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43Taking a critical look at the critical turn in data science: From “data feminism” to transnational feminist data scienceBig Data and Society 9 (2). 2022.Through a critical analysis of recent developments in the theory and practice of data science, including nascent feminist approaches to data collection and analysis, this commentary aims to signal the need for a transnational feminist orientation towards data science. I argue that while much needed in the context of persistent algorithmic oppression, a Western feminist lens limits the scope of problems, and thus—solutions, critical data scholars, and scientists can consider. A resolutely transna…Read more
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478Scholarship as a Vocation: Reflections on the Past and Future of Social ScienceEmerging Perspectives: School of Management Review 1 (1): 5-19. 2016.This essay seeks to expose readers from the social sciences to current debates in their fields, beyond the discussions of induction and deduction one learns about in a typical research methods course. It provides glimpses of social science from its dawn in 17th century empiricism, through the rise of postpositivism and antipositivism, to the infamous “science wars” in the 1990s, and expresses a hope for a broader and more inclusive future. Specifically, the paper compares the traditional positiv…Read more
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