A Tool, Connector, or Data Processor: On the Multiplicity of an Algorithm and Its Worlds
Science, Technology, & Human Values
Published online on March 23, 2026
Abstract
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This paper explores the development of an algorithm for child welfare administration in Denmark. Based on an ethnographic study of the development process, we argue that scientists and IT developers enacted not one but multiple versions of “the” algorithm,...
This paper explores the development of an algorithm for child welfare administration in Denmark. Based on an ethnographic study of the development process, we argue that scientists and IT developers enacted not one but multiple versions of “the” algorithm,...