About Us
D’Ignazio and Klein (2020) state that data feminism requires knowledge to be situated. Please allow us to introduce ourselves by stating our positionalities so that our perspective and identities as writers and researchers are clear from the outset.
Abby Alty: I am a white cisgender able-bodied queer woman completing a Master of Information Studies part-time at the University of Ottawa. I am from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and have lived for most of my life in western Canada. Currently, I work in Public Health, but I have previously held employment in the environmental sector. This project is of interest because as a non-computer scientist, it is interesting to know how I interact with artificial intelligence on a daily basis, and have a basic understanding of the mechanisms that go unnoticed during interactions with technology.
Dalie Brisson: I’m a French-Canadian student enrolled in a Master of Information Studies at the University of Ottawa. I am a white cisgendered, able-bodied straight woman and I grew up in a town called Embrun in Eastern Ontario. Since starting my post-secondary studies I’ve worked in various positions at the University of Ottawa, until recently where I joined a team in a government agency. As an individual who consumes a lot of pop culture on a daily basis, I was interested to learn from this class that artificial intelligence could possibly have an influence on the things I consume.