Malka Older
Biographic Data
| ID | 821955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malka Older |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malka |
| FAMILY NAME | Older |
| SIGNATURE | OLDER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Riga Graduate School of Law |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Temporary Organizations in Disaster Response
For most modern governments, disasters are events that are demarcated from so-called normalcy by changes in organization and temporality. As much as the changes in procedures or staffing, these new structures are distinguished by their temporality. They are explicitly temporary organizations, designed to accomplish a specific task before dissolving and returning authority to the permanent organization. The choice to change to temporary organizati…
Coronalag
This paper introduces the idea of Coronalag, a concept derived from the experience of disaster time in 2020, and one that we hope assists in the ongoing interrogation of time as a venue for the exercise of power in a disaster. First, in introducing Coronalag, we are attentive to disparate experiences of the pandemic across spaces and communities, shared in and among those settings in real time, often through social and other virtual media. Next, …
The Art of Strategic Conversation
In this dialogue, we explore the use of scenarios to inform thinking about the surveillant dimensions of AI systems. The aim is neither to predict times to come nor express a desired state, but to manufacture contrasting future visions that challenge assumptions existing in the present. To consider these issues, we convened four researcher-practitioners—Carissa Véliz, Malka Older, Annina Lux, and Matthew Finch—whose work encompasses AI and privac…
Introduction
Obsolete Borders, New Empires
Obsolete Borders, New Empires Malka Older (bio) Physical borders are an anachronism. Not everyone realizes this yet, which means the idea of arbitrary lines drawn across a map to define the limits of certain protections, obligations, opportunities, and identities continues to do massive amounts of damage. Nonetheless, borders are out of date; the new empires are built right through them. In fact, part of the function of borders today is to distra…
Gafa and states
Gafa and states
L’entreprise au prisme de la science-fiction
International audience
The Art of Strategic Conversation
In this dialogue, we explore the use of scenarios to inform thinking about the surveillant dimensions of AI systems. The aim is neither to predict times to come nor express a desired state, but to manufacture contrasting future visions that challenge assumptions existing in the present. To consider these issues, we convened four researcher-practitioners—Carissa Véliz, Malka Older, Annina Lux, and Matthew Finch—whose work encompasses AI and privac…
Gafa and states
Gafa and states
L’entreprise au prisme de la science-fiction
International audience
Introduction
Obsolete Borders, New Empires
Obsolete Borders, New Empires Malka Older (bio) Physical borders are an anachronism. Not everyone realizes this yet, which means the idea of arbitrary lines drawn across a map to define the limits of certain protections, obligations, opportunities, and identities continues to do massive amounts of damage. Nonetheless, borders are out of date; the new empires are built right through them. In fact, part of the function of borders today is to distra…
Coronalag
This paper introduces the idea of Coronalag, a concept derived from the experience of disaster time in 2020, and one that we hope assists in the ongoing interrogation of time as a venue for the exercise of power in a disaster. First, in introducing Coronalag, we are attentive to disparate experiences of the pandemic across spaces and communities, shared in and among those settings in real time, often through social and other virtual media. Next, …
The Art of Strategic Conversation
In this dialogue, we explore the use of scenarios to inform thinking about the surveillant dimensions of AI systems. The aim is neither to predict times to come nor express a desired state, but to manufacture contrasting future visions that challenge assumptions existing in the present. To consider these issues, we convened four researcher-practitioners—Carissa Véliz, Malka Older, Annina Lux, and Matthew Finch—whose work encompasses AI and privac…
Temporary Organizations in Disaster Response
For most modern governments, disasters are events that are demarcated from so-called normalcy by changes in organization and temporality. As much as the changes in procedures or staffing, these new structures are distinguished by their temporality. They are explicitly temporary organizations, designed to accomplish a specific task before dissolving and returning authority to the permanent organization. The choice to change to temporary organizati…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)