Ataya: HUMA Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Speaker: Chenai Chair (Special Advisor: Africa Innovation, Mozilla Foundation)
Project/Paper: 'MyDataRights, a feminist review of AI, privacy and data protection to enhance digital rights', conducted by Chenai Chair with funding from the Mozilla Foundation as part of the 2019/2020 Tech Policy fellow award. Read the paper:
'Feminist Reading of the Right to Privacy and Data Protection in the age of AI'
Bio: Chenai is the Special Advisor on Africa Innovation Mradi at Mozilla Foundation. Her work includes supporting innovation projects such as Common Voice African Languages fellows and awardees. She is an expert on the intersection of digital technology and gender, having built her expertise through research and policy development. Read more
Topic: The existent injustices that marginalised groups and sexual minorities face shape how they experience technology, policy, and regulation – either to achieve social justice or increase current inequalities and harms. In the era of AI innovations such as automated decision-making and algorithms, this context is important to understand how we can safeguard against harm and injustices while using these technologies to dismantle barriers of oppression. A feminist lens provides ways in which we can work towards social justice in datafied societies.
How Ataya works: One presenter and their work – in exchange with the audience. Each Ataya session engages with selected work by the presenter (a text, artwork, performance, even food). The presenter introduces their work and grounds the subsequent discussion with the participants. For best engagement, we recommend participants to view the work (made available in advance on our website) before the session. More on the Ataya Series
