Imperial algorithms

Contemporary manifestations of racism and colonialism

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ID11056129
AutoresDominique Thomas (0000-0002-9023-4905, Department of Psychology Morehouse College Atlanta Georgia USA, autor correspondente), Ciann L Wilson (0000-0002-9674-7365, Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Ontario Canada), Ciann Wilson (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Ano2024
Volume73
Fascículo1-2
Páginas7-16
Data de publicação2024-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajcp.12744
PMID38415777
OpenAlexW4392238844
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas57

In this special issue, we invited contributions that critically examined issues of imperialism, colonialism, power, justice, etc. to expand the canon of anticolonial scholarship and critical scholarship in community psychology. Our two objectives were: (1) to build on the canon of anticolonial and critical race scholarship to cultivate an empirical and theoretical body of work and conceptual frameworks about racism and colonialism within the field of community psychology and (2) to unpack the different manifestations of racism in society from the lens of community psychology and reflect on the implications of these varied forms of injustice in the contemporary moment. Rooted in African epistemology and methodology (Martin, 2012), we find the concept of the algorithm to serve as a potent metaphor for the ways in which these oppressive structures operate given the prevalence of algorithms in our daily lives and the algorithm is symbolic of the information age and predictive powers that seem to govern society beyond conscious control. In this sense, imperial algorithms are these structures, patterns, processes, and procedures that perpetuate imperialism. These imperial algorithms manifest as neo‐colonialism, surveillance, social engineering, carcerality, reality warping of contemporary racism, health disparities exacerbated by COVID‐19, and environmental grids of oppression

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