Michaelanne Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 5154601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michaelanne Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michaelanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2723-2157 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Aspiring toward decency
We examine how people collectively and creatively appropriate information communication technology (ICT) in Havana, Cuba, to navigate persistent scarcity and pursue a more stable life. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic data, we center resolver —an emic term for both an informal acquisition process and a problem-solving mindset—as a dynamic, collective strategy. This practice underpins aspirations for a “decent” life, locally understood as ad…
Conceptualizing Precision Labor in Artificial Intelligence Training
Accuracy and precision are among the central values in the ML communities and tech industry. What does it take to achieve a high level of technical accuracy? What are the harms resulting from technology companies' obsession with technical accuracy and precision, and who incurs the greatest burdens? This paper explores accuracy in the context of AI training in China. Drawing on 9-month multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, we document workers’ every…
The Technopolitics of Waiting
Many theorists of the information economy have argued that digitization has resulted in a “speeding up” of our experience of time (i.e. Gleick, 1999). This work contends that for many, especially those with less power, the techno-utopian vision characterized by datafication and Artificial Intelligence (AI) instead produces a state of prolonged waiting. Drawing from two long-term ethnographic studies examining the production and implementation pha…
Historical Friction
This forum focuses on the conditions and futures of the labor underpinning technology production and maintenance. We welcome standalone articles as well as interviews and conversations about all tech labor within the global supply chain of digital technologies. --- Seyram Avle and Sarah Fox, Editors
Evaluating Interpretive Research in HCI
research-article Share on Evaluating Interpretive Research in HCI Authors: Robert Soden University of Toronto University of TorontoView Profile , Austin Toombs Indiana University Indiana UniversityView Profile , Michaelanne Thomas University of Michigan University of MichiganView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 31Issue 1January - February 2024pp 38–42https://doi.org/10.1145/3633200Published:10 January 2024Publication History 0cit…
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Historical Friction
This forum focuses on the conditions and futures of the labor underpinning technology production and maintenance. We welcome standalone articles as well as interviews and conversations about all tech labor within the global supply chain of digital technologies. --- Seyram Avle and Sarah Fox, Editors
Evaluating Interpretive Research in HCI
research-article Share on Evaluating Interpretive Research in HCI Authors: Robert Soden University of Toronto University of TorontoView Profile , Austin Toombs Indiana University Indiana UniversityView Profile , Michaelanne Thomas University of Michigan University of MichiganView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 31Issue 1January - February 2024pp 38–42https://doi.org/10.1145/3633200Published:10 January 2024Publication History 0cit…
Conceptualizing Precision Labor in Artificial Intelligence Training
Accuracy and precision are among the central values in the ML communities and tech industry. What does it take to achieve a high level of technical accuracy? What are the harms resulting from technology companies' obsession with technical accuracy and precision, and who incurs the greatest burdens? This paper explores accuracy in the context of AI training in China. Drawing on 9-month multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, we document workers’ every…
The Technopolitics of Waiting
Many theorists of the information economy have argued that digitization has resulted in a “speeding up” of our experience of time (i.e. Gleick, 1999). This work contends that for many, especially those with less power, the techno-utopian vision characterized by datafication and Artificial Intelligence (AI) instead produces a state of prolonged waiting. Drawing from two long-term ethnographic studies examining the production and implementation pha…
Aspiring toward decency
We examine how people collectively and creatively appropriate information communication technology (ICT) in Havana, Cuba, to navigate persistent scarcity and pursue a more stable life. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic data, we center resolver —an emic term for both an informal acquisition process and a problem-solving mindset—as a dynamic, collective strategy. This practice underpins aspirations for a “decent” life, locally understood as ad…
Computer Science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (2 works) · Appropriation (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · China (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Cuban History and Society (1 work)