Knowing in Algorithmic Regimes: Insights from a Roundtable, Discussion on Methods, Interactions and Politics

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Authors

  • Bianca Prietl
  • Stefanie Büchner
  • Simon Egbert
  • Juliane Jarke
  • Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda
  • Nikolaus Poechhacker

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • University of Basel
  • Bielefeld University
  • University of Graz
  • Alpen-Adria-Universitat Klagenfurt (AAU)
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2023
EditorsGünter Getzinger, Michaela Jahrbacher, Franziska Häller
Pages221-235
Number of pages15
ISBN (electronic)978-3-85125-976-6
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Abstract

This paper reports on a roundtable discussion that reflected upon the analytically productive moments of working with the concept of “algorithmic regimes” when studying the methodological, epistemological and political implications of the rise of algorithms in and for knowledge production, sense making and decision-making in contemporary societies. Focusing on knowledge and knowing, the concept of “algorithmic regimes” draws our attention beyond the mere technical nature of algorithms by acknowledging the complex and partly ambiguous entanglements of algorithmic systems as material-semiotic apparatuses with social, political, cultural and economic elements of society. Examples from our own research demonstrate the versatility of the concept of “algorithmic regimes” for studying (1) the methods to research and design (better) algorithmic systems, (2) the ways interactions become re-configured within algorithmic regimes and (3) the politics ingrained in algorithmic regimes. Analysing algorithmic regimes can then provide understanding for shaping desirable sociotechnical futures.

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Knowing in Algorithmic Regimes: Insights from a Roundtable, Discussion on Methods, Interactions and Politics. / Prietl, Bianca; Büchner, Stefanie; Egbert, Simon et al.
Conference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2023. ed. / Günter Getzinger; Michaela Jahrbacher; Franziska Häller. 2024. p. 221-235.

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Prietl, B, Büchner, S, Egbert, S, Jarke, J, Kinder-Kurlanda, K & Poechhacker, N 2024, Knowing in Algorithmic Regimes: Insights from a Roundtable, Discussion on Methods, Interactions and Politics. in G Getzinger, M Jahrbacher & F Häller (eds), Conference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2023. pp. 221-235. https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-976-6-13
Prietl, B., Büchner, S., Egbert, S., Jarke, J., Kinder-Kurlanda, K., & Poechhacker, N. (2024). Knowing in Algorithmic Regimes: Insights from a Roundtable, Discussion on Methods, Interactions and Politics. In G. Getzinger, M. Jahrbacher, & F. Häller (Eds.), Conference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2023 (pp. 221-235) https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-976-6-13
Prietl B, Büchner S, Egbert S, Jarke J, Kinder-Kurlanda K, Poechhacker N. Knowing in Algorithmic Regimes: Insights from a Roundtable, Discussion on Methods, Interactions and Politics. In Getzinger G, Jahrbacher M, Häller F, editors, Conference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2023. 2024. p. 221-235 doi: 10.3217/978-3-85125-976-6-13
Prietl, Bianca ; Büchner, Stefanie ; Egbert, Simon et al. / Knowing in Algorithmic Regimes : Insights from a Roundtable, Discussion on Methods, Interactions and Politics. Conference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2023. editor / Günter Getzinger ; Michaela Jahrbacher ; Franziska Häller. 2024. pp. 221-235
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