Data Workers’ Inquiry
@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based research project in which data workers lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces.
https://data-workers.org
https://data-workers.org
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In sum, this work is not only a methodological account but a proposal for reorienting AI research toward worker-led knowledge rather than extraction.
Read the full article here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Read the full article here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Methodological Considerations for Centering Workers’ Epistemic Authority in AI Research
| Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society
ojs.aaai.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In sum, this work is not only a methodological account but a proposal for reorienting AI research toward worker-led knowledge rather than extraction.
Read the full article here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Read the full article here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
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Finally, WIRM fosters what Gramsci called "organic intellectuals" embedded in the material conditions and collective struggles of their class. It cultivates networks of solidarity and tools for analysis generated from within worker communities.
See for instance: data-workers.org/DLA/
See for instance: data-workers.org/DLA/
Organizing Across Borders, by Joan Kinyua
The Data Labelers Association is developing mutual support structures and fighting for better working conditions. This inquiry recounts our path to founding it and acknowledges our ongoing partnership...
data-workers.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Finally, WIRM fosters what Gramsci called "organic intellectuals" embedded in the material conditions and collective struggles of their class. It cultivates networks of solidarity and tools for analysis generated from within worker communities.
See for instance: data-workers.org/DLA/
See for instance: data-workers.org/DLA/
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Second, we bring this approach into the AI domain. WIRM provides a way to illuminate the human labor underpinning AI systems while allowing workers to define the terms of that illumination.
Our repository is proof of that: data-workers.org#Inquiries
Our repository is proof of that: data-workers.org#Inquiries
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Data Workers' Inquiry
data-workers.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Second, we bring this approach into the AI domain. WIRM provides a way to illuminate the human labor underpinning AI systems while allowing workers to define the terms of that illumination.
Our repository is proof of that: data-workers.org#Inquiries
Our repository is proof of that: data-workers.org#Inquiries
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First, we systematize Workers’ Inquiry as a Research Methodology (WIRM). We focus on its political grounding, its architecture, and its operationalization, offering a step-by-step guide, examples, and a discussion of challenges and tensions.
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
First, we systematize Workers’ Inquiry as a Research Methodology (WIRM). We focus on its political grounding, its architecture, and its operationalization, offering a step-by-step guide, examples, and a discussion of challenges and tensions.
Reposted by Data Workers’ Inquiry
Richard Mathenge, Mophat Okinyi & Kauna Malgwi were on the TIME/100 list. Fasica Berhane's story won the True Story award. Joan Kinyua & others created the Data Labelers Association. Kauna is working on trauma-aware mental health intervention. See more at
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...
The Data Workers' Inquiry
The Data Workers' Inquiry is a global, radically participatory research initiative spanning nine countries across five continents.
www.dair-institute.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Richard Mathenge, Mophat Okinyi & Kauna Malgwi were on the TIME/100 list. Fasica Berhane's story won the True Story award. Joan Kinyua & others created the Data Labelers Association. Kauna is working on trauma-aware mental health intervention. See more at
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...
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I thought the project was cool when Mila told me about the idea, but I didn’t understand how expansive it was going to be until I saw elements of the repository at data-workers.org. Just look at the diversity and quality of outputs: depth reports, animated shorts, documentaries, podcasts and more.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I thought the project was cool when Mila told me about the idea, but I didn’t understand how expansive it was going to be until I saw elements of the repository at data-workers.org. Just look at the diversity and quality of outputs: depth reports, animated shorts, documentaries, podcasts and more.
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Mila is on the TIME 100/AI list because of her work on the Data Workers Inquiry project (@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social)
She was tired of writing *about* data workers, which is how one is supposed to conduct research in academia.
She was tired of writing *about* data workers, which is how one is supposed to conduct research in academia.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Mila is on the TIME 100/AI list because of her work on the Data Workers Inquiry project (@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social)
She was tired of writing *about* data workers, which is how one is supposed to conduct research in academia.
She was tired of writing *about* data workers, which is how one is supposed to conduct research in academia.
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Who is Really Fueling your AI? Precarization and Resistance in Data Work.
Join us for an evening with the hidden workforce behind AI, get insights into how workers organize against its harsh realities and learn more about our research project The Data Workers’ Inquiry.
www.weizenbaum-institut.de
August 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The event is in-person:
📅 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵.
⏱️ 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟬
📍@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social, Hardenbergstrasse 32, in Berlin.
🌐 R𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
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⏱️ 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟬
📍@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social, Hardenbergstrasse 32, in Berlin.
🌐 R𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
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