Fantastic not-so-quick thread on critical theory in information retrieval, including avoiding ethics-washing, algorithmic bothsidesism, and other forms of epistemic violence, as well as the need for not shying away from the "political" and a call for praxis.
Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্রLast week I presented a keynote at #SIGIR2026 titled "Emancipatory Information Retrieval: Towards Critical IR Theories and Practices". Slides: bhaskar-mitra.github.io/files/emanci... I went in nervously excited but several people appreciated talking openly about this topic. A quick thread. 🧵 1/