Artificial intelligence algorithms are actively used for surveillance, analytics and other tasks of public control by governments and private companies in Europe and beyond. This fact reminds us of the deep oppression that has been woven into the social and technological fabric of regions and countries.
This glossary is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to the recops project, a critical investigation for the analysis and critique of facial recognition technologies. Some of these terms may be familiar to you, others you may not have come across before. In fact, many of these terms are entire fields of study on their own. The intention isn’t to give a comprehensive definition, but rather to pique your interest to explore further.