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“Search is one of the most under-examined aspects of
power and consumer protections online, and regulation in the provision of
information to the public through the Internet. I contend that there is
value in expanding the discourse about search engine results by examining its
intersecting racial and gendered bias. By taking a deep look at a snapshot of
the web, at a specific moment in time and interpreting the results against the
history of race in U.S. society, there is an opportunity to make visible processes
that are biased in their impact, but obscured through the rhetoric of
technology’s neutrality and popular acceptance in being merely a tool for human
use.” Safiya Umoja Noble, Google Search: Hyper-visibility as a Means of Rendering Black Women and Black Girls Invisible
We know that physical environments (communities, institutional spaces and ect) can inspire complex negotiations regarding the politics of physical appearances for black women. Often the complexities associated with these negotiations are rooted in historical references and dominant narratives. My research questions ask:
- How do black women negotiate the politics of physical appearances in digital environments?
- How can the concept of information architecture help us determine the 'beauty standards' and expectations regarding the politics of physical appearances for black women?
- How does the concept of information architecture and popular images of black women in digital environments inform the ways that black women negotiate individual identities? Do these expectations or the negotiations tell us anything about black women's lives?
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