Take Back the Algorithms! A Media Theory of Commonistic Affordance
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Miyazaki, Shintaro
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08/2019
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01A - Journal article
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Media Theory
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3
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1
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269-286
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Springer
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Abstract
This essay critiques the "black-boxing" of many computational processes, which are argued to result in a kind of "unaffordability" of algorithms. By engaging with current theoretical debates on "commoning“ signifying a non-profit-oriented, solidarity-based approach to sharing, maintaining, and disseminating knowledge and experience“ the essay offers a formulation of commonistic affordance in algorithmic contexts. Through the discussion of widely used computational tools such as the Viola-Jones object detection framework, radical steps towards a "making affordable" of algorithms are outlined, and the widespread corporate propertisation of computation processes is contrasted with a speculative vision of algorithmic commoning.
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Commoning, Affordance, Viola–Jones object detection algorithm, Practice-oriented critical media studies
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2213-6940
0924-6118
0924-6118
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English
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Published
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MIYAZAKI, Shintaro, 2019. Take Back the Algorithms! A Media Theory of Commonistic Affordance. Media Theory. August 2019. Bd. 3, Nr. 1, S. 269–286. DOI 10.26041/fhnw-1888. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-1888