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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, science fantasy, dystopia or horror in which the Earth's technological civilization is collapsing or has collapsed.[1] The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astronomical, such as an impact event; destructive, such as nuclear holocaust or resource depletion; medical, such as a pandemic, whether natural or human-caused; end time, such as the Last Judgment, Second Coming or Ragnarök; or more imaginative, such as a zombie apocalypse, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics or alien invasion. [2]
Metric power and algorithms of oppression - Assignment 4
editLarge facets of movements in society are monitored and measured. This collection and collation of data is a process called ‘datafication’.[3] Metric power describes systems of power effected, created by and perpetuated by the use of data, this is a process of mass surveillance.[4] It is understood as a new system of technologies that shapes the way society perceives the world and the lifestyles of almost every single individual. The surveillance does not happen as a surprise as it is planned and executed.[4] Metric power facilitates the prediction of the future social world as it is not focused upon the individual but it considers how people are located, their actions watched and it is associated with their habits.[4]
Metric power is a technological process that can be used to oppress marginalised groups or part of our society, this process is called algorithms of oppression.[5] There is an ongoing inequality in society such as racism, discrimination, gender inequality among other forms of oppression and discrimination, metric power and algorithms of oppression are simply a new form that manifests from mass data collection and utilization.[5][6] Safiya refers to algorithms of oppression as technological redlining, referring to the collection of data about race, gender and capital that is used on a daily basis to discriminate and limit access and resources to marginalised people. [5][4] Algorithms of oppression deepens inequality when it comes to decision making. The development of such algorithms reflect broader issues in contemporary society, they are a collective and unregulated mind of western modern society.[5][4]
History of racism and its new forms
editRacism is a prejudice that has a longstanding relationship with science and technology.[7][6] The origin of the social construct of race arose in the age of empires and plunder, when men of evolving disciplines of science classified peoples of the world.[7] Modern genetics clearly shows that the way we colloquially define race does not align with the biology that it underpins human variation. Instead, race is a social construct.[5][6] This does not mean human variation is invalid or unimportant. Humans are social animals, and the way we perceive each other is of paramount importance. Race exists because we perceive it but as no country, people, political power or border is permanent, it can change. To draw a parallel, racial prejudice exists in modern society within algorithms of oppression but the constructs of metric power, while seemingly impenetrable, are impermanent and therefore subject to change.
Sociological imagination
editI suggest there is hope within the social imaginary that metric power could be used to end racism. If massive Big Data organisations such as Google, Facebook and many more were forced to change their culture, embrace diversity and reinforce positivity, racism could be a thing of an ugly past. If the social imaginary were to believe in a future that includes everyone. Within my sociological imagination, it is possible to imagine a social imaginary in which people had hope to change the future using metric power. If people were to take notice of the data collected on them and demand their rights and the rights of others to be respected, metric power could impact massive social change. Research shows that the prevalence of white men within the workplace corresponds with lacking anticipations of gender but the result is not just a lack of gender diversity but also one of class, race and age.[8] If the people who are responsible for the creation of algorithms represent a diverse range of people, it is likely that diverse representations of people on online media would follow. The social imaginary could shift to involve all variations of people in all levels of society, including that of the ruling class. [THIS IS GREAT FOR AN ESSAY BUT IN WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES NO PERSONAL OPINIONS ARE ALLOWED :( THAT'S THE TRICK OF WRITING LIKE A REPORTER OR AN ENCYCOLOPEDIA WRITER
- ^ Hicks, H., 2016. The Post-Apocalyptic Novel in the Twenty-First Century: Modernity Beyond Salvage. Springer.
- ^ Collins, J.J., 2016. The Genre Apocalypse Reconsidered. Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum/Journal of Ancient Christianity, 20(1), pp.21-40.
- ^ Van Dijck, J., 2014. Datafication, dataism and dataveillance: Big Data between scientific paradigm and ideology. Surveillance & society, 12(2), pp.197-208.
- ^ a b c d e Beer, D., 2016. Metric power. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- ^ a b c d e Noble, S.U., 2018. Algorithms of oppression: How search engines reinforce racism. nyu Press.
- ^ a b c Wodak, R. and Reisigl, M., 2015. Discourse and racism. The handbook of discourse analysis, pp.576-596.
- ^ a b Lentin, A., 2000. 'Race', Racism and Anti-Racism: Challenging Contemporary Classifications. Social Identities, 6(1), pp.91-106.
- ^ Yoder, J.B. and Mattheis, A., 2016. Queer in STEM: Workplace experiences reported in a national survey of LGBTQA individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Journal of homosexuality, 63(1), pp.1-27