[Ssnet_list] iSchool Research Symposium: Patricia Garcia [REMOTE]

[Daniela K Rosner via Ssnet_list]

*Patricia Garcia*

*Intermediation: Algorithms, Homelessness, and the Politics of Being
In-Between*

Monday, April 1st, 2024

12:30 pm to 1:20 pm

Zoom
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*Please note:* This talk will be available *FULLY REMOTE via **Zoom.*
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*Abstract*: Homelessness is a significant and growing crisis in the United
States. In an effort to more efficiently and fairly distribute limited
housing resources, jurisdictions across the US have adopted algorithmic
prioritization systems to help select which unhoused people should receive
resources. In this talk, we discuss how frontline bureaucrats mediate
between the rigidity of the homeless services infrastructure and the messy
social worlds of people experiencing homelessness. Drawing on theories of
translation and articulation work, the paper proposes “intermediation” as a
means of understanding the position and labor of being in-between an
infrastructure and the social worlds it intersects.



*Speaker Bio*: Patricia Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the School of
Information at the University of Michigan. Her work examines how
historically marginalized groups develop agentic relationships with
technology and data. She collaborates with public libraries to study how
computational justice programs can support girls of color in seeing
themselves as active decision-makers who can leverage technologies to
participate in individual and collective action. She also examines how data
practices used in public service contexts perpetuate forms of oppression
and marginalization among vulnerable populations. She draws on feminist and
critical data approaches to investigate how data is generated, captured,
analyzed, and deployed in public service contexts, such as homeless
services and public education systems. Based on findings from these
investigations, she creates educational interventions that support
vulnerable populations in decision-making processes that facilitate greater
control over their data.





*Research Symposium links*:

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   - Research Symposium Zoom link
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   - View previous symposium recordings here
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*Zoom details: *

   - Meeting ID: 949 5798 4405
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