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The algorithmic fix: Location intelligence, placemaking, and predictable futures
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 , DOI: 10.1177/13548565211005644
Didem Özkul 1
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With this article, I introduce the ‘algorithmic fix’ as a framework to analyze contemporary placemaking practices. I discuss how algorithmic practices of placemaking govern and control mobilities. I theorize such practices as the ‘algorithmic fix’, where location determination technologies, data practices, and machine learning algorithms are used together to ‘get a fix on’ our whereabouts with the aim of sorting and classifying both people and places. Through a case study of location intelligence, I demonstrate how these digital placemaking practices do not only control and prevent physical mobilities – they are designed to fix who we are and whom we may become with the aim of creating a predictable future. I focus on geo-profiling, geo-fencing, and predictive policing as three key aspects of location intelligence to present a discussion of how ‘algorithmic fix’ as a framework can provide valuable insights to analyzing contemporary placemaking practices.



中文翻译:

算法修正:位置智能,场所营造和可预测的未来

在本文中,我将介绍“算法修复”作为分析当代场所制作实践的框架。我将讨论场所制作的算法实践如何控制和控制移动性。我对诸如“算法修复”之类的实践进行了理论化,其中将位置确定技术,数据实践和机器学习算法结合使用,以“对”我们的行踪进行“修复”,目的是对人和地点进行分类和分类。通过位置智能案例研究,我演示了这些数字场所制作实践不仅如何控制和防止身体活动-它们旨在固定我们是谁以及我们可能成为谁,目的是创造可预测的未来。我专注于地理剖析,地理围栏,

更新日期:2021-04-05
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