Data Activism and Social Change
Autor Miren Gutiérrezen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 mai 2018
This book efficiently contributes to our understanding of the interplay between data, technology and communicative practice on the one hand, and democratic participation on the other. It addresses the emergence of proactive data activism, a new sociotechnical phenomenon in the field of action that arises as a reaction to massive datafication, and makes affirmative use of data for advocacy and social change. By blending empirical observation and in-depth qualitative interviews, Gutiérrez brings to the fore a debate about the social uses of the data infrastructure and examines precisely how people employ it, in combination with other technologies, to collaborate and act for social change.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783319783185
ISBN-10: 3319783181
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: XIX, 178 p.
Dimensiuni: 153 x 216 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3319783181
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: XIX, 178 p.
Dimensiuni: 153 x 216 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Chapter 1: Mapping a Better World, a Journey.- Chapter 2: The Many Faces of the Data Infrastructure.- Chapter 3: Proactive Data Activism.- Chapter 4: Crowdsourcing and Mapping Data for Humanitarianism.- Chapter 5: Conclusions and Areas for Further Research.
Notă biografică
Miren Gutiérrez is the Director of the ‘Data Analysis, Research and Communication’ postgraduate programme at the University of Deusto, Spain and Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, where she works on data-enabled projects. She has been Greenpeace Spain Executive Director, and a journalist as EFE Spanish News Agency’s Asia-Pacific Correspondent (based in Hong Kong); La Prensa’s Business Editor (Panama); El País’s Correspondent (New York); and Inter Press Service Editor in Chief (Rome).
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This book efficiently contributes to our understanding of the interplay between data, technology and communicative practice on the one hand, and democratic participation on the other. It addresses the emergence of proactive data activism, a new sociotechnical phenomenon in the field of action that arises as a reaction to massive datafication, and makes affirmative use of data for advocacy and social change. By blending empirical observation and in-depth qualitative interviews, Gutiérrez brings to the fore a debate about the social uses of the data infrastructure and examines precisely how people employ it, in combination with other technologies, to collaborate and act for social change.
Caracteristici
Looks at collective number-churning, map-making and action for a better world Presents data activism as a new social practice rooted in technology Looks into big data in light of activism, and activism in light of big data Draws from the empirical observations of interviews with practitioners, researchers, data activists and journalists