Resumen

BARRENECHE, Carlos; LOMBANA-BERMUDEZ, Andrés  y  RAMOS-MARTIN, Juan. Datafication in Corruption Contexts: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Resistance Practices vis-à-vis Anti-Poverty Systems in Colombia. Palabra Clave [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.3, e2434.  Epub 07-Oct-2021. ISSN 0122-8285.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pacla.2021.24.3.4.

Our study situates the implementation ofbig data and artificial intelligence, advancing today within the "development data" agenda in the Global South, in Latin American cultures characterized by marked social asymmetries and structural corruption -as heirs of colonization-. It aims to highlight automation problems in systems fed by data historically subject to manipulation or corruption. For this, we examine two failures in the information infrastructures of Colombian social assistance programs (Ingreso Solidario and Sisben) and explore the archive of Latin American critical theory to enlighten datafication in these conditions. Our approach arises from calls to question alleged data universalism and go beyond technocentric views on the operation of these technologies, shifting the focus from the moments when they fail to local sociotechnical imaginary and the political agency of those who resist regulatory control.

Palabras clave : Colombia; corruption; datafication; information infrastructures; poverty; resistance.

        · resumen en Español | Portugués     · texto en Español     · Español ( pdf )