Research

The intellectual centre of the work.

Four research programmes, organised the way a lab organises its work, not a list of publications.

01
Research Programme

Artificial Cartographies

Research exploring the geography and infrastructure of AI across Africa, mapping the material and spatial dimensions of AI systems, and whose map of the digital world counts.

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02
Research Programme

Representational Evaluation

Research exploring how representational systems shape AI and the AI economy, forming the intellectual foundation for future work on participation and evaluation.

Programme page: coming soon
03
Research Programme

Computational Representation

Investigating how AI represents people, labour, institutions and economic activity, and what's lost or distorted in that translation.

Programme page: coming soon
04 · Essays

Long-form thinking.

Articles, research notes, opinion pieces and reflections.

Daily Maverick Memory Is Infrastructure: The Dangerous Cost of Dissolving the National Arts Council Board Read
Daily Maverick Algorithmocracy: How Hidden Codes Are Shaping Lives and Deepening Inequalities in South Africa Read
Mail & Guardian Meta's Freedom of Speech Gamble: Rights in the Age of Algorithms Read
Mail & Guardian Africa's Digital Future in the Shadow of the TikTok Saga Read
Documentary DALIA: How Hair Salons Became Spaces Where Women Organise, Across Race and Class Watch
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