https://www.felixtreguer.fr/en/tags/action-research/ Recent content in Action-Research on Félix Tréguer Hugo en-US Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.felixtreguer.fr/en/2021/08/15/action-research-on-algorithmic-policing/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.felixtreguer.fr/en/2021/08/15/action-research-on-algorithmic-policing/ <p>In June, during the European Workshops in International Studies, I presented of a draft paper regarding ongoing action-research concerning algorithmic urban policing, analyzing methodological and political challenges of fieldwork on AI-powered surveillance systems.</p> <h2 id="abstract">Abstract</h2> <p>This paper examines methodological and epistemological issues of action-research on algorithmic policing, based on empirical investigation of AI-powered surveillance system experiments in the French urban context. It questions conditions for producing critical knowledge about technical objects surrounded by opacity and protected by both commercial and security secrecy.</p>