could have for working with data. The talk will end by highlighting open ends and necessary debates.

Aline Shakti Franzke is a Research Associate of the NRW Graduate School Digital Society, located at the University of Duisburg Essen (Germany). Her PhD research is centered around ethical guidelines in public management. While obtaining her Master’s Degree in Applied Ethics at Utrecht University, Franzke used her final thesis project to explore the role of ethicists in advising governments in the era of big data. During her studies she also worked for the Utrecht Data School, where she developed the Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA), a deliberation tool that is widely used in a variety of contexts. Franzke is affiliated with the Datafied Society and STEEM, and is part of the ethics committee for the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR).

Biweekly on Tuesdays – 6pm – AH 217/218