MA Internet Equalities explores how power relations are organised, embedded and perpetuated in internet technologies, and how they can be organised or challenged through critical, creative and activist practice.

Course overview

MA Internet Equalities explores how power relations and structures of oppression are organized, embedded and perpetuated by internet technologies. It will equip you with critical and technical tools to understand and apply principles of equality in technology research and development, so you can contribute to making the internet and society more equal. We define internet equalities as socio-technical relations that explicitly oppose discrimination on the grounds of race, class, gender, gender identity, sexuality, age, belief or ability. The course will ensure you are proactive in confronting social problems, facilitating greater diversity of all kinds and reducing the risk of destructive outcomes that can be brought about by unethical technologies.

The course offers a choice of units that support three career pathways:

Research

Programming

Social innovation

The course culture is collaborative, open and participatory with an emphasis on peer support and community. You will join a rich research environment at the Creative Computing Institute and work alongside cutting-edge practitioners and researchers working at the intersection of art and design, technology development and ethics.

You will explore a range of interrelated theories including Digital Intersectionality, Post-colonial Science and Technology Studies, Digital Feminism and Queer Theory. You will learn methods including Participatory Action Research, Feminist, post-colonial Human Computer Interaction, Iterative Design, Grounded Theory and Digital Ethnography.

You will work on practical projects and interventions that inform and are informed by the theories and methods taught, positioning you to enter industry as a practitioner or to pursue a research career through PhD progression in this area.