Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal

How can readers grasp both the harms and opportunities of technology at the same time? Who is able to deconstruct, contend with, and take advantage of systems that were built to marginalize? The Digital Inquiry Speculation Collaboration Optimism Network (DISCO Network), a collective made up of researchers, artists, technologists, policymakers, and practitioners who aim to challenge digital social and racial inequalities, speculates on how the connections between different points of view in technology criticism are formed. The authors are interested in not simply refusing technology but understanding who gets to refuse and why others embrace technology either reluctantly or willingly. The book gathers critical perspectives on the use (or disuse, or reuse) of websites, social media platforms, and AI tools, asking readers to consider where they relate and where they have more to learn. Critical for both the new and the seasoned researcher in the orbit of digital, media, technological, and communicative studies, the DISCO Network’s first book prompts and offers thinking in multiplicities.