[Air-L] Teaching computing, race, and policing -- a lesson about surveillance, AI, and facial recognition

[Jack Qiu]

Hats off to Christian, ESC, and the entire team! I'm putting together a new
upper-level undergraduate course, and will certainly integrate this module.
It's immensely helpful! Thanks a bunch!  All best,  jack qiu

On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 03:55, Sarah Ann Oates <soates at umd.edu> wrote:

> Thank you! Incredibly useful and timely. Sarah
>
>
> Sarah Oates
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> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 3:31 PM Christian Sandvig <csandvig at umich.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear AoIR colleagues,
> >
> > Yesterday the Wayne County Prosecutor publicly apologized to the first
> > American known to be wrongfully arrested by a facial recognition
> algorithm:
> > a black man arrested earlier this year by the Detroit Police. The
> statement
> > cited the unreliability of software, especially as applied to people of
> > color.
> >
> > With this context in mind, some university and high school instructors
> > teaching about technology may be interested in engaging with the Black
> > Lives Matter protests by teaching about computing, race, and
> surveillance.
> > I'm delighted that thanks to the generosity of Tawana Petty and others,
> ESC
> > can share a module on this topic developed for an online course. You are
> > free to make use of it in your own teaching, or you might just find the
> > materials interesting (or shocking).
> >
> > The lesson consists of a case study of Detroit’s Project Green Light, a
> new
> > city-wide police surveillance system that involves automated facial
> > recognition, real-time police monitoring, very-high-resolution imagery,
> > cameras indoors on private property, a paid “priority” response system, a
> > public/private partnership, and other distinctive features. The system
> has
> > allegedly been deployed to target peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.
> > Here is the lesson:
> >
> > Race, Policing, and Detroit's Project Green Light
> > http://esc.umich.edu/project-green-light/
> >
> >
> > The lesson includes videos, readings (including yesterday's apology), and
> > suggested discussion questions and assessment.  With some tuning, this
> > lesson is suitable for courses in Information Science, Computer Science,
> > Science & Technology Studies (STS), Information Technology, Sociology,
> > Criminology, Media Studies, Public Policy, Law, Urban Planning, Ethnic
> > Studies, and Applied Ethics. If you know of a mailing list that would
> reach
> > instructors of these courses who would be interested, please feel free to
> > forward this email.
> >
> > This lesson is offered as part of the "Emergency ESC" initiative from the
> > Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. If you are an instructor and
> you
> > are willing to share similar material, ESC would be happy to act as a
> > clearinghouse for these lessons and to promote them, whether or not you
> are
> > affiliated with our center.  Please e-mail esc-center at umich.edu to
> suggest
> > or contribute. We will share selections on the "Emergency ESC" page in
> the
> > future (http://esc.umich.edu/emergency/).
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Christian
> >
> >
> > --
> > Christian Sandvig
> > Director, Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC)
> > H. Marshall McLuhan Collegiate Professor, School of Information; Dept. of
> > Communication & Media; Center for Political Studies
> > University of Michigan
> > http://umich.edu/~csandvig - http://esc.umich.edu/
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