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Autonomy Alliances and Data Care Practices

Barbara Nino Carreras
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Sisse Finken
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Recent studies focusing on the digitalization of welfare provision draw attention to digital infrastructures that produce new forms of social inequality and disempowerment due to inaccessibility. Against this backdrop, we study the practices of a Danish public library in supporting citizens with digital applications for welfare benefits. Through a grounded theory approach to data collection and analysis, we draw on ethnographic materials and Catriona Mackenzie’s multidimensional analysis of autonomy to conceptualize autonomy alliances and data care practices. These are collective efforts that attempt to subvert inaccessible and autonomy-undermining public digital infrastructures. Drawing on a relational view of autonomy, we examine how certain design choices can constrain citizens’ personal autonomy and equal access to welfare services. For this reason, we discuss the importance of studying political decisions affecting the design and organization of digital welfare services, as well as the local practices that compensate for discriminatory design choices through social inclusion and a commitment to equity.
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Barbara Nino Carreras, Sisse Finken. Autonomy Alliances and Data Care Practices. 15th IFIP International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC), Sep 2022, Tokyo, Japan. pp.47-57, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-15688-5_5⟩. ⟨hal-04395460⟩
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