Data Action: Using Data for Public Good
Language: English
Computers Data Mining Databases activism; advocacy; Africa; API; architecture; Beijing Olympics; big data; cities; citizen; civic change; China; civil engagement; collaboration; collectivity; corporations; data; data analysis; data development; data science; data sharing; data visualization; democracy; design; Digital Matatus project; DIY; Ebola; environmental data; environmentalism; geography; Google; governance; government; graphic design; hacker; hacking; hacktivism; information science; Japan; justice; Manila; Nairobi; open data; policy; political science; politics; pollution; population; power; public; public good; social change; social justice; sociology; statistics; technology; transparency; urban design; urbanism; urban planning; urban science;
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Jul 15, 2020
Description:
How to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression.
Big data can be used for good--from tracking disease to exposing human rights violations--and for bad--implementing surveillance and control. Data inevitably represents the ideologies of those who control its use; data analytics and algorithms too often exclude women, the poor, and ethnic groups. In Data Action, Sarah Williams provides a guide for working with data in more ethical and responsible ways. Too often data has been used--and manipulated--to make policy decisions without much stakeholder input. Williams outlines a method that emphasizes collaboration among data scientists, policy experts, data designers, and the public. This approach creates trust and co-ownership in the data by opening the process to those who know the issues best. **