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Patterns of postcolonial domination and digital technologies : A critical lens on the artificial intelligence discourse in the United Nations.
Kettelhoit, Jule (2021) Patterns of postcolonial domination and digital technologies : A critical lens on the artificial intelligence discourse in the United Nations.
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| Abstract: | Postcolonial approaches show that most policy fields reveal patterns of domination that are influenced by colonial power structures, even though the colonial era has officially ended. This approach is also reflected in the field of digital technologies, such as policies on artificial intelligence. The United Nations (UN) as an international organization play an interesting role within the nexus of postcolonial patterns of domination and policies on artificial intelligence (AI), since that is a highly discussed issue between decolonization and neocolonialism. A critical discourse analysis that examines colonial and decolonial concepts aims to study the question of how such patterns of postcolonial domination are reflected within the AI policies of the UN. This method seeks to analyze the linguistic patterns in the policy documents on AI regarding implied hegemonies. These hegemonies are marked by the domination of Western states and the construction of former colonized countries as the universal contrary to the West. The policy documents were selected based on the countries they concern, so that both former colonized and former colonizing countries are represented in the case selection. The integration of the three aspects of international organizations, AI and a postcolonial lens makes the research scientifically relevant. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 89 political science |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/87728 |
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