DataFace!
What is facial recognition technology? How does the use of facial recognition technology by the police impact New Yorkers?
What is facial recognition technology? How does the use of facial recognition technology by the police impact New Yorkers? How do we balance public safety and privacy?
During the 2019-2020 school year, CUP collaborated with teaching artist, Hugo Rojas, and public high school students from the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice to explore the complicated world of facial recognition technology and its impact on local communities. To investigate, students got out of the classroom to survey members of their community, interview key stakeholders working on the issue, and create art to decode, rewire, and redesign facial recognition technology.
The group collaborated with designer, Stephanie Winarto, to create this website to teach others what they learned about the effects of facial recognition technology on New Yorkers, present and future.
“It’s really nice to improve my one-on-one conversation skills. I’m an introvert. If I get into a career in journalism all these skills can help me, and it helps me feel more confident when people ask questions.”
– Andrew Silverio, LGJ Student
Check out the Project
Pages from the DataFace! website.
Visit DataFace!
More Student Photos
Project Collaborators
Educational Partner
Bronx School for Law,
Government & Justice
Johanie Hernandez
Kim Felder
Teaching Artist
Hugo Rojas
Designer
Stephanie Winarto
Students
Cecilia Espada, Keismarie Hernandez, Anginel Matias, Andrew Silverio, Mercy Trinidad
Special Thanks
Priscilla Bustamante, Miranda Grundy, Vidal Guzman, Jade Levine, Nidhi Subramanyam, El-Sun White, Liliana Zaragoza
Product Details
8″ × 6″ stapled booklet, 16 pages
Funding Support
Support for this project was provided by Christine Coletta Bockelman & Matt Bockelman, Susannah Drake, Birte Falconer, Iben Falconer & Neil Donnelly, Beom Jun Kim & Leticia Wouk Almino, Inbar Kishoni, Lauren Kogod & David Smiley, Raj Kottamasu, Francis Lam, Mehretu-Rankin Family, Metropolitan Paper Recycling Inc., Jeremy Robinson-Leon, Tal Schori, Dan Wiley, the CUP Board of Directors, and more than 200 CUP supporters.