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Title Teaching Data Justice: Algorithmic Bias and Critical Spatial Analysis in Urban Planning Education
ID_Doc 43955
Authors Acolin, A; Kim, AM
Title Teaching Data Justice: Algorithmic Bias and Critical Spatial Analysis in Urban Planning Education
Year 2022
Published
DOI 10.1177/0739456X221116356
Abstract As urban planners increasingly use technological advances to generate and analyze new data, we must take care to overcome biases embedded in them. We survey American planning programs and find that very few spatial analysis syllabi explicitly raise this issue or include readings or exercises to train students about the limitations and opportunities for critically handling new data streams. We conclude with suggestions for curricular strategies to help fill this pedagogical gap by incorporating (1) groundtruthing and fieldwork exercises; (2) exercises of comparative urban contexts and spatial patterns; and (3) digital participation and public discourse.
Author Keywords algorithmic bias; GIS; remote sensing; social media; smart city
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000854530800001
WoS Category Regional & Urban Planning; Urban Studies
Research Area Public Administration; Urban Studies
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