Assignment

Private Bits: Privacy, Intimacy, and Consent

Submitted by Sarah Hartman-Caverly on August 4th, 2023
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Short Description: 

This sex-positive privacy literacy workshop engages participants in exploring how sex tech impacts intimate privacy and intimate relationships. Workshop content is contextualized with the theoretical frameworks of artificial intimacies (Brooks) and consentful tech (The Consentful Tech Project) and the concept of intimate privacy (Citron) and presented through a privacy literacy lens. Participants will identify artificial intimacies in order to assess real-world examples and their impact upon intimate privacy; evaluate the privacy of digital bodies under conditions of data promiscuity using a consentful tech framework; and understand intimate privacy and the impact of technology on intimate relationships and wellbeing.

The workshop is designed for a 60-minute session, but can be extended to fill the time available.
Includes workshop guide, presentation slides, learning activities, inclusive pedagogy tool, and assessment instrument.

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PrivateBits_ASKMEconversationhearts_HartmanCaverly_Chisholm_2023.pdfdisplayed 176 times2.38 MB
PrivateBits_Fillable_DigitalBodiesWorksheet_CCBYSA_HartmanCaverly_Chisholm_2023.pdfdisplayed 173 times4.73 MB
PrivateBits_Fillable_ConsentfulTechWorksheet_CCBYSA_HartmanCaverly_Chisholm_2023.pdfdisplayed 158 times61.94 KB
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[workshop guide] Private Bits: Privacy, Intimacy, and Consent[slides] Private Bits: Privacy, Intimacy, and Consent
Learning Outcomes: 
  1. Identify artificial intimacies in order to assess real-world examples and their impact upon intimate privacy
  2. Evaluate the privacy of digital bodies under conditions of data promiscuity using a consentful tech framework
  3. Understand intimate privacy and the impact of technology on intimate relationships and wellbeing.
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Library and Information ScienceWomen's Studies

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Collaborators: 
Alexandria Chisholm
Suggested Citation: 
Hartman-Caverly, Sarah. "Private Bits: Privacy, Intimacy, and Consent." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2023. https://projectcora.org/assignment/private-bits-privacy-intimacy-and-consent.
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