On Rational, Scientific, Objective Viewpoints from Mythical, Imaginary, Impossible Standpoints

Author: Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein

Publisher: MIT Press

Publication Year: 2020

Summary: The following book chapter from “Data Feminism” can be beautifully summed up by words from Black feminist sociologist Patricia Hill Collins: “Neither ethics nor emotions are subordinated to reason.” We need to fight the patriarchal idea that emotions are bad, and that emotion matters in a design process – we need to honor context, architect attention, and take action to defy stereotypes.


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