Ariana Dongus is a researcher and writer based in Berlin. In exploring the intersection of biometrics, colonial pasts, new forms of work, and machine intelligence, she contributes to a critique of today’s digital economies. Her recent publications include journalistic reports and essays as well as film and photography. She is a PhD candidate at Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe where she also coordinates KIM, a research group for critical studies in machine intelligence.