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Can your data be trusted: exploring what it means for LGBTQ+ people to trust in digital data
Topics: Digital Geographies
, Sexuality
, Feminist Geographies
Keywords: Digital Geographies; Digital Data; Trust; Sexualities; Emotions; Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract Day: Saturday Session Start / End Time: 2/26/2022 09:40 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/26/2022 11:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) Room: Virtual 31
Authors:
Carl Bonner-Thompson, University of Brighton, UK
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Abstract
Public trust in digital data, algorithms and devices is under scrutiny, with academics arguing that digital data might provide new forms of surveillance, inequality and violence. This is especially pertinent for LGBTQ+ people whose, often private and sensitive, identities and practices might be at risk of exposure through the sharing, leaking and selling of data. Digital geographic work on the consequences of digital data and algorithms is emerging, yet there remains little research that explores how this impacts the everyday lives of specific people who are most vulnerable to new forms of violence through datafication of everyday life. This paper will examine what it means for LGBTQ+ people, living in Brighton and Hove, UK, to trust in the digital data that are produced through digital technologies (smart phones, watches, laptops, technologies), used across everyday urban spaces. The paper will explore the different ways that gender and sexual identities shape how LGBTQ+ people are learning to live with data and the ways that they make the uncertainty of digital data and algorithms feel ‘liveable’.
Can your data be trusted: exploring what it means for LGBTQ+ people to trust in digital data