Community Considerations
Algorithm Datalogic : Audits, Accountability and Diverse Training Data through Interdisciplinary Social Science View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Julia Nevarez
The datalogic of contemporary urban societies and overreliance on data mining through sensors and platforms supported by digital infrastructures could be considered foreboding. Data-driven form of governance constitutes the most current turn into a legitimized mode of knowledge acquisition and epistemic development at all its complex levels. Algorithms play a crucial role at the intersection of data and analysis. This paper critically examines the role of algorithms including their technical and methodological capacities, that serve to manage data across many different services, products, and public and private organizations. Furthermore, the use of data across disciplinary boundaries generates a form of knowledge acquisition that is increasingly reductive even though, paradoxically, is based on expansive and vast amounts of data. Arguing for diverse cognitions, epistemologies, and conceptualizations of data, this study examines algorithm bias and audits to maintain accountability for the training data mainly used by AI. The paper concludes with plausible recommendations for future interdisciplinary social science research within the convergence science paradigm to demonstrate a critical understanding of the current stage of development of artificial intelligence and the social.
Peri-Urban Gentrification : Unveiling Spatial Contestation and Displacement Impacts in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Akhmad Khanif
The phenomenon of gentrification in Sleman Regency is marked by the increase in the construction of hotels and apartments to welcome the massive arrivals from outside the region. This phenomenon is considered beneficial by the government because it accounts for the largest percentage of PAD. However, this is not in line with the negative impact felt by local communities who have experienced displacement. This study reveals the spatial contestation occurring to the gentrification of tourism and education in Sleman Regency. Using the blended method (offline and online), through in-depth interviews, observations and literature studies as well as a spatial phenomenology approach with a focus on the study in Karangwuni. The results show that the dynamics of gentrification in Sleman Regency has four phases, firstly road construction, secondly government and private infrastructure development, thirdly infrastructure development by ndividual renovators in the form of exclusive boarding, fourthly the emergence of displacement due to gentrification. Displacement that occurs in the form of voluntary displacement and symbolic displacement. Voluntary displacement has indirectly caused social conflicts due to the establishment of apartments in the middle of residential areas. Meanwhile, symbolic displacement causes socio-economic problems for vulnerable groups to occur due to the massive construction of apartments and exclusive boarding houses in Karangwuni. The contestation of space due to gentrification in Karangwuni shows that the government cannot control gentrification and city development is only biased by the middle class.
Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Development: Is AI a Game-changer for Sustainable Development?
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Dominic Hakim Silvio
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its progressively wider impact on many sectors requires assessing its effect on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The main goal of this paper is to answer the question “Is AI a game-changer for sustainable development?” that is, can AI become a powerful tool for tackling some of the world’s most pressing development challenges? Many scholars and experts believe that AI is potentially a game-changer for sustainable development because it can bring education and health care to remote areas, help farmers boost their crops, help design sustainable housing and transportation, and provide early warning for natural disasters. The paper argues that while AI presents immense potential, it’s important to acknowledge the challenges associated with its implementation. Several issues could slow – and in the worst cases negate – progress toward achieving the SDGs.
Statelessness of Rohingya Refugees
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Md Razidur Rahaman
The Rohingya is a Muslim minority ethnic community living in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. This paper analyses the Rohingya Humanitarian crisis who have been persecuted systematically and became stateless after enacted the 1982 Citizenship Law of Myanmar. Because of the Rohingya citizenship deprivation, Myanmar adopted discriminatory policies, resulting in widespread human rights violations, and more than a million sought refuge in the neighboring country of Bangladesh. This research critically examines the reactions of International Leaders to treating and resolving the Rohingya Humanitarian crisis. This paper contributes to the expanding human rights and international law area by contextualizing the Rohingya issue within broader discourses on statelessness.
