Archaeology and historiography of public algorithms

Horizon 2030

In the early 2030s, the professions of history have never been so topical. Historians work with public administrations in doing public algorithms archaeology. Those inquiries are far more than just a dive into code strata.

The stake is to understand what conditioned the implementation of those digital systems several decades ago to better inform the making of tomorrow’s algorithms.

For a pleasant reading, you can download this design fiction.

— An interview with a public algorithms historian and archaeologist

Page of the interview of a public algorithms historian / An accessible and machine-readable version is available at the following link: http://nosalgorithmes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NosAlgorithmes-ArchaelogyHistoriography-itw.pdf
Page of the interview of a public algorithms historian / An accessible and machine-readable version is available at the following link: http://nosalgorithmes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NosAlgorithmes-ArchaelogyHistoriography-itw.pdf
Page of the interview of a public algorithms historian / An accessible and machine-readable version is available at the following link: http://nosalgorithmes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NosAlgorithmes-ArchaelogyHistoriography-itw.pdf
Page of the interview of a public algorithms historian / An accessible and machine-readable version is available at the following link: http://nosalgorithmes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NosAlgorithmes-ArchaelogyHistoriography-itw.pdf

Let’s debate about this future!

This scenario deserves to be discussed, disputed or even enriched.
We propose three participatory activities and tools to collectively debate about this scenario.