Ethical Data Curation for AI: An Approach based on Feminist Epistemology and Critical Theories of Race

John Dewey’s record as a feminist and an advocate of women is mixed. He valued women intellectual associates whose influences he acknowledged, but did not develop theoretical articulations of the reasons for women’s subordination and marginalization. Given his mixed record, this chapter asks, how useful is Dewey’s work as a resource for feminist philosophy? It begins with a survey of the intellectual influences that connect Dewey with a set of women family members, colleagues, and students. It then discusses Dewey’s influence on the work of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century pragmatist feminist philosophers. Dewey’s influence has been strongest in the fields of feminist epistemology, philosophy of education, and social and political philosophy. Although pragmatist feminist philosophy remains a small field within feminist philosophy, this chapter argues that its conceptual resources could be put to further good use, particularly in feminist metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory.

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Parafermionization, bosonization, and critical parafermionic theories

Journal of High Energy Physics ◽

10.1007/jhep04(2021)285 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Yuan Yao ◽

Akira Furusaki

Keyword(s):

Field Theory ◽

Conformal Field Theory ◽

Degrees Of Freedom ◽

Lattice Models ◽

Partition Functions ◽

Minimal Models ◽

Fermionic Model ◽

Conformal Field ◽

Critical Theories ◽

Wigner Transformation

AbstractWe formulate a ℤk-parafermionization/bosonization scheme for one-dimensional lattice models and field theories on a torus, starting from a generalized Jordan-Wigner transformation on a lattice, which extends the Majorana-Ising duality atk= 2. The ℤk-parafermionization enables us to investigate the critical theories of parafermionic chains whose fundamental degrees of freedom are parafermionic, and we find that their criticality cannot be described by any existing conformal field theory. The modular transformations of these parafermionic low-energy critical theories as general consistency conditions are found to be unconventional in that their partition functions on a torus transform differently from any conformal field theory whenk >2. Explicit forms of partition functions are obtained by the developed parafermionization for a large class of critical ℤk-parafermionic chains, whose operator contents are intrinsically distinct from any bosonic or fermionic model in terms of conformal spins and statistics. We also use the parafermionization to exhaust all the ℤk-parafermionic minimal models, complementing earlier works on fermionic cases.

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Author Contributions:Anne Bakke: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft preparation, Writing – review & editing; Alexander Rebl: Conceptualization, Methodology; Petter Frost: Writing – review & editing; Sergey Afanasyev: Software and Data curation; Kristoffer Alnes Røyset: Methodology, Writing – review & editing; Tina Søfteland: Writing – review & editing; Hege Lund: Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing, Supervision; Preben Boysen: Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing, Supervision, Project administration and Funding acquisition; Aleksei Krasnov: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft preparation, Writing – review & editing, Project administration and Funding acquisition, All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.Effect of two constant light regimens on antibody profiles and immune gene expression in atlantic salmon following vaccination and experimental challenge with salmonid alphavirus

Fish & Shellfish Immunology ◽

10.1016/j.fsi.2021.07.002 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anne Bakke ◽

Alexander Rebl ◽

Petter Frost ◽

Sergey Afanasyev ◽

Kristoffer Alnes Røyset ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

Atlantic Salmon ◽

Data Curation ◽

Constant Light ◽

Immune Gene ◽

Immune Gene Expression ◽

Experimental Challenge

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A City Too Busy to Remember? Aging, Structural Violence, and the Politics of Forgetting in Atlanta’s Gentrification

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1266 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 393-393

Author(s):

John Pothen ◽

Keland Yip ◽

Ellen Idler

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Structural Violence ◽

Aging In Place ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

The Past ◽

Critical Theories ◽

Property Owners ◽

Ongoing Development ◽

The City ◽

Depth Interviews

Abstract Can forgotten stories from the past inform a city’s future? As older adults continue to live longer and comprise more of the population than ever before, the suitability of gentrifying spaces for older adults aging in place is increasingly important. Critical theories of gentrification argue that remembering the experiences of older adults in this context - experiences of suffering, resilience, and structural violence - is essential to promote changes in support aging in place. In this study, we tell a story of individual experiences, structural violence, and aging in the ongoing gentrification of one neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. We construct this narrative through a qualitative analysis of 1,500 local newspaper articles from 1950 to the present day and 10 in-depth interviews with ex-residents of the neighborhood aged 65-87. Drawing on the theory of planetary rent gaps, we frame gentrification as a class struggle between property-owners and working class residents. We highlight the city government’s role as a facilitator for property-owners through projects including the Model City initiative, preparation for the 1996 Olympics, and ongoing development surrounding the Atlanta BeltLine. We show how these projects have affected the prospects for aging in place in general and, specifically, by affecting access to healthcare services. We share this story in an effort to combat the politics of forgetting and to inform a richer, more inclusive, and more equitable future for gentrifying spaces.

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