Because Technology Discriminates Anti-Racist Counter-Expertise / [electronic resource] :
by Logan D. A. Williams.
- 1st ed. 2023.
- XVII, 159 p. 20 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource.
- Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society, 27 1933-3641 ; .
- Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society, 27 .
Introduction -- Race, Gender and the Myth of Technological Incompetence -- Your diverse design team is very competent: how to lead relationally -- The race audit: mitigating environmental racism in civil infrastructure -- Data racism, machine learning and the importance of context in design -- Designing sustainable organizations to create ethical designs.
Engineers designing technologies and systems produce problems when they do not account for existing biases in society. Designers have a mandate to make technologies efficiently, economically, and ethically. This textbook is written for both students and practicing designers, engineers, researchers, or artists who want to create more ethical designs; it aims to help readers understand how race is implicated in technology design. Learning from historical and contemporary case studies of engineering and architecture projects will help readers see clearly the power of design decisions to either perpetuate or contest racism. Chapter exercises will change engineers' mental models to see the bias inherent to existing technological design. By incorporating the knowledge and insights of community-based experts into design projects, readers will begin to practice anti-racist leadership and counter-expertise.
9783031278686
10.1007/978-3-031-27868-6 doi
Engineering design. Technology--Moral and ethical aspects. Science--Moral and ethical aspects. Engineering Design. Ethics of Technology. Science Ethics.