Working towards a dialectical understanding of the political ideology within technological projects

TL;DR

This paper proposes a dialectical framework to analyze the political ideology embedded in technological projects, emphasizing the importance of understanding both their values and constraints through critical social science perspectives.

Contribution

It introduces a novel dialectical approach for analyzing political ideologies in technology, integrating critical social science insights into technological project analysis.

Findings

Values and constraints are both essential for understanding a project's ideology

The dialectical framework offers a new perspective on technological political ideologies

An illustrative example demonstrates the framework's application

Abstract

In this short position paper, I develop a dialectical framework for understanding the political ideology of technological projects. To do so, I draw on critical and emancipatory social science discussions, highlighting how both a project's values and constraints are necessary for understanding its ideology. A brief example is then presented to aid comprehension.