Technocolonialism in the age of Humanitarian AI

Technocolonialism in the age of Humanitarian AI - MERL Tech

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Mirca acknowledged this challenge and shared examples from her new book on how civil society and communities collaborated to use technology in asserting the values that mattered to them. Most recently pushback on the use of biometrics in Ukraine evidences how acts of mundane resistance can constrain tech use.

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The six logics of technocolonialism: Technocolonialism is driven by six key logics which underpin the analytical framework of Mirca’s work. These are the logic of humanitarian accountability, the logic of audit, the logic of capitalism, the logic of solutionism, the logic of securitisation, and the logic of resistance.

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