Home The Black Technical Object: On Machine Learning and the Aspiration of Black Being by Ramon Amaro (ISBN: 9783956795633)

Stock photo: cover may vary

The Black Technical Object: On Machine Learning and the Aspiration of Black Being Paperback - 2023

Name: The Black Technical Object
Price: 16.86 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Amaro, Ramon,
ISBN: 9783956795633

by Ramon Amaro

Add to wish list

Browse more copies for sale ↓

Reader reviews for The Black Technical Object: On Machine Learning and the Aspiration of Black Being

Write a review for this book

Important Terms and Guidelines

Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.

Your review must not include:

Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information

From the publisher

On the abstruse nature of machine learning, mathematics, and the deep incursion of racial hierarchy.

To impair the racial ordering of the world, The Black Technical Object introduces the history of statistical analysis and "scientific" racism into research on machine learning. Computer programming designed for taxonomic patterning, machine learning offers useful insights into racism and racist behavior, but its connection to the racial history of science and the Black lived experience has yet to be developed. In this book, Ramon Amaro explores how the history of data and statistical analysis informs the complex relationship between race and machine learning. He juxtaposes a practical analysis of this type of computerized learning with a theory of Black alienation in order to inspire alternative approaches to contemporary algorithmic practice. In doing so, Amaro contemplates the abstruse nature of programming and mathematics, as well as the deep incursion of racial hierarchies.

Details

Title The Black Technical Object: On Machine Learning and the Aspiration of Black Being
Author Ramon Amaro
Binding Paperback
Pages 232
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Sternberg Press
Publication date 2023-03-14
ISBN 9783956795633 / 3956795636
Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (20.83 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
Category Art & Art Instruction

About the author

Ramon Amaro is Lecturer in Art and Visual Cultures of the Global South at University College London, Department of History of Art. His writings, research, and practice emerge at the intersections of Black Study, digital culture, psychosocial study, and the critique of computational reason.