Welcome to the first issue of Barta.
Barta is a platform for sharing resources on technology news and affairs. Each issue is a compilation of technology related in-depth news, commentaries, essays, articles, videos and much more. We hope to create a community of engaged readers who are interested in a critical understanding of technology and we will share materials that are particularly crosscutting (e.g., gender justice, politics, art, financial affairs) with technology.
In this inaugural issue, you will find articles on big data, data manipulation, information and data in the service of surveillance and control.
Data relations by Salomé Viljoen
Free to choose A or B by Rob Horning
The Aadhaar card: Cybersecurity issues with India’s biometric experiment by Mardav Jain
Electronic visit verification: The weight of surveillance and the featuring of care by Alexandra Mateescu
The anxieties of big data by Kate Crawford
The postmodernity of big data by Michael Pepi
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